diff --git a/JSON/JSON.sublime-syntax b/JSON/JSON.sublime-syntax
index 8517e7c17c..77ebc3e8ba 100644
--- a/JSON/JSON.sublime-syntax
+++ b/JSON/JSON.sublime-syntax
@@ -175,8 +175,10 @@ contexts:
 ###[ LITERALS ]################################################################
 
   constants:
-    - match: \b(?:false|true)\b
-      scope: constant.language.boolean.json
+    - match: \bfalse\b
+      scope: constant.language.boolean.false.json
+    - match: \btrue\b
+      scope: constant.language.boolean.true.json
     - match: \bnull\b
       scope: constant.language.null.json
 
diff --git a/JSON/syntax_test_json.json b/JSON/syntax_test_json.json
index c13d583547..4f4d374094 100644
--- a/JSON/syntax_test_json.json
+++ b/JSON/syntax_test_json.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   "bool": false,
 //^^^^^^ meta.mapping.key.json
 //^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - meta.mapping meta.mapping
-//        ^^^^^ constant.language.boolean.json
+//        ^^^^^ constant.language.boolean.false.json
 
   "null": null,
 //^^^^^^ meta.mapping.key.json