diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index a2e5387f0..3d15e72f2 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -5966,7 +5966,7 @@ needs to be inserted at a specific position in the font-lock sequence.")
     (when org-pretty-entities
       (catch 'match
 	(while (re-search-forward
-		"\\\\\\(frac[13][24]\\|[a-zA-Z]+\\)\\($\\|{}\\|[^[:alpha:]\n]\\)"
+		"\\\\\\(there4\\|sup[123]\\|frac[13][24]\\|[a-zA-Z]+\\)\\($\\|{}\\|[^[:alpha:]\n]\\)"
 		limit t)
 	  (if (and (not (org-in-indented-comment-line))
 		   (setq ee (org-entity-get (match-string 1)))