diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index d68083ea..6983373b 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ VimL:
 
 Visual Basic:
   type: programming
-  lexer: Text only
+  lexer: VB.net
   primary_extension: .vb
   extensions:
   - .bas