diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index 8936b0f4..5b31ed4f 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -2778,7 +2778,7 @@ R:
   ace_mode: r
 
 RAML:
-  type: data
+  type: markup
   ace_mode: yaml
   tm_scope: source.yaml
   color: "#77d9fb"