diff --git a/latex/yslistings.sty b/latex/yslistings.sty
index 12b63b5..b7b0d81 100644
--- a/latex/yslistings.sty
+++ b/latex/yslistings.sty
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@
   morecomment=[l]\#,%
   morestring=[b]',%
   morestring=[b]",%
-  morecomment=[s]{'''}{'''},% used for documentation text
+  morestring=[s]{'''}{'''},% used for documentation text
                             % (mulitiline strings)
-  morecomment=[s]{"""}{"""},% added by Philipp Matthias Hahn
+  morestring=[s]{"""}{"""},% added by Philipp Matthias Hahn
   morestring=[s]{r'}{'},% `raw' strings
   morestring=[s]{r"}{"},%
   morestring=[s]{r'''}{'''},%