diff --git a/runtime/syntax/help.vim b/runtime/syntax/help.vim
index d3002a5..6bd8dd0 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/help.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/help.vim
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 " Vim syntax file
 " Language:	Vim help file
 " Maintainer:	Bram Moolenaar (Bram@vim.org)
-" Last Change:	2011 Dec 03
+" Last Change:	2012 Jan 08
 
 " Quit when a (custom) syntax file was already loaded
 if exists("b:current_syntax")
   finish
 endif
 
+let s:cpo_save = &cpo
+set cpo&vim
+
 syn match helpHeadline		"^[-A-Z .][-A-Z0-9 .()]*[ \t]\+\*"me=e-1
 syn match helpSectionDelim	"^=\{3,}.*===$"
 syn match helpSectionDelim	"^-\{3,}.*--$"
@@ -196,4 +199,6 @@
 
 let b:current_syntax = "help"
 
+let &cpo = s:cpo_save
+unlet s:cpo_save
 " vim: ts=8 sw=2