diff --git a/editors/code/rust.tmGrammar.json b/editors/code/rust.tmGrammar.json
index 450116df29..1b8cc713a7 100644
--- a/editors/code/rust.tmGrammar.json
+++ b/editors/code/rust.tmGrammar.json
@@ -641,10 +641,28 @@
                 },
                 {
                     "comment": "less than, greater than (special case)",
-                    "match": "(^|\\s)(?<!=)([<>])\\s",
+                    "match": "(?:\\b|(?:(\\))|(\\])|(\\})))[ \\t]+([<>])[ \\t]+(?:\\b|(?:(\\()|(\\[)|(\\{)))",
                     "captures": {
+                        "1": {
+                            "name": "punctuation.brackets.round.rust"
+                        },
                         "2": {
+                            "name": "punctuation.brackets.square.rust"
+                        },
+                        "3": {
+                            "name": "punctuation.brackets.curly.rust"
+                        },
+                        "4": {
                             "name": "keyword.operator.comparison.rust"
+                        },
+                        "5": {
+                            "name": "punctuation.brackets.round.rust"
+                        },
+                        "6": {
+                            "name": "punctuation.brackets.square.rust"
+                        },
+                        "7": {
+                            "name": "punctuation.brackets.curly.rust"
                         }
                     }
                 },