diff --git a/ftdetect/snippets.vim b/ftdetect/snippets.vim
index 3573c90..2a783ce 100644
--- a/ftdetect/snippets.vim
+++ b/ftdetect/snippets.vim
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 " recognize .snippet files
 if has("autocmd")
-    autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.snippets setf snippet
+    autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.snippets setf snippets
 endif