diff --git a/doc/nano.1 b/doc/nano.1
index c7fb7433..c0c45ee4 100644
--- a/doc/nano.1
+++ b/doc/nano.1
@@ -250,6 +250,9 @@ Disable the hard-wrapping of long lines.  This option conflicts with
 .BR \-x ", " \-\-nohelp
 Don't show the two help lines at the bottom of the screen.
 .TP
+.BR \-y ", " \-\-afterends
+Make Ctrl+Right stop at word ends instead of beginnings.
+.TP
 .BR \-z ", " \-\-suspend
 Enable the suspend ability.
 .TP
diff --git a/doc/nano.texi b/doc/nano.texi
index cfe01edb..fe118f18 100644
--- a/doc/nano.texi
+++ b/doc/nano.texi
@@ -392,6 +392,10 @@ is located at the very bottom of the editor.
 Note: When accessing the help system, Expert Mode is temporarily
 disabled to display the help-system navigation keys.
 
+@item -y
+@itemx --afterends
+Make Ctrl+Right stop at word ends instead of beginnings.
+
 @item -z
 @itemx --suspend
 Enable the ability to suspend @command{nano} using the system's suspend
@@ -689,6 +693,9 @@ The supported settings in a nanorc file are:
 
 @table @code
 
+@item set afterends
+Make Ctrl+Right stop at word ends instead of beginnings.
+
 @item set allow_insecure_backup
 When backing up files, allow the backup to succeed even if its
 permissions can't be (re)set due to special OS considerations.
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.5 b/doc/nanorc.5
index cd6076f8..eba39e76 100644
--- a/doc/nanorc.5
+++ b/doc/nanorc.5
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ match \fB"\fP, \fB'\fP, \fB)\fP, \fB>\fP, \fB]\fP, and \fB}\fP.
 The supported commands and arguments are:
 
 .TP 3
+.B set afterends
+Make Ctrl+Right stop at word ends instead of beginnings.
+.TP
 .B set allow_insecure_backup
 When backing up files, allow the backup to succeed even if its permissions
 can't be (re)set due to special OS considerations.  You should
diff --git a/doc/sample.nanorc.in b/doc/sample.nanorc.in
index f5d90f2f..c3018bbc 100644
--- a/doc/sample.nanorc.in
+++ b/doc/sample.nanorc.in
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 ## its end.  For example, for the "brackets" option, ""')>]}" will match
 ## ", ', ), >, ], and }.
 
+## Make the 'nextword' function (Ctrl+Right) stop at word ends
+## instead of at beginnings.
+# set afterends
+
 ## When soft line wrapping is enabled, make it wrap lines at blanks
 ## (tabs and spaces) instead of always at the edge of the screen.
 # set atblanks
diff --git a/src/move.c b/src/move.c
index d4dd718f..b7d4fe30 100644
--- a/src/move.c
+++ b/src/move.c
@@ -314,15 +314,17 @@ void do_prev_word(bool allow_punct, bool update_screen)
 		edit_redraw(was_current, FLOWING);
 }
 
-/* Move to the next word.  If allow_punct is TRUE, treat punctuation
+/* Move to the next word.  If after_ends is TRUE, stop at the ends of words
+ * instead of their beginnings.  If allow_punct is TRUE, treat punctuation
  * as part of a word.   When requested, update the screen afterwards.
  * Return TRUE if we started on a word, and FALSE otherwise. */
-bool do_next_word(bool allow_punct, bool update_screen)
+bool do_next_word(bool after_ends, bool allow_punct, bool update_screen)
 {
 	filestruct *was_current = openfile->current;
 	bool started_on_word = is_word_mbchar(openfile->current->data +
 								openfile->current_x, allow_punct);
 	bool seen_space = !started_on_word;
+	bool seen_word = started_on_word;
 
 	/* Move forward until we reach the start of a word. */
 	while (TRUE) {
@@ -340,6 +342,18 @@ bool do_next_word(bool allow_punct, bool update_screen)
 												openfile->current_x);
 		}
 
+#ifndef NANO_TINY
+		if (after_ends) {
+			/* If this is a word character, continue; else it's a separator,
+			 * and if we've already seen a word, then it's a word end. */
+			if (is_word_mbchar(openfile->current->data + openfile->current_x,
+								allow_punct))
+				seen_word = TRUE;
+			else if (seen_word)
+				break;
+		} else
+#endif
+		{
 		/* If this is not a word character, then it's a separator; else
 		 * if we've already seen a separator, then it's a word start. */
 		if (!is_word_mbchar(openfile->current->data + openfile->current_x,
@@ -347,6 +361,7 @@ bool do_next_word(bool allow_punct, bool update_screen)
 			seen_space = TRUE;
 		else if (seen_space)
 			break;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (update_screen)
@@ -363,11 +378,12 @@ void do_prev_word_void(void)
 	do_prev_word(ISSET(WORD_BOUNDS), TRUE);
 }
 
