diff --git a/UltiSnips/java.snippets b/UltiSnips/java.snippets
index 02b95e1..54ca6f3 100644
--- a/UltiSnips/java.snippets
+++ b/UltiSnips/java.snippets
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ else if ($1)`!p nl(snip)`{
 }
 endsnippet
 
-snippet /el(se)?/ "else" r
+snippet el "else" w
 else`!p nl(snip)`{
 	$0
 }