diff --git a/runtime/ftplugin/netrc.vim b/runtime/ftplugin/netrc.vim
index 02ee327..5f40bec 100644
--- a/runtime/ftplugin/netrc.vim
+++ b/runtime/ftplugin/netrc.vim
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 " Language:             netrc(5) configuration file
 " Previous Maintainer:  Nikolai Weibull <now@bitwi.se>
 " Latest Revision:      2008-07-09
+" Last Change:		2023 Feb 27 by Keith Smiley
 
 if exists("b:did_ftplugin")
   finish
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
 
 let b:undo_ftplugin = "setl com< cms< fo<"
 
-setlocal comments= commentstring= formatoptions-=tcroq formatoptions+=l
+setlocal comments=b:# commentstring=#\ %s formatoptions-=tcroq formatoptions+=l
 
 let &cpo = s:cpo_save
 unlet s:cpo_save