diff --git a/scripts/profile_sync.py b/scripts/profile_sync.py
index 7dcee12b..17ea9426 100644
--- a/scripts/profile_sync.py
+++ b/scripts/profile_sync.py
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ PROSE_CITE_RE = re.compile(
     r":(?P<range>\d+(?:-\d+)?)"
 )
 PROSE_LIST_ITEM_RE = re.compile(r"\d+[.)](?:\s|$)")
+PROSE_WRAPPED_RANGE_RE = re.compile(r":\d+(?:-\d+)?(?:[,)\s]|$)")
 PROSE_CONT_RE = re.compile(r",(?P<range>\d+(?:-\d+)?)(?![\w-])(?!\.\d)")
 # A spaced continuation is accepted only for a range: `x.c:55-71, 80-147`
 # follows the source_ref convention, while `x.c:100, 200 files` is prose.
@@ -464,6 +465,11 @@ def _prose_runs(
         line = own.rstrip()
         boundary = len(line)
         following = lines[number + 1].lstrip() if number + 1 < len(lines) else ""
+        if PROSE_WRAPPED_RANGE_RE.match(following) and line[-1:].isalnum():
+            # The break can fall before the colon too: jgenesis wraps
+            # `.../src/config.rs` then `:76-78,95-99` on the next line.
+            line += following
+            following = ""
         # A numbered list after a colon (abuse: `setup.cpp:` then `1. -datadir`)
         # is not a range.
         if not following[:1].isdigit() or PROSE_LIST_ITEM_RE.match(following):
diff --git a/tests/test_profile_sync.py b/tests/test_profile_sync.py
index f8c415e2..9701e9e2 100644
--- a/tests/test_profile_sync.py
+++ b/tests/test_profile_sync.py
@@ -3546,6 +3546,20 @@ class TestWrappedProse(unittest.TestCase):
             {"libretro.cpp:2372-2373, 2429-2433": True, "c.c:5-6, 40-41": True},
         )
 
+    def test_a_break_before_the_colon_is_read_whole(self):
+        # jgenesis wrote `(frontend/.../config.rs` then `:76-78,95-99)` on the
+        # next line, and the citation was never collected.
+        text = PROSE_SAMPLE.replace(
+            "files:",
+            "cfg: |\n  Read from the config (src/config.rs\n  :76-78,95-99) at start.\nfiles:",
+        )
+        runs = {
+            c.ref: c.wrapped
+            for c in profile_sync.collect_citations(yaml.safe_load(text))
+            if c.field == "cfg"
+        }
+        self.assertEqual(runs, {"src/config.rs:76-78,95-99": True})
+
     def test_a_wrapped_run_that_moves_holds_the_pin(self):
         parts = [
             PartResult(RefPart("libretro.cpp", 2372, 2373, "2372-2373"),