diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 69844f8edcd6dec8f0d55112811b4d6929baade3..661add718310ed0a18d672cb2f796e279973998e 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ init.*			text
 *.pyw 			text
 *.pyx  			text
 
-# Cheetah template
-*.tmpl			text
+# Mako template
+*.mako			text
 
 # Web file
 *.htm text