diff -ur nano-cvs/src/help.c nano-new/src/help.c
--- nano-cvs/src/help.c	2006-06-09 21:28:19.000000000 +0200
+++ nano-new/src/help.c	2006-06-19 15:33:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@
 	    /* Yucky sentinel values that we can't handle a better
 	     * way. */
 	    if (s->ctrlval == NANO_CONTROL_SPACE) {
-		char *space_ptr = display_string(_("Space"), 0, 14,
+		char *space_ptr = display_string(_("Space"), 0, 13,
 			FALSE);
 
 		if (s->funcval == NANO_NO_KEY && (s->metaval ==
@@ -443,21 +443,21 @@
 		     * of blank space.  If this entry takes up more than
 		     * one entry's worth of space, use two to display
 		     * it. */
-		    if (mbstrlen(space_ptr) > 6)
+		    if (mbstrlen(space_ptr) > 5)
 			entries++;
 		} else
 		    /* Otherwise, truncate it so that it takes up only
 		     * one entry's worth of space. */
-		    space_ptr[6] = '\0';
+		    space_ptr[5] = '\0';
 
-		ptr += sprintf(ptr, "^%s", space_ptr);
+		ptr += sprintf(ptr, " ^%s", space_ptr);
 
 		free(space_ptr);
 	    } else if (s->ctrlval == NANO_CONTROL_8)
-		ptr += sprintf(ptr, "^?");
+		ptr += sprintf(ptr, " ^?");
 	    /* Normal values. */
 	    else
-		ptr += sprintf(ptr, "^%c", s->ctrlval + 64);
+		ptr += sprintf(ptr, " ^%c", s->ctrlval + 64);
 	    *(ptr++) = '\t';
 	}
 
@@ -485,21 +485,21 @@
 	    /* Yucky sentinel values that we can't handle a better
 	     * way. */
 	    if (s->metaval == NANO_ALT_SPACE && entries == 1) {
-		char *space_ptr = display_string(_("Space"), 0, 13,
+		char *space_ptr = display_string(_("Space"), 0, 12,
 			FALSE);
 
 		/* If we're here, we have at least two entries worth of
 		 * blank space.  If this entry takes up more than one
 		 * entry's worth of space, use two to display it. */
-		if (mbstrlen(space_ptr) > 5)
+		if (mbstrlen(space_ptr) > 4)
 		    entries++;
 
-		ptr += sprintf(ptr, "M-%s", space_ptr);
+		ptr += sprintf(ptr, " M-%s", space_ptr);
 
 		free(space_ptr);
 	    } else
 		/* Normal values. */
-		ptr += sprintf(ptr, (entries == 1) ? "M-%c" : "(M-%c)",
+		ptr += sprintf(ptr, (entries == 1) ? " M-%c" : "(M-%c)",
 			toupper(s->metaval));
 	    *(ptr++) = '\t';
 	}
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@
     if (currshortcut == main_list) {
 	for (t = toggles; t != NULL; t = t->next) {
 	    if (t->val != TOGGLE_NO_KEY)
-		ptr += sprintf(ptr, "M-%c\t\t\t%s %s",
+		ptr += sprintf(ptr, " M-%c\t\t\t%s %s",
 			toupper(t->val), t->desc, _("enable/disable"));
 	    ptr += sprintf(ptr, "\n");