diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/search-highlight.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/search-highlight.kak
index cf6cf5c8..7b0a27c7 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/search-highlight.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/search-highlight.kak
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 provide-module search-highlight %—
     ## begin public options
     declare-option -docstring %{
-        Face definition for search highlighting.
-    } str search_highlight_face 0:rgb:D87C4A+i
+        Face definition for search highlighting. See :doc faces.
+    } str search_highlight_face rgb:D87C4A+i
     ## end
 
     # track current highlighting status
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ provide-module search-highlight %—
             try %{
                 %opt{search_highlight_status}
             } catch %{
-                add-highlighter window/search-highlight dynregex '%reg{/}' %opt{search_highlight_face}
+                add-highlighter window/search-highlight dynregex '%reg{/}' %exp{0:%opt{search_highlight_face}}
                 set-option window search_highlight_status 'search-highlight-on'
             }
         }