diff --git a/extensions/markdown-math/package.json b/extensions/markdown-math/package.json
index e7a9ebc105f..077c90d9686 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown-math/package.json
+++ b/extensions/markdown-math/package.json
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
           "text.html.markdown"
         ],
         "embeddedLanguages": {
-          "meta.embedded.math.markdown": "latex"
+          "meta.embedded.math.markdown": "latex",
+          "punctuation.definition.math.end.markdown": "latex"
         }
       }
     ],
diff --git a/extensions/markdown-math/syntaxes/md-math-inline.tmLanguage.json b/extensions/markdown-math/syntaxes/md-math-inline.tmLanguage.json
index a5e38e6fd94..02fe2236653 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown-math/syntaxes/md-math-inline.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/extensions/markdown-math/syntaxes/md-math-inline.tmLanguage.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 					]
 				},
 				"3": {
-					"name": "punctuation.definition.math.begin.markdown"
+					"name": "punctuation.definition.math.end.markdown"
 				}
 			}
 		},
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 					]
 				},
 				"3": {
-					"name": "punctuation.definition.math.begin.markdown"
+					"name": "punctuation.definition.math.end.markdown"
 				}
 			}
 		},