diff --git a/evennia/commands/default/player.py b/evennia/commands/default/player.py
index d8591f5bbc..0d39dcdb42 100644
--- a/evennia/commands/default/player.py
+++ b/evennia/commands/default/player.py
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ class CmdColorTest(MuxPlayerCommand):
                 string += "\n " + " ".join(row)
             #print string
             self.msg(string)
-            self.msg("{{X : black. {{/ : return, {{- : tab, {{_ : space, {{* : invert")
+            self.msg("{{X : black. {{/ : return, {{- : tab, {{_ : space, {{* : invert, {{u : underline")
             self.msg("To combine background and foreground, add background marker last, e.g. {{r{{[b.")
 
         elif self.args.startswith("x"):
diff --git a/evennia/utils/ansi.py b/evennia/utils/ansi.py
index 1e060d6aac..0fa577da47 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/ansi.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/ansi.py
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ class ANSIParser(object):
         (r'{_', ANSI_SPACE),           # space
         (r'{*', ANSI_INVERSE),        # invert
         (r'{^', ANSI_BLINK),          # blinking text (very annoying and not supported by all clients)
+        (r'{u', ANSI_UNDERLINE),       # underline
 
         (r'{r', hilite + ANSI_RED),
         (r'{g', hilite + ANSI_GREEN),