diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/sql_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/sql_highlight_rules.js
index 981ca944..a1b1ce77 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/sql_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/sql_highlight_rules.js
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ var TextHighlightRules = require("ace/mode/text_highlight_rules").TextHighlightR
 var SqlHighlightRules = function() {
 
     var keywords = lang.arrayToMap(
-        ("select|from|where|and|or|group by|order by|limit|offset|having|as|case|" +
-        "when|else|end|type|left|right|join|on|outer").split("|")
+        ("select|from|where|and|or|group|by|order|limit|offset|having|as|case|" +
+        "when|else|end|type|left|right|join|on|outer|desc|asc").split("|")
     );
 
     var builtinConstants = lang.arrayToMap(