diff --git a/syntax/html.nanorc b/syntax/html.nanorc
index 05075127..194af884 100644
--- a/syntax/html.nanorc
+++ b/syntax/html.nanorc
@@ -11,18 +11,19 @@ color brightmagenta "</?[biu]>"
 
 # Named character references:
 color red "&[^;[:space:]]*;"
+
+# Attributes:
+color red "\<(abbr|accept(-charset)?|accesskey|action|alink|align|alt|archive|axis|background|bgcolor|border)="
+color red "\<(cell(padding|spacing)|char(off|set)?|checked|cite|class(id)?|compact|code(base|tag)?|cols(pan)?)="
+color red "\<(content(editable)?|contextmenu|coords|data|datetime|declare|defer|dir|disabled|enctype)="
+color red "\<(for|frame(border)?|headers|height|hidden|href(lang)?|hspace|http-equiv|id|ismap)="
+color red "\<(label|lang|link|longdesc|margin(height|width)|maxlength|media|method|multiple)="
+color red "\<(name|nohref|noresize|noshade|object|onclick|onfocus|onload|onmouseover|profile|readonly|rel|rev)="
+color red "\<(rows(pan)?|rules|scheme|scope|scrolling|selected|shape|size|span|src|standby|start|style|summary)="
+color red "\<(tabindex|target|text|title|type|usemap|valign|value(type)?|vlink|vspace|width|xmlns|xml:space)="
+
 # Strings:
 color green ""(\\.|[^"])*""
 
-# Attributes:
-color red "(abbr|accept(-charset)?|accesskey|action|alink|align|alt|archive|axis|background|bgcolor|border)="
-color red "(cell(padding|spacing)|char(off|set)?|checked|cite|class(id)?|compact|code(base|tag)?|cols(pan)?)="
-color red "(content(editable)?|contextmenu|coords|data|datetime|declare|defer|dir|disabled|enctype)="
-color red "(for|frame(border)?|headers|height|hidden|href(lang)?|hspace|http-equiv|id|ismap)="
-color red "(label|lang|link|longdesc|margin(height|width)|maxlength|media|method|multiple)="
-color red "(name|nohref|noresize|noshade|object|onclick|onfocus|onload|onmouseover|profile|readonly|rel|rev)="
-color red "(rows(pan)?|rules|scheme|scope|scrolling|selected|shape|size|span|src|standby|start|style|summary)="
-color red "(tabindex|target|text|title|type|usemap|valign|value(type)?|vlink|vspace|width|xmlns|xml:space)="
-
 # Comments:
 color yellow start="<!--" end="-->"