diff --git a/runtime/syntax/help.vim b/runtime/syntax/help.vim
index 52c96fc..3368b1d 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/help.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/help.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " Vim syntax file
 " Language:	Vim help file
 " Maintainer:	Bram Moolenaar (Bram@vim.org)
-" Last Change:	2013 Nov 17
+" Last Change:	2014 Feb 12
 
 " Quit when a (custom) syntax file was already loaded
 if exists("b:current_syntax")
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 syn match helpNormal		"|.*====*|"
 syn match helpNormal		"|||"
 syn match helpNormal		":|vim:|"	" for :help modeline
-syn match helpVim		"Vim version [0-9.a-z]\+"
+syn match helpVim		"\<Vim version [0-9][0-9.a-z]*"
 syn match helpVim		"VIM REFERENCE.*"
 syn match helpOption		"'[a-z]\{2,\}'"
 syn match helpOption		"'t_..'"