diff --git a/syntax/sh.nanorc b/syntax/sh.nanorc
index afb68e77..eabc394d 100644
--- a/syntax/sh.nanorc
+++ b/syntax/sh.nanorc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Here is an example for Bourne shell scripts.
 
-syntax sh "(\.sh|\.(a|ba|c|da|k|mk|pdk|tc|z)(sh|shrc|sh_profile)|/(etc/|\.)profile)$"
+syntax sh "(\.sh|(\.|/)(a|ba|c|da|k|mk|pdk|tc|z)sh(rc|_profile)?|/(etc/|\.)profile)$"
 header "^#!.*/(((a|ba|c|da|k|mk|pdk|tc|z)?sh)|(busybox|env) +sh|openrc-run|runscript)"
 magic "(POSIX|Bourne-Again) shell script.*text"
 comment "#"