diff --git a/lesspipe.1 b/lesspipe.1
index f0f3717..45f43be 100644
--- a/lesspipe.1
+++ b/lesspipe.1
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ a preferred one can be forced for colorizing by setting the ENV variable
 .I LESSCOLORIZER='pygmentize -O style=foo' (-P allowed as well)
 .RE
 .RS
-.I LESSCOLORIZER='bat --style=foo --theme=bar'
+.I LESSCOLORIZER='bat --style=foo --theme=bar' (default is theme ansi, style plain)
 .RE
 Syntax highlighting is activated, if the environment variable \fBLESS\fP
 exists and contains the option \fI-R\fP
diff --git a/lesspipe.sh b/lesspipe.sh
index c3d4a71..62ad331 100755
--- a/lesspipe.sh
+++ b/lesspipe.sh
@@ -472,7 +472,11 @@ has_colorizer () {
 			[[ -n "$3" ]] && opt=(-l "$3" "$1") ;;
 		nvimpager)
 			opt=(-c "$1")
-			[[ -n "$3" ]] && opt=(-c "$1" -c "set filetype=$3") ;;
+			if [[ -n "$3" ]]; then
+				ft=${3##*/}
+				ft=${ft##*.}
+				opt=(-c "$1" --cmd "set filetype=$ft")
+			fi ;;
 		*)
 			return ;;
 	esac