diff -u nano/rcfile.c nano-rcerror/rcfile.c
--- nano/rcfile.c	Wed Feb  5 03:45:30 2003
+++ nano-rcerror/rcfile.c	Wed Feb  5 06:30:16 2003
@@ -211,13 +211,12 @@
 	mcolor = COLOR_MAGENTA;
     else if (!strcasecmp(colorname, "black"))
 	mcolor = COLOR_BLACK;
-    else {
+    else
 	rcfile_error(_("color %s not understood.\n"
 		       "Valid colors are \"green\", \"red\", \"blue\", \n"
 		       "\"white\", \"yellow\", \"cyan\", \"magenta\" and \n"
-		       "\"black\", with the optional prefix \"bright\".\n"));
-	exit(1);
-    }
+		       "\"black\", with the optional prefix \"bright\".\n"),
+			colorname);
 
     return mcolor;
 }