diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index a95603f2b..06a6cd659 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-*.h linguist-language=C++
-*.cpp linguist-language=C++
-*.py linguist-language=C++
-*.html linguist-language=C++
-*.mod linguist-language=C++
+*.h linguist-language=Python
+*.cpp linguist-language=Python
+*.py linguist-language=Python
+*.html linguist-language=Python
+*.mod linguist-language=Python