diff --git a/runtime/syntax/sh.vim b/runtime/syntax/sh.vim
index ac52ce2..ab76273 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/sh.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/sh.vim
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 " Language:		shell (sh) Korn shell (ksh) bash (sh)
 " Maintainer:		Dr. Charles E. Campbell, Jr.  <NdrOchipS@PcampbellAfamily.Mbiz>
 " Previous Maintainer:	Lennart Schultz <Lennart.Schultz@ecmwf.int>
-" Last Change:		Mar 02, 2005
-" Version:		73
+" Last Change:		Mar 24, 2005
+" Version:		74
 " URL:		http://www.erols.com/astronaut/vim/index.html#vimlinks_syntax
 "
 " Using the following VIM variables: {{{1
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 " ====
 syn match   shCaseBar	contained skipwhite "[^|"`'()]\{-}|"hs=e		nextgroup=shCase,shCaseStart,shCaseBar,shComment,shCaseExSingleQuote,shCaseSingleQuote,shCaseDoubleQuote
 syn match   shCaseStart	contained skipwhite skipnl "("			nextgroup=shCase,shCaseBar
-syn region  shCase	contained skipwhite skipnl matchgroup=shSnglCase start="[^$()]\{-})"ms=s,hs=e  end=";;" end="esac"me=s-1 contains=@shCaseList nextgroup=shCaseStart,shCase,,shComment
+syn region  shCase	contained skipwhite skipnl matchgroup=shSnglCase start="[^#$()]\{-})"ms=s,hs=e  end=";;" end="esac"me=s-1 contains=@shCaseList nextgroup=shCaseStart,shCase,,shComment
 syn region  shCaseEsac	matchgroup=shConditional start="\<case\>" end="\<esac\>"	contains=@shCaseEsacList
 syn keyword shCaseIn	contained skipwhite skipnl in			nextgroup=shCase,shCaseStart,shCaseBar,shComment,shCaseExSingleQuote,shCaseSingleQuote,shCaseDoubleQuote
 if exists("b:is_bash")