diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dd214fc201..db11db8003 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ The table below shows the full list of supported languages (and corresponding cl
 | N1QL                    | n1ql                   |         |
 | NSIS                    | nsis                   |         |
 | Nginx                   | nginx, nginxconf       |         |
-| Nimrod                  | nimrod, nim            |         |
+| Nim                     | nimrod                 |         |
 | Nix                     | nix                    |         |
 | OCaml                   | ocaml, ml              |         |
 | Objective C             | objectivec, mm, objc, obj-c |    |
diff --git a/VERSION_10_BREAKING.md b/VERSION_10_BREAKING.md
index 6f124e850f..4466fce6d7 100644
--- a/VERSION_10_BREAKING.md
+++ b/VERSION_10_BREAKING.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Incompatibilities:
 - chore(parser): compressed version 9.x language definitions no longer supported (rebuild them minified) [Josh Goebel][]
 
 Renamed Language Files:
+- chore(parser): rename `nimrod.js` to `nim.js` [Josh Goebel][]
 - chore(parser): rename `cs.js` to `csharp.js` [Josh Goebel][]
 - chore(parser): rename `tex.js` to `latex.js` [Josh Goebel][]
 - chore(parser): effectively rename `cpp.js` to `c-like.js` [Josh Goebel][]
diff --git a/src/languages/nimrod.js b/src/languages/nim.js
similarity index 98%
rename from src/languages/nimrod.js
rename to src/languages/nim.js
index 86a7a485dd..c673de007d 100644
--- a/src/languages/nimrod.js
+++ b/src/languages/nim.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Language: Nim (formerly Nimrod)
+Language: Nim
 Description: Nim is a statically typed compiled systems programming language.
 Website: https://nim-lang.org
 Category: system
diff --git a/test/detect/nimrod/default.txt b/test/detect/nim/default.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from test/detect/nimrod/default.txt
rename to test/detect/nim/default.txt