diff --git a/book/src/themes.md b/book/src/themes.md
index fd3f5b1eb..b6de70024 100644
--- a/book/src/themes.md
+++ b/book/src/themes.md
@@ -162,6 +162,20 @@ #### Syntax highlighting
 
 - `namespace`
 
+- `markup`
+  - `heading`
+  - `list`
+    - `unnumbered`
+    - `numbered`
+  - `bold`
+  - `italic`
+  - `underline`
+    - `link`
+  - `quote`
+  - `raw`
+    - `inline`
+    - `block`
+
 #### Interface
 
 These scopes are used for theming the editor interface.
diff --git a/runtime/queries/latex/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/latex/highlights.scm
index f045c82d1..8406bd048 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/latex/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/latex/highlights.scm
@@ -318,60 +318,60 @@
 ["[" "]" "{" "}"] @punctuation.bracket ;"(" ")" is has no special meaning in LaTeX
 
 (chapter
-  text: (brace_group) @text.title)
+  text: (brace_group) @markup.heading)
 
 (part
-  text: (brace_group) @text.title)
+  text: (brace_group) @markup.heading)
 
 (section
-  text: (brace_group) @text.title)
+  text: (brace_group) @markup.heading)
 
 (subsection
-  text: (brace_group) @text.title)
+  text: (brace_group) @markup.heading)
 
 (subsubsection
-  text: (brace_group) @text.title)
+  text: (brace_group) @markup.heading)
 
 (paragraph
-  text: (brace_group) @text.title)
+  text: (brace_group) @markup.heading)
 
 (subparagraph
-  text: (brace_group) @text.title)
+  text: (brace_group) @markup.heading)
 
 ((environment
   (begin
    name: (word) @_frame)
    (brace_group
-        child: (text) @text.title))
+        child: (text) @markup.heading))
  (#eq? @_frame "frame"))
 
 ((generic_command
   name:(generic_command_name) @_name
   arg: (brace_group
-          (text) @text.title))
+          (text) @markup.heading))
  (#eq? @_name "\\frametitle"))
 
 ;; Formatting
 
 ((generic_command
   name:(generic_command_name) @_name
-  arg: (_) @text.emphasis)
+  arg: (_) @markup.italic)
  (#eq? @_name "\\emph"))
 
 ((generic_command
   name:(generic_command_name) @_name
-  arg: (_) @text.emphasis)
+  arg: (_) @markup.italic)
  (#match? @_name "^(\\\\textit|\\\\mathit)$"))
 
 ((generic_command
   name:(generic_command_name) @_name
-  arg: (_) @text.strong)
+  arg: (_) @markup.bold)
  (#match? @_name "^(\\\\textbf|\\\\mathbf)$"))
 
 ((generic_command
   name:(generic_command_name) @_name
   .
-  arg: (_) @text.uri)
+  arg: (_) @markup.underline.link)
  (#match? @_name "^(\\\\url|\\\\href)$"))
 
 (ERROR) @error