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 ""
 
diff --git a/prolog.nanorc b/prolog.nanorc
index 8475ab6..c834991 100644
--- a/prolog.nanorc
+++ b/prolog.nanorc
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 ## Here is a prolog example.
 
-syntax prolog "\.pl"
+syntax "prolog" "\.pl"
 comment "%"
 
 # Reset everything
-color normal ".*"
+color white ".*"
 
 # Integers and floats
 color yellow "(^| |=)[0-9]+\.?[0-9]*"
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ color yellow "(^|[[:blank:]]|\(|,)_($|[[:blank:]]|,|\))"
 
 # Functions
 color cyan "(^|[[:blank:]])\w+\("
-color normal "\(|\)|\[|\]|,|=|\\="
+color white "\(|\)|\[|\]|,|=|\\="
 
 # Atoms
 color green start="\"" end="\""