diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 3ca87567ac88f4afbc2dd2d09a9222f5fa723d12..2d38bfef9edace0e2f3d7ab282bee77597176658 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-09-19  Joel Rosdahl  <joel@rosdahl.net>
+
+	* swedish-strings.el, english-strings.el: Added missing group in
+	regexps comment-prefix and footnote-prefix.
+
 2002-09-18  David Byers  <david.byers@swipnet.se>
 
 	Fix bug 762:
diff --git a/src/english-strings.el b/src/english-strings.el
index 118ea2eb02934772346355868d605fdf0ebc793e..3ea7a2ac404144b7e9dc82828722cbb24194e1a6 100644
--- a/src/english-strings.el
+++ b/src/english-strings.el
@@ -1232,9 +1232,9 @@ Error message: %#1s**************************************************")
     (backward . "backward")
     (wait . "Wait a moment...\n")
     (comment . "Comment")
-    (comment-prefix . "[Cc][Oo]")
+    (comment-prefix . "\\([Cc][Oo]\\)")
     (footnote . "Footnote")
-    (footnote-prefix . "[Ff]")
+    (footnote-prefix . "\\([Ff]\\)")
     (by . " by %#1P")
     (text-created .  "Text %#1n has been created.\n")
     (text-created-anonymous .  "\
diff --git a/src/swedish-strings.el b/src/swedish-strings.el
index a68a3a36d139ab2b637c3ea388786eb7ee365a8b..c2df84341a72583cc9cfb3eacd3266b4b3d64f58 100644
--- a/src/swedish-strings.el
+++ b/src/swedish-strings.el
@@ -1247,9 +1247,9 @@ Felmeddelande: %#1s**************************************************")
     (backward . "bak�t")
     (wait . "V�nta ett tag...\n")
     (comment . "Kommentar")
-    (comment-prefix . "[Kk]")
+    (comment-prefix . "\\([Kk]\\)")
     (footnote . "Fotnot")
-    (footnote-prefix . "[Ff]")
+    (footnote-prefix . "\\([Ff]\\)")
 
     (by . " av %#1P")
     (text-created .  "Text nummer %#1n �r skapad.\n")