diff --git a/runtime/ftplugin/markdown.vim b/runtime/ftplugin/markdown.vim
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+" Vim filetype plugin
+" Language:		Markdown
+" Maintainer:		Tim Pope <vimNOSPAM@tpope.org>
+" Last Change:		2010 May 21
+
+if exists("b:did_ftplugin")
+  finish
+endif
+
+runtime! ftplugin/html.vim ftplugin/html_*.vim ftplugin/html/*.vim
+unlet! b:did_ftplugin
+
+setlocal comments=fb:*,fb:-,fb:+,n:> commentstring=>\ %s
+setlocal formatoptions+=tcqln
+setlocal formatlistpat=^\\s*\\d\\+\\.\\s\\+\\\|^[-*+]\\s\\+
+
+let b:undo_ftplugin .= "|setl cms< com< fo<"
+
+" vim:set sw=2: