diff --git a/runtime/syntax/xml.vim b/runtime/syntax/xml.vim
index 8f8e155..58d6db0 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/xml.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/xml.vim
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 " Maintainer:	Johannes Zellner <johannes@zellner.org>
 "		Author and previous maintainer:
 "		Paul Siegmann <pauls@euronet.nl>
-" Last Change:	Mi, 13 Apr 2005 22:40:09 CEST
+" Last Change:	2009-07-13 21:26:55
 " Filenames:	*.xml
-" $Id$
+" $Id: xml.vim,v 1.3 2006/04/11 21:32:00 vimboss Exp $
 
 " CONFIGURATION:
 "   syntax folding can be turned on by
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
     syn region  xmlComment
 	\ start=+<!+
 	\ end=+>+
-	\ contains=xmlCommentPart,xmlCommentError
+	\ contains=xmlCommentStart,xmlCommentError
 	\ extend
 	\ fold
 
@@ -228,11 +228,12 @@
     syn region  xmlComment
 	\ start=+<!+
 	\ end=+>+
-	\ contains=xmlCommentPart,xmlCommentError
+	\ contains=xmlCommentStart,xmlCommentError
 	\ extend
 
 endif
 
+syn match xmlCommentStart   contained "<!" nextgroup=xmlCommentPart
 syn keyword xmlTodo         contained TODO FIXME XXX
 syn match   xmlCommentError contained "[^><!]"
 syn region  xmlCommentPart
@@ -320,6 +321,7 @@
 
 hi def link xmlString		String
 hi def link xmlComment		Comment
+hi def link xmlCommentStart	xmlComment
 hi def link xmlCommentPart	Comment
 hi def link xmlCommentError	Error
 hi def link xmlError		Error