diff --git a/rc/base/git.kak b/rc/base/git.kak
index f5f37bbcd..7648f435c 100644
--- a/rc/base/git.kak
+++ b/rc/base/git.kak
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ hook -group git-commit-highlight global WinSetOption filetype=git-commit %{
     add-highlighter -group git-commit-highlight regex "\`[^\n]{1,50}" 0:yellow
     add-highlighter -group git-commit-highlight regex "\`[^\n]*\n\h*(?!#)([^\n]*)\n?" 1:default,red
     add-highlighter -group git-commit-highlight regex "^\h*#[^\n]*\n" 0:cyan,default
-    add-highlighter -group git-commit-highlight regex "\b(?:(modified)|(deleted)|(new file)|(renamed)):([^\n]*)\n" 1:yellow 2:red 3:green 4:blue 5:magenta
+    add-highlighter -group git-commit-highlight regex "\b(?:(modified)|(deleted)|(new file)|(renamed|copied)):([^\n]*)\n" 1:yellow 2:red 3:green 4:blue 5:magenta
     add-highlighter -group git-commit-highlight ref diff # highlight potential diffs from the -v option
 }