-/* Move to the next word in the file, treating punctuation as part of a word
- * if the WORD_BOUNDS flag is set, and update the screen afterwards. */
+/* Move to the next word in the file.  If the AFTER_ENDS flag is set, stop
+ * at word ends instead of beginnings.  If the WORD_BOUNDS flag is set, treat
+ * punctuation as part of a word.  Update the screen afterwards. */
 void do_next_word_void(void)
 {
-	do_next_word(ISSET(WORD_BOUNDS), TRUE);
+	do_next_word(ISSET(AFTER_ENDS), ISSET(WORD_BOUNDS), TRUE);
 }
 
 /* Move to the beginning of the current line (or softwrapped chunk).
diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index 2620b418..4feb8524 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -888,6 +888,9 @@ void usage(void)
 	print_opt("-w", "--nowrap", N_("Don't hard-wrap long lines"));
 #endif
 	print_opt("-x", "--nohelp", N_("Don't show the two help lines"));
+#ifndef NANO_TINY
+	print_opt("-y", "--afterends", N_("Make Ctrl+Right stop at word ends"));
+#endif
 	if (!ISSET(RESTRICTED))
 		print_opt("-z", "--suspend", N_("Enable suspension"));
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
@@ -2003,6 +2006,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		{"autoindent", 0, NULL, 'i'},
 		{"cutfromcursor", 0, NULL, 'k'},
 		{"unix", 0, NULL, 'u'},
+		{"afterends", 0, NULL, 'y'},
 		{"softwrap", 0, NULL, '$'},
 #endif
 		{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
@@ -2061,7 +2065,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	while ((optchr =
 		getopt_long(argc, argv,
-				"ABC:DEFGHIKLMNOPQ:RST:UVWX:Y:abcdefghijklmno:pqr:s:tuvwxz$",
+				"ABC:DEFGHIKLMNOPQ:RST:UVWX:Y:abcdefghijklmno:pqr:s:tuvwxyz$",
 				long_options, NULL)) != -1) {
 		switch (optchr) {
 			case 'b':
@@ -2256,6 +2260,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			case 'x':
 				SET(NO_HELP);
 				break;
+#ifndef NANO_TINY
+			case 'y':
+				SET(AFTER_ENDS);
+				break;
+#endif
 			case 'z':
 				SET(SUSPEND);
 				break;
diff --git a/src/nano.h b/src/nano.h
index 17a52369..15eadd5d 100644
--- a/src/nano.h
+++ b/src/nano.h
@@ -543,7 +543,8 @@ enum
 	SHOW_CURSOR,
 	LINE_NUMBERS,
 	NO_PAUSES,
-	AT_BLANKS
+	AT_BLANKS,
+	AFTER_ENDS
 };
 
 /* Flags for the menus in which a given function should be present. */
diff --git a/src/prompt.c b/src/prompt.c
index e7cb7418..b14e8592 100644
--- a/src/prompt.c
+++ b/src/prompt.c
@@ -292,17 +292,28 @@ void do_statusbar_cut_text(void)
 void do_statusbar_next_word(void)
 {
 	bool seen_space = !is_word_mbchar(answer + statusbar_x, FALSE);
+	bool seen_word = !seen_space;
 
-	/* Move forward until we reach the start of a word. */
+	/* Move forward until we reach either the end or the start of a word,
+	 * depending on whether the AFTER_ENDS flag is set or not. */
 	while (answer[statusbar_x] != '\0') {
 		statusbar_x = move_mbright(answer, statusbar_x);
 
+		if (ISSET(AFTER_ENDS)) {
+			/* If this is a word character, continue; else it's a separator,
+			 * and if we've already seen a word, then it's a word end. */
+			if (is_word_mbchar(answer + statusbar_x, FALSE))
+				seen_word = TRUE;
+			else if (seen_word)
+				break;
+		} else {
 		/* If this is not a word character, then it's a separator; else
 		 * if we've already seen a separator, then it's a word start. */
 		if (!is_word_mbchar(answer + statusbar_x, FALSE))
 			seen_space = TRUE;
 		else if (seen_space)
 			break;
+		}
 	}
 
