diff --git a/modules/prelude-programming.el b/modules/prelude-programming.el
index b52fb9c..f12e2bc 100644
--- a/modules/prelude-programming.el
+++ b/modules/prelude-programming.el
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 
 This functions should be added to the hooks of major modes for programming."
   (font-lock-add-keywords
-   nil '(("\\<\\(FIX\\(ME\\)?\\|TODO\\|OPTIMIZE\\|HACK\\|REFACTOR\\):"
+   nil '(("\\<\\(\\(FIX\\(ME\\)?\\|TODO\\|OPTIMIZE\\|HACK\\|REFACTOR\\):\\)"
           1 font-lock-warning-face t))))
 
 ;; show the name of the current function definition in the modeline