diff --git a/rc/filetype/python.kak b/rc/filetype/python.kak
index d7b09aa7..7f44897d 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/python.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/python.kak
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ provide-module python %§
 add-highlighter shared/python regions
 add-highlighter shared/python/code default-region group
 add-highlighter shared/python/docstring     region -match-capture ^\h*("""|''') (?<!\\)(?:\\\\)*("""|''') regions
+add-highlighter shared/python/triple_string region -match-capture ("""|''') (?<!\\)(?:\\\\)*("""|''') fill string
 add-highlighter shared/python/double_string region '"'   (?<!\\)(\\\\)*"  fill string
 add-highlighter shared/python/single_string region "'"   (?<!\\)(\\\\)*'  fill string
 add-highlighter shared/python/documentation region '##'  '$'              fill documentation
@@ -54,8 +55,7 @@ add-highlighter shared/python/code/ regex '\b\d+\.' 0:value
 add-highlighter shared/python/code/ regex '\b\d+\+\d+[jJ]\b' 0:value
 
 add-highlighter shared/python/docstring/ default-region fill comment
-add-highlighter shared/python/docstring/ region '>>> \K'    '\z' ref python
-add-highlighter shared/python/docstring/ region '\.\.\. \K'    '\z' ref python
+add-highlighter shared/python/docstring/ region '(>>>|\.\.\.) \K'    (?=''')|(?=""") ref python
 
 evaluate-commands %sh{
     # Grammar
diff --git a/test/regression/1920-crash-on-python-in-docstring/script b/test/regression/1920-crash-on-python-in-docstring/script
index a064fef7..260ebb03 100644
--- a/test/regression/1920-crash-on-python-in-docstring/script
+++ b/test/regression/1920-crash-on-python-in-docstring/script
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ui_out '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "set_ui_options", "params": [{}] }'
-ui_out '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "draw", "params": [[[{ "face": { "fg": "black", "bg": "white", "attributes": ["final_fg","final_bg"] }, "contents": "\"" }, { "face": { "fg": "magenta", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "\"\">>> " }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "\"\"\"\u000a" }]], { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }] }'
+ui_out '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "draw", "params": [[[{ "face": { "fg": "black", "bg": "white", "attributes": ["final_fg","final_bg"] }, "contents": "\"" }, { "face": { "fg": "cyan", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "\"\">>> \"\"\"" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "\u000a" }]], { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }] }'
 ui_out '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "menu_hide", "params": [] }'
 ui_out '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "info_hide", "params": [] }'
 ui_out '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "draw_status", "params": [[], [{ "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "out 1:1 " }, { "face": { "fg": "black", "bg": "yellow", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": " " }, { "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "1 sel" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": " - client0@[kak-tests]" }], { "fg": "cyan", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }] }'