diff --git a/runtime/syntax/automake.vim b/runtime/syntax/automake.vim
index 2a215a9..8a7db7c 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/automake.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/automake.vim
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 " Vim syntax file
-" Language:	automake Makefile.am
-" Maintainer:   Debian VIM Maintainers <pkg-vim-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
-" Former Maintainer:	John Williams <jrw@pobox.com>
-" Last Change:	2011-06-13
-" URL: http://anonscm.debian.org/hg/pkg-vim/vim/raw-file/unstable/runtime/syntax/automake.vim
+" Language: automake Makefile.am
+" Maintainer: Debian Vim Maintainers
+" Former Maintainer: John Williams <jrw@pobox.com>
+" Last Change: 2018 Dec 27
+" URL: https://salsa.debian.org/vim-team/vim-debian/blob/master/syntax/automake.vim
 "
 " XXX This file is in need of a new maintainer, Debian VIM Maintainers maintain
 "     it only because patches have been submitted for it by Debian users and the
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 " EXTRA_SOURCES.
 
 " Standard syntax initialization
-if exists("b:current_syntax")
+if exists('b:current_syntax')
   finish
 endif
 
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 
 syn match automakeSubst     "@\w\+@"
 syn match automakeSubst     "^\s*@\w\+@"
-syn match automakeComment1 "#.*$" contains=automakeSubst
-syn match automakeComment2 "##.*$"
+syn match automakeComment1 "#.*$" contains=automakeSubst,@Spell
+syn match automakeComment2 "##.*$" contains=@Spell
 
 syn match automakeMakeError "$[{(][^})]*[^a-zA-Z0-9_})][^})]*[})]" " GNU make function call
 syn match automakeMakeError "^AM_LDADD\s*\ze+\==" " Common mistake
@@ -72,6 +72,6 @@
 hi def link automakeMakeBString makeBString
 
 
-let b:current_syntax = "automake"
+let b:current_syntax = 'automake'
 
 " vi: ts=8 sw=4 sts=4
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/rst.vim b/runtime/syntax/rst.vim
index d620d91..c865cf6 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/rst.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/rst.vim
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 " Maintainer: Marshall Ward <marshall.ward@gmail.com>
 " Previous Maintainer: Nikolai Weibull <now@bitwi.se>
 " Website: https://github.com/marshallward/vim-restructuredtext
-" Latest Revision: 2018-07-23
+" Latest Revision: 2018-12-29
 
 if exists("b:current_syntax")
   finish
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 
 execute 'syn region rstComment contained' .
       \ ' start=/.*/'
+      \ ' skip=+^$+' .
       \ ' end=/^\s\@!/ contains=rstTodo'
 
 execute 'syn region rstFootnote contained matchgroup=rstDirective' .
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/tpp.vim b/runtime/syntax/tpp.vim
index 1244b97..ca64b5d 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/tpp.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/tpp.vim
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 " Vim syntax file
-" Language:	tpp - Text Presentation Program
-" Maintainer:   Debian Vim Maintainers <pkg-vim-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
-" Former Maintainer:	Gerfried Fuchs <alfie@ist.org>
-" Last Change:	2007-10-14
-" URL: http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-vim/vim.git;a=blob_plain;f=runtime/syntax/tpp.vim;hb=debian
-" Filenames:	*.tpp
-" License:	BSD
+" Language: tpp - Text Presentation Program
+" Maintainer: Debian Vim Maintainers
+" Former Maintainer: Gerfried Fuchs <alfie@ist.org>
+" Last Change: 2018 Dec 27
+" URL: https://salsa.debian.org/vim-team/vim-debian/master/syntax/tpp.vim
+" Filenames: *.tpp
+" License: BSD
 "
 " XXX This file is in need of a new maintainer, Debian VIM Maintainers maintain
 "     it only because patches have been submitted for it by Debian users and the
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
 " SPAM is _NOT_ welcome - be ready to be reported!
 
 " quit when a syntax file was already loaded
-if exists("b:current_syntax")
+if exists('b:current_syntax')
   finish
 endif
 
-if !exists("main_syntax")
+if !exists('main_syntax')
   let main_syntax = 'tpp'
 endif
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 syn region tppPageLocalOption start="^--\%(heading\|center\|right\|huge\|sethugefont\|exec\)" end="$" contains=tppPageLocalOptionKey oneline
 syn region tppAbstractOption start="^--\%(author\|title\|date\|footer\)" end="$" contains=tppAbstractOptionKey oneline
 
-if main_syntax != 'sh'
+if main_syntax !=# 'sh'
   " shell command
   syn include @tppShExec syntax/sh.vim
   unlet b:current_syntax
@@ -78,6 +78,6 @@
 hi def link tppTimeOption			Error
 
 
-let b:current_syntax = "tpp"
+let b:current_syntax = 'tpp'
 
 " vim: ts=8 sw=2