diff --git a/_reformat-common.sh b/_reformat-common.sh
index 0e2fcd9..a857a84 100644
--- a/_reformat-common.sh
+++ b/_reformat-common.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ function sniff_file_type () {
         file_type="css"
     elif [[ $ff == *.php ]] ; then
         file_type="php"
+    elif [[ $ff == *.html ]] ; then
+        file_type="html"
     fi
 
     echo $file_type
diff --git a/do-reformat.sh b/do-reformat.sh
index 4a74938..2eb4b83 100755
--- a/do-reformat.sh
+++ b/do-reformat.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ if [[ $file_type == "javascript" || \
           $file_type == "vue" || \
           $file_type == "css" || \
           $file_type == "typescript" || \
-          $file_type == "php" ]] ; then
+          $file_type == "php" || \
+          $file_type == "html" ]] ; then
     out=$(npx prettier --write $file)
     retval="$?"
     success_retval=0
diff --git a/would-reformat.sh b/would-reformat.sh
index e3dda2d..ad47cb2 100755
--- a/would-reformat.sh
+++ b/would-reformat.sh
@@ -11,13 +11,12 @@ source "$DIR/_reformat-common.sh"
 
 file_type=$(sniff_file_type $file)
 
-retval=0
-success_retval=0
 if [[ $file_type == "javascript" || \
           $file_type == "vue" || \
           $file_type == "typescript" || \
           $file_type == "css" || \
-          $file_type == "php" ]] ; then
+          $file_type == "php" || \
+          $file_type == "html" ]] ; then
     out=$(npx prettier --check $file 2>&1 > /dev/null)
     retval="$?"
     success_retval=0
@@ -43,6 +42,8 @@ elif [[ x"$retval" == x"$would_reformat_retval" ]] ; then
     exit 1
 elif [[ x"$retval" == x"$syntax_error_retval" ]] ; then
     echo -n "syntax error"
+    echo
+    echo "$out"
     exit 2
 else
     echo -n "problem running reformatter"