diff --git a/IPython/core/magics/script.py b/IPython/core/magics/script.py
index 02ff627..e4fd1f0 100644
--- a/IPython/core/magics/script.py
+++ b/IPython/core/magics/script.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class ScriptMagics(Magics):
             'perl',
             'ruby',
             'python',
+            'python2',
             'python3',
             'pypy',
         ]