diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index 13aad091..9147289d 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ Mako:
   - .mao
 
 Markdown:
-  type: programming
+  type: markup
   lexer: Text only
   extensions:
   - .md