diff --git a/collects/scribble/latex-render.ss b/collects/scribble/latex-render.ss
index f766d454..a6f9ac55 100644
--- a/collects/scribble/latex-render.ss
+++ b/collects/scribble/latex-render.ss
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
         (printf "\\definecolor{PaleBlue}{rgb}{0.90,0.90,1.0}\n")
         (printf "\\definecolor{LightGray}{rgb}{0.90,0.90,0.90}\n")
         (printf "\\newcommand{\\schemeinput}[1]{\\colorbox{LightGray}{\\hspace{-0.5ex}\\schemeinputcol{#1}\\hspace{-0.5ex}}}\n")
+        (printf "\\newcommand{\\highlighted}[1]{\\colorbox{PaleBlue}{\\hspace{-0.5ex}\\schemeinputcol{#1}\\hspace{-0.5ex}}}\n")
         (printf "\\begin{document}\n")
         (when (part-title-content d)
           (printf "\\title{")