diff --git a/runtime/syntax/help.vim b/runtime/syntax/help.vim
index e600de7..d0f447f 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/help.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/help.vim
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 " Vim syntax file
 " Language:	Vim help file
 " Maintainer:	Bram Moolenaar (Bram@vim.org)
-" Last Change:	2006 May 13
+" Last Change:	2009 May 18
 
 " Quit when a (custom) syntax file was already loaded
 if exists("b:current_syntax")
   finish
 endif
 
-syn match helpHeadline		"^[-A-Z .]\+[ \t]\+\*"me=e-1
+syn match helpHeadline		"^[-A-Z .][-A-Z0-9 .()]*[ \t]\+\*"me=e-1
 syn match helpSectionDelim	"^=\{3,}.*===$"
 syn match helpSectionDelim	"^-\{3,}.*--$"
 syn region helpExample		matchgroup=helpIgnore start=" >$" start="^>$" end="^[^ \t]"me=e-1 end="^<"