diff --git a/book/src/themes.md b/book/src/themes.md
index 2d75ac576..5a4d04038 100644
--- a/book/src/themes.md
+++ b/book/src/themes.md
@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ We use a similar set of scopes as
   - `special`
     - `path`
     - `url`
-
-- `symbol` - Elixir atoms, Ruby symbols, Clojure keywords
+    - `symbol` - Erlang/Elixir atoms, Ruby symbols, Clojure keywords
 
 - `comment` - Code comments
   - `line` - Single line comments (`//`)
diff --git a/runtime/queries/elixir/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/elixir/highlights.scm
index 33a84ace8..a882fb63b 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/elixir/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/elixir/highlights.scm
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
   (quoted_atom)
   (keyword)
   (quoted_keyword)
-] @symbol
+] @string.special.symbol
 
 [
   (string)