diff --git a/runtime/queries/snakemake/indents.scm b/runtime/queries/snakemake/indents.scm
index 140b7fb3c..d4ed63992 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/snakemake/indents.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/snakemake/indents.scm
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 ; inherits: python
 
-((rule_definition) @indent.begin
-  (#set! indent.immediate 1))
-
-((checkpoint_definition) @indent.begin
-  (#set! indent.immediate 1))
-
-((rule_inheritance) @indent.begin
+([
+  (rule_definition)
+  (checkpoint_definition)
+  (rule_inheritance)
+  (module_definition)
+  (directive)
+] @indent.begin
   (#set! indent.immediate 1))
 
 ((rule_import
@@ -14,12 +14,20 @@
   ":") @indent.begin
   (#set! indent.immediate 1))
 
-((module_definition) @indent.begin
-  (#set! indent.immediate 1))
-
-((directive) @indent.begin
-  (#set! indent.immediate 1))
-
-; end indentation after last parameter node (no following ',')
-(directive_parameters
-  (_) @indent.end .)
+; ; end indentation after last parameter node (no following ',')
+; ; accommodate different levels of nesting
+; ; see also queries/python/indents.scm: return_statement
+(directive
+  (directive_parameters
+    [
+      (_) @indent.dedent
+      (_
+        [
+          (_)
+          ")"
+          "}"
+          "]"
+        ] .) @indent.dedent
+    ]
+    . ; anchor at end: no subsequent ','
+    ))