diff --git a/hcl.nanorc b/hcl.nanorc
index b839d87..f02308b 100644
--- a/hcl.nanorc
+++ b/hcl.nanorc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Original author:  John Boero
 # License:  GPLv3 or newer
 
-syntax hcl "\.(tf|hcl)$"
+syntax "hcl" "\.(tf|hcl)$"
 # No comments are permitted in JSON.
 comment ""