diff --git a/maintainers/release-credits b/maintainers/release-credits
index 18641a07b..7a5c87d7d 100755
--- a/maintainers/release-credits
+++ b/maintainers/release-credits
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix
+# vim: set filetype=python:
 #!nix develop --impure --expr
 #!nix ``
 #!nix   let flake = builtins.getFlake ("git+file://" + toString ../.);
diff --git a/maintainers/release-notes b/maintainers/release-notes
index b7b5731c8..c0c4ee734 100755
--- a/maintainers/release-notes
+++ b/maintainers/release-notes
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix
+# vim: set filetype=bash:
 #!nix shell .#changelog-d --command bash
 
 # --- CONFIGURATION ---