diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3d9f988..bd2c497 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,7 +53,14 @@ You can manually include the Markdown processor by setting the `processor` optio
 
 Each fenced code block inside a Markdown document has a virtual filename appended to the Markdown file's path.
 
-The virtual filename's extension will match the fenced code block's syntax tag, so for example, <code>```js</code> code blocks in <code>README.md</code> would match <code>README.md/*.js</code>.
+The virtual filename's extension will match the fenced code block's syntax tag, except for the following: 
+
+* `javascript` and `ecmascript` are mapped to `js`
+* `typescript` is mapped to `ts`
+* `markdown` is mapped to `md`
+
+For example, ```` ```js ```` code blocks in `README.md` would match `README.md/*.js` and ```` ```typescript ```` in `CONTRIBUTING.md` would match `CONTRIBUTING.md/*.ts`.
+
 You can use glob patterns for these virtual filenames to customize configuration for code blocks without affecting regular code.
 For more information on configuring processors, refer to the [ESLint documentation](https://eslint.org/docs/user-guide/configuring#specifying-processor).
 
diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index dc07390..4234697 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -41,7 +41,13 @@ module.exports = [
         },
         rules: {
             "lines-around-comment": "off",
-            "n/no-missing-import": "off"
+            "n/no-missing-import": "off",
+            "no-var": "off",
+            "padding-line-between-statements": "off",
+            "no-console": "off",
+            "no-alert": "off",
+            "eslint-comments/require-description": "off",
+            "jsdoc/require-jsdoc": "off"
         }
     }
 ];
diff --git a/lib/processor.js b/lib/processor.js
index 4cf6a71..433e750 100644
--- a/lib/processor.js
+++ b/lib/processor.js
@@ -235,6 +235,13 @@ function getBlockRangeMap(text, node, comments) {
     return rangeMap;
 }
 
+const languageToFileExtension = {
+    javascript: "js",
+    ecmascript: "js",
+    typescript: "ts",
+    markdown: "md"
+};
+
 /**
  * Extracts lintable code blocks from Markdown text.
  * @param {string} text The text of the file.
@@ -295,14 +302,19 @@ function preprocess(text, filename) {
         }
     });
 
-    return blocks.map((block, index) => ({
-        filename: `${index}.${block.lang.trim().split(" ")[0]}`,
-        text: [
-            ...block.comments,
-            block.value,
-            ""
-        ].join("\n")
-    }));
+    return blocks.map((block, index) => {
+        const [language] = block.lang.trim().split(" ");
+        const fileExtension = Object.hasOwn(languageToFileExtension, language) ? languageToFileExtension[language] : language;
+
+        return {
+            filename: `${index}.${fileExtension}`,
+            text: [
+                ...block.comments,
+                block.value,
+                ""
+            ].join("\n")
+        };
+    });
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/tests/lib/processor.js b/tests/lib/processor.js
index 629c448..9c87a3d 100644
--- a/tests/lib/processor.js
+++ b/tests/lib/processor.js
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ describe("processor", () => {
                 "```js",
                 "backticks",
                 "```",
-                "~~~javascript",
+                "~~~js",
                 "tildes",
                 "~~~"
             ].join("\n");
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ describe("processor", () => {
             assert.strictEqual(blocks.length, 2);
             assert.strictEqual(blocks[0].filename, "0.js");
             assert.strictEqual(blocks[0].text, "backticks\n");
-            assert.strictEqual(blocks[1].filename, "1.javascript");
+            assert.strictEqual(blocks[1].filename, "1.js");
             assert.strictEqual(blocks[1].text, "tildes\n");
         });
 
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ describe("processor", () => {
             const blocks = processor.preprocess(code);
 
             assert.strictEqual(blocks.length, 1);
-            assert.strictEqual(blocks[0].filename, "0.javascript");
+            assert.strictEqual(blocks[0].filename, "0.js");
         });
 
         it("should find code fences with node info string", () => {
@@ -330,6 +330,18 @@ describe("processor", () => {
             assert.strictEqual(blocks[0].filename, "0.js");
         });
 
+        it("should translate the language to its file extension with leading whitespace and trailing characters", () => {
+            const code = [
+                "```   javascript  CUSTOM",
+                "var answer = 6 * 7;",
+                "```"
+            ].join("\n");
+            const blocks = processor.preprocess(code);
+
+            assert.strictEqual(blocks.length, 1);
+            assert.strictEqual(blocks[0].filename, "0.js");
+        });
+
         it("should find code fences not surrounded by blank lines", () => {
             const code = [
                 "<!-- eslint-disable -->",
@@ -408,7 +420,7 @@ describe("processor", () => {
                 "var answer = 6 * 7;",
                 "```",
                 "",
-                "```javascript",
+                "```js",
                 "console.log(answer);",
                 "```",
                 "",
@@ -419,7 +431,7 @@ describe("processor", () => {
             assert.strictEqual(blocks.length, 2);
             assert.strictEqual(blocks[0].filename, "0.js");
             assert.strictEqual(blocks[0].text, "var answer = 6 * 7;\n");
-            assert.strictEqual(blocks[1].filename, "1.javascript");
+            assert.strictEqual(blocks[1].filename, "1.js");
             assert.strictEqual(blocks[1].text, "console.log(answer);\n");
         });