diff --git a/doc/NERD_commenter.txt b/doc/NERD_commenter.txt
index 6b2b3b1..458afd7 100644
--- a/doc/NERD_commenter.txt
+++ b/doc/NERD_commenter.txt
@@ -871,6 +871,8 @@ to get illegal syntax when uncommenting them.
     - set the NERDRemoveExtraSpaces option to 1 by default as the doc states
     - fixed a bug where extra spaces werent being removed sometimes, thx to
       Zhang Shuhan for the report
+    - made the sexy comment mapping fall back to normal commenting if sexy
+      comments arent possible with the filetypes delimiters
     - fixed some other bugs with sexy comments
 
 2.1.12
diff --git a/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim b/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
index 0f13b98..2bbabe4 100644
--- a/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
+++ b/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
@@ -1516,7 +1516,7 @@ function! NERDComment(isVisual, type) range
         try
             call s:CommentLinesSexy(firstLine, lastLine)
         catch /NERDCommenter.Delimiters/
-            call s:NerdEcho("Sexy comments cannot be done with the available delimiters", 0)
+            call s:CommentLines(forceNested, 0, 0, firstLine, lastLine)
         catch /NERDCommenter.Nesting/
             call s:NerdEcho("Sexy comment aborted. Nested sexy cannot be nested", 0)
         endtry