diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 391f979f..9677f53d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ CVS code -
 	- Replace instances of \" with ", since quotes inside string
 	  parameters don't need to be escaped with backslashes. (DLR)
 	- Mention in the comments that more than one start/end regex can
-	  be included per line. (DLR)
+	  be included per line, and change the comment for the
+	  "whitespace" option so that the hexadecimal character values
+	  are six digits long. (DLR)
 
 GNU nano 1.3.11 - 2006.03.30
 - General:
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.sample b/doc/nanorc.sample
index ce11676d..89bd80e9 100644
--- a/doc/nanorc.sample
+++ b/doc/nanorc.sample
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@
 # set view
 
 ## The two single-column characters used to display the first characters
-## of tabs and spaces.  187 decimal (00BB hexadecimal) and 183 decimal
-## (00B7 hexadecimal) seem to be good values for these.
+## of tabs and spaces.  187 decimal (0000BB hexadecimal) and 183 decimal
+## (0000B7 hexadecimal) seem to be good values for these.
 # set whitespace "  "
 
 ## Detect word boundaries more accurately by treating punctuation