diff --git a/queries/c/highlights.scm b/queries/c/highlights.scm
index 667cfee82..3ff76e4c7 100644
--- a/queries/c/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/c/highlights.scm
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@
 
 [ "." ";" ":" "," ] @punctuation.delimiter
 
+"..." @punctuation.special
+
 (conditional_expression [ "?" ":" ] @conditional)
 
 
diff --git a/queries/cpp/highlights.scm b/queries/cpp/highlights.scm
index 165e8e6ca..9136fcd79 100644
--- a/queries/cpp/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/cpp/highlights.scm
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@
 ] @keyword.operator
 
 "::" @operator
-"..." @operator
 
 ; Annotations (not fully supported by parser)