The nanocrystalline Fe82Nb7B10Cu1 soft magnetic ribbons were treated with the mixture gas flow of ammonia and hydrogen at 673 K. The influence of the nitridation treatment was studied by the low-frequency permeability spectra. The result shows that this kind of nitridation treatment can improve the soft magnetic properties under some application conditions. The reason for the improvement of the soft magnetic properties by slight nitridation was discussed on the basis of domain wall bulging model. Therefore for the Fe-based nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloy ribbons, the nitridation treatment can be used as an effective and easy method to control the magnetic properties.