diff --git a/modules/highlight/highlight.go b/modules/highlight/highlight.go
index d7ab3f7afd..4ee47b7a13 100644
--- a/modules/highlight/highlight.go
+++ b/modules/highlight/highlight.go
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ func PlainText(code []byte) []template.HTML {
 }
 
 func formatLexerName(name string) string {
-	if name == "fallback" {
-		return "Plaintext"
+	if name == "fallback" || name == "plaintext" {
+		return "Text"
 	}
 
 	return util.ToTitleCaseNoLower(name)
diff --git a/modules/highlight/highlight_test.go b/modules/highlight/highlight_test.go
index 659688bd0f..dd15b97847 100644
--- a/modules/highlight/highlight_test.go
+++ b/modules/highlight/highlight_test.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func TestFile(t *testing.T) {
 			name:      "tags.txt",
 			code:      "<>",
 			want:      lines("&lt;&gt;"),
-			lexerName: "Plaintext",
+			lexerName: "Text",
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "tags.py",