diff --git a/syntax/rust.nanorc b/syntax/rust.nanorc
index 6b73c759..1a933ab3 100644
--- a/syntax/rust.nanorc
+++ b/syntax/rust.nanorc
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ color magenta "[A-Z][A-Z_0-9]+"
 color magenta "[A-Z][A-Za-z0-9]+"
 
 # Strings
-color green "".*""
-color green start="".*\\$" end=".*""
+color green ""([^"]|\\")*""
+color green start=""([^"]|\\")*\\$" end=".*""
 ## NOTE: This isn't accurate, but matching "#{0,} for the end of the string is too liberal.
 color green start="r#+"" end=""#+"