diff --git a/src/elvis_text_style.erl b/src/elvis_text_style.erl
index d677a9e7..ed88fea8 100644
--- a/src/elvis_text_style.erl
+++ b/src/elvis_text_style.erl
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ is_exception_prefer_quoted(Elem) ->
     KeyWords =
         ['after', 'and', 'andalso', 'band', 'begin', 'bnot', 'bor', 'bsl', 'bsr', 'bxor', 'case',
          'catch', 'cond', 'div', 'end', 'fun', 'if', 'let', 'not', 'of', 'or', 'orelse', 'receive',
-         'rem', 'try', 'when', 'xor'],
+         'rem', 'try', 'when', 'xor', maybe],
     lists:member(Elem, KeyWords).
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
diff --git a/test/examples/pass_unquoted_atoms.erl b/test/examples/pass_unquoted_atoms.erl
index ffbe676e..48ddb761 100644
--- a/test/examples/pass_unquoted_atoms.erl
+++ b/test/examples/pass_unquoted_atoms.erl
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ test(_Test) -> ok.
 test(_A, nice_atom_name) -> perfect_atomname;
 test(_Reserved, _Words) -> ['after', 'and', 'andalso', 'band', 'begin', 'bnot', 'bor', 'bsl', 'bsr', 'bxor', 'case',
          'catch', 'cond', 'div', 'end', 'fun', 'if', 'let', 'not', 'of', 'or', 'orelse', 'receive',
-         'rem', 'try', 'when', 'xor'].
+         'rem', 'try', 'when', 'xor', 'maybe'].