diff --git a/runtime/ftplugin/fennel.vim b/runtime/ftplugin/fennel.vim
index 2a9623faff..054089d92d 100644
--- a/runtime/ftplugin/fennel.vim
+++ b/runtime/ftplugin/fennel.vim
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ endif
 let b:did_ftplugin = 1
 
 setlocal commentstring=;\ %s
-setlocal comments=:;;,:;
+setlocal comments=:;;;;,:;;;,:;;,:;
 setlocal formatoptions-=t
 setlocal suffixesadd=.fnl
 setlocal lisp