diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index 7c1c75d0..5a61c20d 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -1671,6 +1671,7 @@ Standard ML:
 
 Stata:
   type: programming
+  lexer: Text only
   extensions:
   - .ado
   - .do