diff --git a/runtime/syntax/docbkxml.vim b/runtime/syntax/docbkxml.vim
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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	DocBook XML
+" Maintainer:	Johannes Zellner <johannes@zellner.org>
+" Last Change:	Sam, 07 Sep 2002 17:20:12 CEST
+
+let b:docbk_type="xml"
+runtime syntax/docbk.vim