diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index bbeefbd14ea9..d8c7e43ebb0f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ This release fixes the following problems identified in fish 4.3.0:
 - The sample prompts and themes are correctly installed (:issue:`12241`).
 - Last line of command output could be hidden when missing newline (:issue:`12246`).
 
+Interactive improvements
+------------------------
+- Existing file paths in redirection targets such as ``> file.txt`` are now highlighted using :envvar:`fish_color_valid_path`, indicating that ``file.txt`` will be clobbered (:issue:`12260`).
+
 For distributors and developers
 -------------------------------
 - The CMake option ``WITH_GETTEXT`` has been renamed to ``WITH_MESSAGE_LOCALIZATION``, to reflect that it toggles localization independently of the backend used in the implementation.
diff --git a/src/highlight/highlight.rs b/src/highlight/highlight.rs
index d80c9c9041c7..d627854693cc 100644
--- a/src/highlight/highlight.rs
+++ b/src/highlight/highlight.rs
@@ -969,6 +969,11 @@ impl<'s> Highlighter<'s> {
                 HighlightRole::error
             }),
         );
+        if target_is_valid && self.io_still_ok() && self.file_tester.test_path(&target, false) {
+            for i in redir.target.source_range().as_usize() {
+                self.color_array[i].valid_path = true;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     fn visit_variable_assignment(&mut self, varas: &VariableAssignment) {
@@ -1376,6 +1381,9 @@ mod tests {
         let mut param_valid_path = HighlightSpec::with_fg(HighlightRole::param);
         param_valid_path.valid_path = true;
 
+        let mut redirection_valid_path = HighlightSpec::with_fg(HighlightRole::redirection);
+        redirection_valid_path.valid_path = true;
+
         let saved_flag = future_feature_flags::test(FeatureFlag::AmpersandNoBgInToken);
         future_feature_flags::set(FeatureFlag::AmpersandNoBgInToken, true);
         let _restore_saved_flag = ScopeGuard::new((), |_| {
@@ -1513,7 +1521,7 @@ mod tests {
             ("param1", fg(HighlightRole::param)),
             // Input redirection.
             ("<", fg(HighlightRole::redirection)),
-            ("/bin/echo", fg(HighlightRole::redirection)),
+            ("/dev/null", redirection_valid_path),
             // Output redirection to a valid fd.
             ("1>&2", fg(HighlightRole::redirection)),
             // Output redirection to an invalid fd.