diff --git a/doc/NERD_commenter.txt b/doc/NERD_commenter.txt
index af6b5e5..fd7aa3d 100644
--- a/doc/NERD_commenter.txt
+++ b/doc/NERD_commenter.txt
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ Vladimir Lomov                      asymptote
 Marco                               mrxvtrc, aap
 nicothakis                          SVNAnnotate, CVSAnnotate, SVKAnnotate,
                                     SVNdiff, gitAnnotate, gitdiff, dtrace
-                                    llvm
+                                    llvm, applescript
 Chen Xing                           Wikipedia
 Jacobo Diaz                         dakota, patran
 Li Jin                              gentoo-env-d, gentoo-init-d,
diff --git a/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim b/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
index 2e960af..0520a49 100644
--- a/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
+++ b/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ function s:SetUpForNewFiletype(filetype, forceReset)
         call s:MapDelimiters('#', '')
     elseif a:filetype == "apachestyle"
         call s:MapDelimiters('#', '')
+    elseif a:filetype == "applescript"
+        call s:MapDelimitersWithAlternative('--', '', '(*', '*)')
     elseif a:filetype == "asm68k"
         call s:MapDelimiters(';', '')
     elseif a:filetype == "asm"