diff --git a/doc/NERD_commenter.txt b/doc/NERD_commenter.txt
index c4a9a31..af58330 100644
--- a/doc/NERD_commenter.txt
+++ b/doc/NERD_commenter.txt
@@ -803,6 +803,7 @@ if your face looked like a toaster and a t-rex put together? :(
     - fix automake comments, thanks to Elias Pipping
     - make haml comments default to -# with / as the alternative delimiter,
       thanks to tpope
+    - add support for actionscript, thanks to Edwin Benavides
 
 2.2.0
     - rewrote the mappings system to be more "standard".
diff --git a/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim b/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
index 303b79e..eac7dc0 100644
--- a/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
+++ b/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ function s:SetUpForNewFiletype(filetype, forceReset)
         call s:MapDelimiters('%', '')
     elseif a:filetype == "acedb"
         call s:MapDelimitersWithAlternative('//','', '/*','*/')
+    elseif a:filetype == "actionscript"
+        call s:MapDelimitersWithAlternative('//','', '/*','*/')
     elseif a:filetype == "ada"
         call s:MapDelimitersWithAlternative('--','', '--  ', '')
     elseif a:filetype == "ahdl"