updated for version 7.0d03
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/help.vim b/runtime/syntax/help.vim
index 5c2abe0..32e2231 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/help.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/help.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " Vim syntax file
 " Language:	Vim help file
 " Maintainer:	Bram Moolenaar (Bram@vim.org)
-" Last Change:	2006 Apr 12
+" Last Change:	2006 Apr 13
 
 " Quit when a (custom) syntax file was already loaded
 if exists("b:current_syntax")
@@ -14,14 +14,15 @@
 syn region helpExample		matchgroup=helpIgnore start=" >$" start="^>$" end="^[^ \t]"me=e-1 end="^<"
 if has("ebcdic")
   syn match helpHyperTextJump	"\\\@<!|[^"*|]\+|" contains=helpBar
-  syn match helpHyperTextEntry	"\*[^"*|]\+\*\s"he=e-1
-  syn match helpHyperTextEntry	"\*[^"*|]\+\*$"
+  syn match helpHyperTextEntry	"\*[^"*|]\+\*\s"he=e-1 contains=helpStar
+  syn match helpHyperTextEntry	"\*[^"*|]\+\*$" contains=helpStar
 else
   syn match helpHyperTextJump	"\\\@<!|[#-)!+-~]\+|" contains=helpBar
-  syn match helpHyperTextEntry	"\*[#-)!+-~]\+\*\s"he=e-1
-  syn match helpHyperTextEntry	"\*[#-)!+-~]\+\*$"
+  syn match helpHyperTextEntry	"\*[#-)!+-~]\+\*\s"he=e-1 contains=helpStar
+  syn match helpHyperTextEntry	"\*[#-)!+-~]\+\*$" contains=helpStar
 endif
 syn match helpBar		contained "|"
+syn match helpStar		contained "\*"
 syn match helpNormal		"|.*====*|"
 syn match helpNormal		":|vim:|"	" for :help modeline
 syn match helpVim		"Vim version [0-9.a-z]\+"
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@
 hi def link helpIgnore		Ignore
 hi def link helpHyperTextJump	Subtitle
 hi def link helpBar		Ignore
+hi def link helpStar		Ignore
 hi def link helpHyperTextEntry	String
 hi def link helpHeadline	Statement
 hi def link helpHeader		PreProc