diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9a0ca0392..1ed1645da 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  + Improved man pages (thanks to Andy Lester).
  + Default .taskrc files are now largely empty, and rely almost completed
    on default values.
+ + Special tags are now documented, and the 'tags' command highlights them.
  + Fixed bug #427, preventing the task edit command to parse annotation
    dates with spaces.
  + Fixed bug #433, making task command output more consistent.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5f58edfb4..2d9252351 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 New Features in task 1.9.3
 
   - Start and stop times for a task can now be recorded as annotations.
-  -
+  - Special tags 'nocolor' and 'nonag'.
 
   Please refer to the ChangeLog file for full details.  There are too many to
   list here.
diff --git a/doc/man/task.1 b/doc/man/task.1
index 991c6f496..3df9b59b7 100644
--- a/doc/man/task.1
+++ b/doc/man/task.1
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ number of tasks for each.
 
 .TP
 .B tags
-Show a list of all tags used.
+Show a list of all tags used.  Any special tags used are highlighted.
 
 .TP
 .B summary
@@ -269,7 +269,14 @@ task del 1,4-10,19
 .TP
 .B +tag|-tag
 Tags are arbitrary words associated with a task. Use + to add a tag and - to
-remove a tag from a task. A task can have any quantity of tags
+remove a tag from a task. A task can have any quantity of tags.
+
+Certain tags (called 'special tags'), can be used to affect the way tasks are
+treated.  For example, is a task has the special tag 'nocolor', then it is
+exempt from all color rules.  The supported special tags are:
+
+    +nocolor     Disable color rules processing for this task.
+    +nonag       Completion of this task suppresses all nag messages.
 
 .TP
 .B project:<project-name>
diff --git a/src/command.cpp b/src/command.cpp
index 63acfb3f5..b3ad482fc 100644
--- a/src/command.cpp
+++ b/src/command.cpp
@@ -378,6 +378,9 @@ int handleTags (std::string &outs)
           unique[*tag] = 1;
     }
 
+    bool use_color = context.config.getBoolean ("color") ||
+                     context.config.getBoolean ("_forcecolor");
+
     if (unique.size ())
     {
       // Render a list of tags names from the map.
@@ -385,8 +388,7 @@ int handleTags (std::string &outs)
       table.addColumn ("Tag");
       table.addColumn ("Count");
 
-      if (context.config.getBoolean ("color") ||
-          context.config.getBoolean ("_forcecolor"))
+      if (use_color)
       {
         table.setColumnUnderline (0);
         table.setColumnUnderline (1);
@@ -394,11 +396,19 @@ int handleTags (std::string &outs)
 
       table.setColumnJustification (1, Table::right);
 
+      Color bold ("bold");
       foreach (i, unique)
       {
         int row = table.addRow ();
         table.addCell (row, 0, i->first);
         table.addCell (row, 1, i->second);
+
+        // Highlight the special tags.
+        if (use_color && (i->first == "nocolor" ||
+                          i->first == "nonag"))
+        {
+          table.setRowColor (row, bold);
+        }
       }
 
       out << optionalBlankLine ()