diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 35216a569d..4844568601 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ src/lexer.[ch] linguist-generated=true
 src/parser.[ch] linguist-generated=true
 tests/man.test linguist-generated=true
 tests/manonig.test linguist-generated=true
-jq.1.prebuilt linguist-generated=true
+jq.1.prebuilt linguist-generated=true linguist-language=Roff
 docs/Pipfile.lock linguist-generated=true