diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 27cc080..6e4a762 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ### Unreleased
 
-* no changes yet
+* Fixed: include dash "-" in word pattern in language-configuration.json
 
 ### 0.13.22
 
diff --git a/language-configuration.json b/language-configuration.json
index 3ecc303..46ab7e7 100644
--- a/language-configuration.json
+++ b/language-configuration.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "wordPattern": "[^\\s)(]+",
   "comments": {
     // symbol used for single line comment.
     "lineComment": ";;",