diff --git a/bashrc.txt b/bashrc.txt
index 0bfea3be..e6c42bb5 100644
--- a/bashrc.txt
+++ b/bashrc.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ set -o vi
 # but keep ctrl l as the clear screen command bind -m vi-command 'Control-l: clear-screen'
 bind -m vi-insert 'Control-l: clear-screen'
 
+# Colorizes man pages
+export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\e[1;32m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\e[1;32m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\e[0m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\e[0m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\e[01;33m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\e[0m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\e[1;4;31m'
+
+
 # clears the history completely upon loading bash
 cat /dev/null > ~/.bash_history && history -c && hash -r
 
diff --git a/zshrc.txt b/zshrc.txt
index 22ca1739..3cc0e351 100644
--- a/zshrc.txt
+++ b/zshrc.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ export BROWSER=links
 export TUIR_BROWSER=librewolf
 export EDITOR=nvim
 
+# Colorizes man pages
+export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\e[1;32m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\e[1;32m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\e[0m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\e[0m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\e[01;33m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\e[0m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\e[1;4;31m'
+
 # Formats history command with dates/times
 export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%d/%m/%y %T "