diff --git a/lang/lang-check.py b/lang/lang-check.py
index 056e13fe..4d08ba58 100755
--- a/lang/lang-check.py
+++ b/lang/lang-check.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def print_truncated(text, cols):
         suffix = ''
     else:
         prefix = text[0:cols]
-        suffix = text[cols:]
+        suffix = color_maybe(31, text[cols:])
     print('   |' + prefix + '|' + suffix)