diff --git a/src/po/check.vim b/src/po/check.vim
index a01874c..b2a5fd5 100644
--- a/src/po/check.vim
+++ b/src/po/check.vim
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 if 1	" Only execute this if the eval feature is available.
 
+" using line continuation
+set cpo&vim
+
 " Function to get a split line at the cursor.
 " Used for both msgid and msgstr lines.
 " Removes all text except % items and returns the result.
@@ -59,12 +62,18 @@
   if getline(line('.') - 1) !~ "no-c-format"
     " go over the "msgid" and "msgid_plural" lines
     let prevfromline = 'foobar'
+    let plural = 0
     while 1
+      if getline('.') =~ 'msgid_plural'
+	let plural += 1
+      endif
       let fromline = GetMline()
       if prevfromline != 'foobar' && prevfromline != fromline
+	    \ && (plural != 1
+	    \     || count(prevfromline, '%') + 1 != count(fromline, '%'))
 	echomsg 'Mismatching % in line ' . (line('.') - 1)
 	echomsg 'msgid: ' . prevfromline
-	echomsg 'msgid ' . fromline
+	echomsg 'msgid: ' . fromline
 	if error == 0
 	  let error = line('.')
 	endif
@@ -86,6 +95,7 @@
     while getline('.') =~ '^msgstr'
       let toline = GetMline()
       if fromline != toline
+	    \ && (plural == 0 || count(fromline, '%') != count(toline, '%') + 1)
 	echomsg 'Mismatching % in line ' . (line('.') - 1)
 	echomsg 'msgid: ' . fromline
 	echomsg 'msgstr: ' . toline
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 27e558a..fdb7716 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -696,6 +696,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1586,
+/**/
     1585,
 /**/
     1584,