diff --git a/scripts/profile_sync.py b/scripts/profile_sync.py
index 7de18484..ee663dad 100644
--- a/scripts/profile_sync.py
+++ b/scripts/profile_sync.py
@@ -515,6 +515,12 @@ def _walk_document(
                 yield from _walk_document(item, spot)
 
 
+# What separates one citation from the next in prose. lynx-emu writes
+# "...:112; mednafen src/lynx/system.cpp:86-93": without the semicolon the
+# project word read as prose and the citation was charged to the fork.
+_PROSE_LIST_DELIMITERS = ",;:("
+
+
 def _prose_external(
     line: str, path_start: int, known: frozenset[str] | set[str] = frozenset()
 ) -> bool:
@@ -529,7 +535,7 @@ def _prose_external(
     `mednafen src/lynx/rom.cpp:55` it is the declared upstream itself.
     """
     before = line[:path_start].rstrip()
-    if not before or before[-1] in ",:(":
+    if not before or before[-1] in _PROSE_LIST_DELIMITERS:
         return False
     word_start = max(before.rfind(" "), before.rfind("\t"), before.rfind("(")) + 1
     word = before[word_start:]
@@ -538,7 +544,7 @@ def _prose_external(
     if word.lower() in PROSE_LINKING_WORDS or word.lower() in known:
         return False
     lead = before[:word_start].rstrip()
-    return not lead or lead[-1] in ",:("
+    return not lead or lead[-1] in _PROSE_LIST_DELIMITERS
 
 
 def resolve_project_word(path: str, trees: Iterable[list[str] | None]) -> str | None:
diff --git a/tests/test_profile_sync.py b/tests/test_profile_sync.py
index 345bae3e..8ea6016b 100644
--- a/tests/test_profile_sync.py
+++ b/tests/test_profile_sync.py
@@ -3028,6 +3028,19 @@ class TestCollectCitations(unittest.TestCase):
             [("main.c", 112, 112), ("main.c", 1624, 1633)],
         )
 
+    def test_a_semicolon_separates_citations_like_a_comma(self):
+        # lynx-emu: "...:112; mednafen src/lynx/system.cpp:86-93" cites the
+        # mednafen upstream, not the fork the profile was read from.
+        for line in (
+            "see Lynx.emu/src/lynx/system.cpp:112; mednafen src/lynx/system.cpp:86-93",
+            "see Lynx.emu/src/lynx/system.cpp:112, mednafen src/lynx/system.cpp:86-93",
+        ):
+            with self.subTest(line=line):
+                start = line.index("src/lynx/system.cpp:86")
+                self.assertTrue(profile_sync._prose_external(line, start))
+        line = "boot; then src/lynx/system.cpp:86"
+        self.assertFalse(profile_sync._prose_external(line, line.index("src/")))
+
     def test_spans_locate_the_tokens_on_the_line(self):
         document = {"notes": "See main.c:112,1624-1633 for the boot path.\n"}
         citation = collect_citations(document)[0]