diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index e3032c9b..b92383d0 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ Vala:
 
 Verilog:
   type: programming
-  lexer: Text only
+  lexer: verilog
   extensions:
   - .v