diff --git a/ctrl/modopts.ini b/ctrl/modopts.ini
index 4062a01fcdb462756426a4c62546db65905124be..e626bb2b1cd9deb21dba72e66d83822261261182 100644
--- a/ctrl/modopts.ini
+++ b/ctrl/modopts.ini
@@ -79,9 +79,10 @@
 ;       eval_after_exec = load('../xtrn/twitter/tweet.js', user.alias, 'ran', prog.name);
 
 ; uncomment and modify any of the below to change the look of the main external sections menu
-;	    section_fmt: \1-\1g%3d:\1n\1g %s
-;	    section_header_fmt: \1-\1gSelect \1hExternal Program Section\1-\1g:
-;	    section_which: \r\n\1-\1gWhich, \1w\1h~Q\1n\1guit or [1]: \1h
+;	    section_fmt: \1g\1h%3d: \1n\1g%s\r\n
+;	    section_header_fmt: \1n\1l\1gSelect \1h%s\1n\1g:\r\n\r\n:
+;	    section_which: \r\nWhich, ~Quit or [%u]: \1h
+;           section_header_title=External Program Selection
 
 ; uncomment and modify any of the below to change the look of the external programs menu
 ; to remove titles or underline, set to the text ' '