diff --git a/syntax/default.nanorc b/syntax/default.nanorc
index 3f880d78ec41c88a069bcf24920499b1fa303504..e9ef3036aeb550eed098710643e3b9d9a73fe24e 100644
--- a/syntax/default.nanorc
+++ b/syntax/default.nanorc
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ color ,red " +	+"
 color brightred "(GNU )?nano [1-9]\.[0-9]\.[^[:space:][:punct:]]+"
 
 # Email addresses.
-color yellow "<[[:alnum:].%_+-]+@[[:alnum:].-]+\.[[:alpha:]]{2,}>"
+color magenta "<[[:alnum:].%_+-]+@[[:alnum:].-]+\.[[:alpha:]]{2,}>"