diff --git a/src/help.c b/src/help.c
index 3849aec4..533838b4 100644
--- a/src/help.c
+++ b/src/help.c
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ void do_help(void)
     int saved_margin = margin;
 	/* For avoiding the line numbers on the help screen. */
     ssize_t was_tabsize = tabsize;
+#ifndef DISABLE_COLOR
+    char *was_syntax = syntaxstr;
+#endif
     char *saved_answer = (answer != NULL) ? strdup(answer) : NULL;
 	/* Store current answer when user invokes help at the prompt. */
     unsigned stash[sizeof(flags) / sizeof(flags[0])];
@@ -173,6 +176,9 @@ void do_help(void)
 	++ptr;
     start_of_text = ptr;
 
+#ifndef DISABLE_COLOR
+    syntaxstr = "nanohelp";
+#endif
     display_the_help_text(FALSE);
     curs_set(0);
     edit_refresh();
@@ -270,6 +276,9 @@ void do_help(void)
     free(answer);
     answer = saved_answer;
     tabsize = was_tabsize;
+#ifndef DISABLE_COLOR
+    syntaxstr = was_syntax;
+#endif
 
     remove(tempfilename);
     free(tempfilename);
diff --git a/syntax/Makefile.am b/syntax/Makefile.am
index 5e662e2f..4140dee0 100644
--- a/syntax/Makefile.am
+++ b/syntax/Makefile.am
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ pkgdata_DATA =	asm.nanorc \
 		man.nanorc \
 		mgp.nanorc \
 		mutt.nanorc \
+		nanohelp.nanorc \
 		nanorc.nanorc \
 		nftables.nanorc \
 		objc.nanorc \
diff --git a/syntax/nanohelp.nanorc b/syntax/nanohelp.nanorc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6e27e24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syntax/nanohelp.nanorc
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+## This is meant for highlighting key combos in a nano help text.
+
+# It should not apply to any normal file, so no fileregex.
+syntax "nanohelp"
+
+# Key combos:
+color brightblue "\^([]A-Z^\_←→↑↓]|Home|End)"  "[←→↑↓]"
+color brightblue "\<(Tab|Enter|Home|End|Ins|Del|Bsp|PgUp|PgDn)\>"
+color brightblue "\<M-."  "\<F1?[0-9]"  "(\^|M-)Space"
+
+# Quoted indicators:
+color brightred "'(\^|M-)'"