diff --git a/nanorc b/nanorc
index 8d42315..d8b070e 100644
--- a/nanorc
+++ b/nanorc
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ set nonewlines
 
 ## Do quick status-bar blanking.  Status-bar messages will disappear after
 ## 1 keystroke instead of 26.  Note that "constantshow" overrides this.
-# set quickblank
+set quickblank
 
 ## The regular expression that matches quoting characters in email
 ## or line-comment introducers in source code.  The default is: