diff --git a/syntax/man.nanorc b/syntax/man.nanorc
index 06404e00..6dd74a62 100644
--- a/syntax/man.nanorc
+++ b/syntax/man.nanorc
@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@ syntax man "\.[1-9]x?$"
 magic "troff or preprocessor input"
 comment ".\""
 
-# Section headers, title line, and indented paragraphs.
+# Section headers, title line, and paragraphs.
 color green "^\.(SH|SS|TH) .*"
-color brightgreen "^\.((SH|SS|TH) |[HIT]P)"
-# Type faces, and normal paragraphs.
-color brightred "^\.(B[IR]?|I[BR]?|R[BI]|S[BM]) .*"
-color brightblue "^\.((B[IR]?|I[BR]?|R[BI]|S[BM]) |[LP]?P$)"
+color brightgreen "^\.((SH|SS|TH) |[HIT]P|TQ|LP$|P?P$)"
+# Type faces, and synopses.
+color brightred "^\.(B[IR]?|I[BR]?|RB|RI|SB|SM|SY|OP) .*"
+color brightblue "^\.((B[IR]?|I[BR]?|RB|RI|SB|SM|SY|OP) |YS$)"
 # Inline type faces.
 color magenta "\\f[BIPR]"
 # Hyphenation control.
 color purple "\\[%:]"
 color yellow "^\.(hc|hla|hlm|hw|hy)"
 # Relative margins, hyperlinks, and various other stuff.
-color yellow "^\.(RS|RE|UR|UE|PD|DT)"
+color yellow "^\.(RS|RE|UR|UE|MT|ME|EX|EE|PD|DT)"
 color yellow "^\.(ad|bp|br|ce|de|ds|el|ie|if|fi|ft|ig|in|na|ne|nf|nh|ps|so|sp|ti|tr)"
 
 # Comments.