diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/tex-mode.el b/lisp/textmodes/tex-mode.el
index ca0312d8fb..938f70cbaa 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/tex-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/tex-mode.el
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ latex-standard-block-names
     "quote"		"slide"		"sloppypar"	"tabbing"
     "table"		"table*"	"tabular"	"tabular*"
     "thebibliography"	"theindex*"	"titlepage"	"trivlist"
-    "verbatim"		"verbatim*"	"verse"		"math")
+    "Verbatim"		"verbatim*"	"verse"		"math")
   "Standard LaTeX block names.")
 
 ;;;###autoload