diff --git a/doc/pages/highlighters.asciidoc b/doc/pages/highlighters.asciidoc
index 81e834ba..fdb4f34b 100644
--- a/doc/pages/highlighters.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/pages/highlighters.asciidoc
@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ highlighter as root:
 
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 add-highlighter <path>/<lang> regions
-add-highlighter <path>/<lang>/string '"' '"' fill string
-add-highlighter <path>/<lang>/comment '//' '$' fill comment
+add-highlighter <path>/<lang>/string region '"' '"' fill string
+add-highlighter <path>/<lang>/comment region '//' '$' fill comment
 add-highlighter <path>/<lang>/code default-region group
 add-highlighter <path>/<lang>/code/variable regex ...
 add-highlighter <path>/<lang>/code/function regex ...