diff --git a/doc/nano.1 b/doc/nano.1
index b68b7890..684fa0f0 100644
--- a/doc/nano.1
+++ b/doc/nano.1
@@ -357,6 +357,12 @@ The line plus column numbers and the character code are displayed only when
 \fB\-\-constantshow\fR is used, and can be toggled on and off with \fBM-C\fR.
 The state flags are displayed only when \fB\-\-stateflags\fR is used.
 .TP
+.BR \-0 ", " \-\-zero
+Hide the minibar (or the title bar plus status bar) and use all rows
+of the terminal for showing the text of the buffer.  Only significant
+messages appear on the status bar, and disappear upon the next keystroke.
+This "hidden interface" mode can be toggled with \fBM-Z\fR.
+.TP
 .BR \-! ", " \-\-magic
 When neither the file's name nor its first line give a clue,
 try using libmagic to determine the applicable syntax.
diff --git a/doc/nano.texi b/doc/nano.texi
index a1a10a31..60a60e76 100644
--- a/doc/nano.texi
+++ b/doc/nano.texi
@@ -702,6 +702,13 @@ The line plus column numbers and the character code are displayed only when
 @code{--constantshow} is used, and can be toggled on and off with @kbd{M-C}.
 The state flags are displayed only when @code{--stateflags} is used.
 
+@item -0
+@itemx --zero
+Hide the minibar (or the title bar plus status bar) and use all rows
+of the terminal for showing the text of the buffer.  Only significant
+messages appear on the status bar, and disappear upon the next keystroke.
+This "hidden interface" mode can be toggled with @kbd{M-Z}.
+
 @item -!
 @itemx --magic
 When neither the file's name nor its first line give a clue,
@@ -1139,6 +1146,12 @@ probably want to unset @code{wordbounds}.
 Let an unmodified @kbd{Backspace} or @kbd{Delete} erase the marked region
 (instead of a single character, and without affecting the cutbuffer).
 
+@item set zero
+Hide the minibar (or the title bar plus status bar) and use all rows
+of the terminal for showing the text of the buffer.  Only significant
+messages appear on the status bar, and disappear upon the next keystroke.
+This "hidden interface" mode can be toggled with @kbd{M-Z}.
+
 @end table
 
 @node Syntax Highlighting
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.5 b/doc/nanorc.5
index d4159cf6..7d363447 100644
--- a/doc/nanorc.5
+++ b/doc/nanorc.5
@@ -396,6 +396,12 @@ probably want to unset \fBwordbounds\fR.
 .B set zap
 Let an unmodified Backspace or Delete erase the marked region
 (instead of a single character, and without affecting the cutbuffer).
+.TP
+.B set zero
+Hide the minibar (or the title bar plus status bar) and use all rows
+of the terminal for showing the text of the buffer.  Only significant
+messages appear on the status bar, and disappear upon the next keystroke.
+This "hidden interface" mode can be toggled with \fBM-Z\fR.
 
 .SH SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING
 Coloring the different syntactic elements of a file
diff --git a/doc/sample.nanorc.in b/doc/sample.nanorc.in
index a1c59aa8..8ad0ef2d 100644
--- a/doc/sample.nanorc.in
+++ b/doc/sample.nanorc.in
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@
 ## of a single character, and without affecting the cutbuffer).
 # set zap
 
+## Hide the bars and use the whole terminal for editable text.
+# set zero
+
 
 ## Paint the interface elements of nano.  These are examples; there are
 ## no colors by default, except for errorcolor and spotlightcolor.
diff --git a/syntax/nanorc.nanorc b/syntax/nanorc.nanorc
index d678c31c..0d33662e 100644
--- a/syntax/nanorc.nanorc
+++ b/syntax/nanorc.nanorc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ color brightred ".*"
 color yellow "^[[:blank:]]*(i?color|set[[:blank:]]+((error|function|key|mini|number|prompt|scroller|selected|spotlight|status|stripe|title)color))[[:blank:]]+(bold,)?(italic,)?(((bright|light)?(white|black|red|blue|green|yellow|magenta|cyan))|normal|pink|purple|mauve|lagoon|mint|lime|peach|orange|latte|grey|gray)?(,(((light)?(white|black|red|blue|green|yellow|magenta|cyan))|normal|pink|purple|mauve|lagoon|mint|lime|peach|orange|latte|grey|gray))?\>"
 
 # Keywords
-color brightgreen "^[[:blank:]]*(set|unset)[[:blank:]]+(afterends|allow_insecure_backup|atblanks|autoindent|backup|boldtext|bookstyle|breaklonglines|casesensitive|constantshow|cutfromcursor|emptyline|historylog|indicator|jumpyscrolling|linenumbers|locking|magic|minibar|mouse|multibuffer|noconvert|nohelp|nonewlines|positionlog|preserve|quickblank|rawsequences|rebinddelete|regexp|saveonexit|showcursor|smarthome|softwrap|stateflags|tabstospaces|trimblanks|unix|wordbounds|zap)\>"
+color brightgreen "^[[:blank:]]*(set|unset)[[:blank:]]+(afterends|allow_insecure_backup|atblanks|autoindent|backup|boldtext|bookstyle|breaklonglines|casesensitive|constantshow|cutfromcursor|emptyline|historylog|indicator|jumpyscrolling|linenumbers|locking|magic|minibar|mouse|multibuffer|noconvert|nohelp|nonewlines|positionlog|preserve|quickblank|rawsequences|rebinddelete|regexp|saveonexit|showcursor|smarthome|softwrap|stateflags|tabstospaces|trimblanks|unix|wordbounds|zap|zero)\>"
 color brightgreen "^[[:blank:]]*set[[:blank:]]+(backupdir|brackets|errorcolor|functioncolor|keycolor|matchbrackets|minicolor|numbercolor|operatingdir|promptcolor|punct|quotestr|scrollercolor|selectedcolor|speller|spotlightcolor|statuscolor|stripecolor|titlecolor|whitespace|wordchars)[[:blank:]]+"
 color brightgreen "^[[:blank:]]*set[[:blank:]]+(fill[[:blank:]]+-?[[:digit:]]+|(guidestripe|tabsize)[[:blank:]]+[1-9][0-9]*)\>"
 color brightgreen "^[[:blank:]]*bind[[:blank:]]+((\^([A-Za-z]|[]/@\^_`-]|Space)|([Ss][Hh]-)?[Mm]-[A-Za-z]|[Mm]-([][!"#$%&'()*+,./0-9:;<=>?@\^_`{|}~-]|Space))|F([1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-4])|Ins|Del)[[:blank:]]+([a-z]+|".*")[[:blank:]]+(main|help|search|replace(with)?|yesno|gotoline|writeout|insert|execute|browser|whereisfile|gotodir|spell|linter|all)\>"