diff --git a/runtime/syntax/c.vim b/runtime/syntax/c.vim
index ee739b9..eef3382 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/c.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/c.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " Vim syntax file
 " Language:	C
 " Maintainer:	Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
-" Last Change:	2004 Dec 09
+" Last Change:	2005 Jan 26
 
 " For version 5.x: Clear all syntax items
 " For version 6.x: Quit when a syntax file was already loaded
@@ -67,7 +67,13 @@
 " also accept <% for {, %> for }, <: for [ and :> for ] (C99)
 " But avoid matching <::.
 syn cluster	cParenGroup	contains=cParenError,cIncluded,cSpecial,cCommentSkip,cCommentString,cComment2String,@cCommentGroup,cCommentStartError,cUserCont,cUserLabel,cBitField,cCommentSkip,cOctalZero,cCppOut,cCppOut2,cCppSkip,cFormat,cNumber,cFloat,cOctal,cOctalError,cNumbersCom
-if exists("c_no_bracket_error")
+if exists("c_no_curly_error")
+  syn region	cParen		transparent start='(' end=')' contains=ALLBUT,@cParenGroup,cCppParen,cCppString,@Spell
+  " cCppParen: same as cParen but ends at end-of-line; used in cDefine
+  syn region	cCppParen	transparent start='(' skip='\\$' excludenl end=')' end='$' contained contains=ALLBUT,@cParenGroup,cParen,cString,@Spell
+  syn match	cParenError	display ")"
+  syn match	cErrInParen	display contained "^[{}]\|^<%\|^%>"
+elseif exists("c_no_bracket_error")
   syn region	cParen		transparent start='(' end=')' contains=ALLBUT,@cParenGroup,cCppParen,cCppString,@Spell
   " cCppParen: same as cParen but ends at end-of-line; used in cDefine
   syn region	cCppParen	transparent start='(' skip='\\$' excludenl end=')' end='$' contained contains=ALLBUT,@cParenGroup,cParen,cString,@Spell