 	update_the_statusbar();
diff --git a/src/proto.h b/src/proto.h
index 440af6a0..8cc8d14f 100644
--- a/src/proto.h
+++ b/src/proto.h
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ void do_para_end_void(void);
 void do_prev_block(void);
 void do_next_block(void);
 void do_prev_word(bool allow_punct, bool update_screen);
-bool do_next_word(bool allow_punct, bool update_screen);
+bool do_next_word(bool after_ends, bool allow_punct, bool update_screen);
 void do_prev_word_void(void);
 void do_next_word_void(void);
 void do_home(void);
diff --git a/src/rcfile.c b/src/rcfile.c
index afa172ec..50a4e204 100644
--- a/src/rcfile.c
+++ b/src/rcfile.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ static const rcoption rcopts[] = {
 	{"tempfile", TEMP_FILE},
 	{"view", VIEW_MODE},
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
+	{"afterends", AFTER_ENDS},
 	{"allow_insecure_backup", INSECURE_BACKUP},
 	{"atblanks", AT_BLANKS},
 	{"autoindent", AUTOINDENT},
diff --git a/src/text.c b/src/text.c
index 7f0bdb33..6d0cfac5 100644
--- a/src/text.c
+++ b/src/text.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ void do_cutword(bool backward)
 	if (backward)
 		do_prev_word(ISSET(WORD_BOUNDS), FALSE);
 	else
-		do_next_word(ISSET(WORD_BOUNDS), FALSE);
+		do_next_word(FALSE, ISSET(WORD_BOUNDS), FALSE);
 
 	/* Set the mark at the start of that word. */
 	openfile->mark = openfile->current;
@@ -3459,7 +3459,7 @@ void do_wordlinechar_count(void)
 	 * count whenever we're on a word just before moving. */
 	while (openfile->current != openfile->filebot ||
 		openfile->current->data[openfile->current_x] != '\0') {
-		if (do_next_word(TRUE, FALSE))
+		if (do_next_word(FALSE, TRUE, FALSE))
 			words++;
 	}
 
diff --git a/syntax/nanorc.nanorc b/syntax/nanorc.nanorc
index f71088cc..5ce84efb 100644
--- a/syntax/nanorc.nanorc
+++ b/syntax/nanorc.nanorc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ comment "#"
 icolor brightred "^[[:space:]]*((un)?(bind|set)|include|syntax|header|magic|comment|linter|formatter|i?color|extendsyntax).*$"
 
 # Keywords
-icolor brightgreen "^[[:space:]]*(set|unset)[[:space:]]+(allow_insecure_backup|atblanks|autoindent|backup|backwards|boldtext|casesensitive|constantshow|cutfromcursor|fill[[:space:]]+-?[[:digit:]]+|historylog|linenumbers|locking|morespace|mouse|multibuffer|noconvert|nohelp|nopauses|nonewlines|nowrap|positionlog|preserve|quickblank|quiet|rebinddelete|rebindkeypad|regexp|showcursor|smarthome|smooth|softwrap|suspend|tabsize[[:space:]]+[1-9][0-9]*|tabstospaces|tempfile|trimblanks|unix|view|wordbounds)\>"
+icolor brightgreen "^[[:space:]]*(set|unset)[[:space:]]+(afterends|allow_insecure_backup|atblanks|autoindent|backup|backwards|boldtext|casesensitive|constantshow|cutfromcursor|fill[[:space:]]+-?[[:digit:]]+|historylog|linenumbers|locking|morespace|mouse|multibuffer|noconvert|nohelp|nopauses|nonewlines|nowrap|positionlog|preserve|quickblank|quiet|rebinddelete|rebindkeypad|regexp|showcursor|smarthome|smooth|softwrap|suspend|tabsize[[:space:]]+[1-9][0-9]*|tabstospaces|tempfile|trimblanks|unix|view|wordbounds)\>"
 icolor yellow "^[[:space:]]*set[[:space:]]+((error|function|key|number|selected|status|title)color)[[:space:]]+(bright)?(white|black|red|blue|green|yellow|magenta|cyan|normal)?(,(white|black|red|blue|green|yellow|magenta|cyan|normal))?\>"
 icolor brightgreen "^[[:space:]]*set[[:space:]]+(backupdir|brackets|errorcolor|functioncolor|keycolor|matchbrackets|numbercolor|operatingdir|punct|quotestr|selectedcolor|speller|statuscolor|titlecolor|whitespace|wordchars)[[:space:]]+"
 icolor brightgreen "^[[:space:]]*bind[[:space:]]+((\^([[:alpha:]]|[]0-9\^_]|Space)|M-([[:alpha:]]|[]!"#$%&'()*+,./0-9:;<=>?@\^_`{|}~-]|Space))|F([1-9]|1[0-6])|Ins|Del)[[:space:]]+([[:alpha:]]+|".*")[[:space:]]+(all|main|search|replace(with)?|gotoline|writeout|insert|ext(ernal)?cmd|help|spell|linter|browser|whereisfile|gotodir)([[:space:]]+#|[[:space:]]*$)"