diff --git a/include/LexicalStyles.iface b/include/LexicalStyles.iface
index 9e1e0449..38151474 100644
--- a/include/LexicalStyles.iface
+++ b/include/LexicalStyles.iface
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ val SCE_COBOL_NUMBER=4
 val SCE_COBOL_WORD=5
 val SCE_COBOL_STRING=6
 val SCE_COBOL_CHARACTER=7
-val SCE_COBOL_UUID=8
+val SCE_COBOL_WORD3=8
 val SCE_COBOL_PREPROCESSOR=9
 val SCE_COBOL_OPERATOR=10
 val SCE_COBOL_IDENTIFIER=11
diff --git a/include/SciLexer.h b/include/SciLexer.h
index 1ede5948..b9a89f56 100644
--- a/include/SciLexer.h
+++ b/include/SciLexer.h
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
 #define SCE_COBOL_WORD 5
 #define SCE_COBOL_STRING 6
 #define SCE_COBOL_CHARACTER 7
-#define SCE_COBOL_UUID 8
+#define SCE_COBOL_WORD3 8
 #define SCE_COBOL_PREPROCESSOR 9
 #define SCE_COBOL_OPERATOR 10
 #define SCE_COBOL_IDENTIFIER 11
diff --git a/lexers/LexCOBOL.cxx b/lexers/LexCOBOL.cxx
index e0e9d565..35430498 100644
--- a/lexers/LexCOBOL.cxx
+++ b/lexers/LexCOBOL.cxx
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ int classifyWordCOBOL(Sci_PositionU start, Sci_PositionU end, /*WordList &keywor
             chAttr = SCE_COBOL_WORD2;
         }
         else if (c_keywords.InList(s)) {
-            chAttr = SCE_COBOL_UUID;
+            chAttr = SCE_COBOL_WORD3;
         }
     }
     if (*bAarea) {