diff --git a/rc/filetype/troff.kak b/rc/filetype/troff.kak
index 44645010..59dd7794 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/troff.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/troff.kak
@@ -23,11 +23,15 @@ provide-module troff %{
 # ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
 
 add-highlighter shared/troff group
+
+add-highlighter shared/troff/ regex '(^\.)?\\".*?\n' 0:comment
+
 add-highlighter shared/troff/ regex '\\f[A-Z]' 0:attribute
 add-highlighter shared/troff/ regex '\\fB(.+?)\\f[A-Z]' 1:+b
 add-highlighter shared/troff/ regex '\\fI(.+?)\\f[A-Z]' 1:+i
 
 add-highlighter shared/troff/ regex '^\.[a-zA-Z]{1,2}\b' 0:meta
+add-highlighter shared/troff/ regex '^\.\.$' 0:meta
 add-highlighter shared/troff/ regex '^\.TH\s+[^\n]+' 0:title
 add-highlighter shared/troff/ regex '^\.SH\s+[^\n]+' 0:header
 add-highlighter shared/troff/ regex '^\.IR\s+(\S+)' 1:+i