diff --git a/runtime/doc/syntax.txt b/runtime/doc/syntax.txt
index a7f648c..9c56567 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/syntax.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/syntax.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*syntax.txt*	For Vim version 8.2.  Last change: 2020 Jul 28
+*syntax.txt*	For Vim version 8.2.  Last change: 2020 Aug 15
 
 
 		  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL	  by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -4348,7 +4348,7 @@
 - A negative offset for an end pattern may not always work, because the end
   pattern may be detected when the highlighting should already have stopped.
 - Before Vim 7.2 the offsets were counted in bytes instead of characters.
-  This didn't work well for multi-byte characters, so it was changed with the
+  This didn't work well for multibyte characters, so it was changed with the
   Vim 7.2 release.
 - The start of a match cannot be in a line other than where the pattern
   matched.  This doesn't work: "a\nb"ms=e.  You can make the highlighting