diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bc673729..f0ba6b6d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5031,7 +5031,7 @@ GNU nano 1.1.7 - 03/05/2002
 	- Preliminary quoting support for justify.  New arg -Q, --quotestr,
 	  changes to do_justify(), global variable quotestr().
 - Makefile.am:
-	- Add SYSCONFDIR to DEFS, so we can have an $SYSCONFDIR/nanorc.
+	- Add SYSCONFDIR to DEFS, so we can have a $SYSCONFDIR/nanorc.
 	- Change localedir line to 1.0's version.
 	- Moved m4/ stuff to its own m4/Makefile.am.
 - m4/aclocal_inc.m4:
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 437e71dd..e19c5e26 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
 		shows column as well as character position, and
 		multibuffer allows duplicate files, even unnamed ones.
 		Also, the static shortcut and toggle lengths are
-		history, nano now reads $SYSCONFDIR/nanorc if rc file
+		history, nano now reads SYSCONFDIR/nanorc if rc file
 		support is enabled, and nano is now built with (and
 		requires for rebuilding) autoconf 2.5.
 			This release also includes fixes for some memory