--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/bug_report.m
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/bug_report.m
@@ -1,28 +1,29 @@
-# Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
-# 
-# This file is part of Octave.
-# 
-# Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
-# Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
-# later version.
-# 
-# Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
-# for more details.
-# 
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
-# Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+### Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
+###
+### This file is part of Octave.
+###
+### Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+### under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+### the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+### any later version.
+###
+### Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+### WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+### MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+### General Public License for more details.
+###
+### You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+### along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+### Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+### 02111-1307, USA.
 
 function bug_report ()
 
-# usage: bug_report
-#
-# Have Octave create a bug report template file, invoke your favorite
-# editor, and submit the report to the bug-octave mailing list when
-# you are finished editing.
+  ## usage: bug_report
+  ##
+  ## Have Octave create a bug report template file, invoke your favorite
+  ## editor, and submit the report to the bug-octave mailing list when
+  ## you are finished editing.
 
   if (nargin != 0)
     warning ("bug_report: ignoring extra arguments");
@@ -34,8 +35,8 @@
   subject = "";
   subject = input ("Subject: ", "s");
 
-# XXX FIXME XXX -- really need a better system command, one that will
-# automatically send output from the command to stdout...
+  ## XXX FIXME XXX -- really need a better system command, one that will
+  ## automatically send output from the command to stdout...
 
   prefs = octave_tmp_file_name ();