diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index 120cee58..5996fc8c 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ MiniD: # Legacy
 Mirah:
   type: programming
   lexer: Ruby
-  search_term: ruby
+  search_term: mirah
   color: "#c7a938"
   extensions:
   - .druby
diff --git a/test/test_language.rb b/test/test_language.rb
index fa92f38c..7c81ceef 100644
--- a/test/test_language.rb
+++ b/test/test_language.rb
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class TestLanguage < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal 'pot',           Language['Gettext Catalog'].search_term
     assert_equal 'irc',           Language['IRC log'].search_term
     assert_equal 'lhs',           Language['Literate Haskell'].search_term
-    assert_equal 'ruby',          Language['Mirah'].search_term
+    assert_equal 'mirah',         Language['Mirah'].search_term
     assert_equal 'raw',           Language['Raw token data'].search_term
     assert_equal 'bash',          Language['Shell'].search_term
     assert_equal 'vim',           Language['VimL'].search_term