diff --git a/edit/ChangeLog b/edit/ChangeLog
index b17e031ed..9777aa331 100644
--- a/edit/ChangeLog
+++ b/edit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-03-07  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
+
+	* editkeys.c (common_key_map): Delete previous word by
+	Alt-Backspace.  Fix Ctrl-Backspace on some terminals.
+	Reported by Andrew V. Samoilov <sav@bcs.zp.ua>
+
 2003-03-06  Andrew V. Samoilov  <sav@bcs.zp.ua>
 
 	* syntax.c (edit_read_syntax_file): Fix segmentation violation.
diff --git a/edit/editkeys.c b/edit/editkeys.c
index e9139ca61..a8e416920 100644
--- a/edit/editkeys.c
+++ b/edit/editkeys.c
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ static long const common_key_map[] = {
     KEY_M_CTRL | (KEY_F (4)), CK_Replace_Again,
     KEY_M_CTRL | (KEY_F (7)), CK_Find_Again,
     KEY_M_CTRL | KEY_BACKSPACE, CK_Undo,
+    KEY_M_CTRL | 0177, CK_Undo,
     KEY_M_CTRL | KEY_PPAGE, CK_Beginning_Of_Text,
     KEY_M_CTRL | KEY_NPAGE, CK_End_Of_Text,
     KEY_M_CTRL | KEY_HOME, CK_Beginning_Of_Text,
@@ -191,6 +192,10 @@ static long const common_key_map[] = {
     KEY_M_CTRL | KEY_IC, CK_XStore,
     KEY_M_CTRL | KEY_DC, CK_Remove,
 
+    /* Alt */
+    KEY_M_ALT | KEY_BACKSPACE, CK_Delete_Word_Left,
+    KEY_M_ALT | 0177, CK_Delete_Word_Left,
+
     0, 0
 };