diff --git a/doc/NERD_commenter.txt b/doc/NERD_commenter.txt
index d7e2496..36438ce 100644
--- a/doc/NERD_commenter.txt
+++ b/doc/NERD_commenter.txt
@@ -798,6 +798,9 @@ if your face looked like a toaster and a t-rex put together? :(
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 8. Changelog                                                *NERDComChangelog*
 
+2.x.x
+    - add support for newlisp, thanks to Matthew Lee Hinman.
+
 2.2.0
     - rewrote the mappings system to be more "standard".
       - removed all the mapping options. Now, mappings to <plug> mappings are
@@ -1026,6 +1029,7 @@ Bernhard Grotz                      potwiki
 sgronblo                            man
 François                            txt2tags
 Giacomo Mariani                     SVNinfo
+Matthew Lee Hinman                  newlisp
 
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 9. License                                                    *NERDComLicense*
diff --git a/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim b/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
index 4a0dfd4..dbcae8a 100644
--- a/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
+++ b/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
@@ -539,6 +539,8 @@ function s:SetUpForNewFiletype(filetype, forceReset)
         call s:MapDelimiters('', '')
     elseif a:filetype == "netrw"
         call s:MapDelimiters('', '')
+    elseif a:filetype == "newlisp"
+        call s:MapDelimiters(';','')
     elseif a:filetype == "nqc"
         call s:MapDelimiters('/*','*/')
     elseif a:filetype == "nroff"