diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f1a38847..76eee7c5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-06-02  Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
+	* doc/syntax/default.nanorc: Can't do trailing spaces in the
+	  default syntax or it will hilight the spaces as you type
+	  them into a new file, which for non-programming is infuriating. 
+
 2014-05-29  Mark Majeres  <mark@engine12.com>
 	* src/text.c (do_delete): For the undo structure, differentiate
 	between deleting a newline and any other character.
diff --git a/doc/syntax/default.nanorc b/doc/syntax/default.nanorc
index 8d8e0397..34ff29b0 100644
--- a/doc/syntax/default.nanorc
+++ b/doc/syntax/default.nanorc
@@ -6,8 +6,5 @@ syntax "default"
 # Spaces in front of tabs.
 color ,red " +	+"
 
-# Trailing blanks.
-color ,red "[[:blank:]]+$"
-
 # Nano's name, including version.
 color brightred "(GNU )?nano [1-9]\.[0-9]\.[^[:space:][:punct:]]+"