diff --git a/runtime/syntax/jargon.vim b/runtime/syntax/jargon.vim
index 415f2bc..05f45a2 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/jargon.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/jargon.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " Vim syntax file
 " Language:	Jargon File
-" Maintainer:	<rms@poczta.onet.pl>
-" Last Change:	2001 May 26
+" Maintainer:	Dan Church (https://github.com/h3xx)
+" Last Change:	2019 Sep 27
 "
 " quit when a syntax file was already loaded
 if exists("b:current_syntax")
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 syn match jargonChaptTitle	/:[^:]*:/
 syn match jargonEmailAddr	/[^<@ ^I]*@[^ ^I>]*/
 syn match jargonUrl	 +\(http\|ftp\)://[^\t )"]*+
-syn match jargonMark	/{[^}]*}/
+syn region jargonMark	 start="{"  end="}"
 
 " Define the default highlighting.
 " Only when an item doesn't have highlighting yet