diff --git a/runtime/syntax/testdir/dumps/vim_ex_echo_99.dump b/runtime/syntax/testdir/dumps/vim_ex_echo_99.dump
index ba37bb7..db81b40 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/testdir/dumps/vim_ex_echo_99.dump
+++ b/runtime/syntax/testdir/dumps/vim_ex_echo_99.dump
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 |l+0#af5f00255&|e|t| +0#0000000&|f+0#00e0e07&|o@1| +0#0000000&|=+0#af5f00255&| +0#0000000&|{+0#e000e06&|'+0#e000002&|e|n|d|'|:+0#0000000&| |1+0#e000002&|2|3|}+0#e000e06&| +0#0000000&@52
 @75
 |i+0#af5f00255&|f| +0#0000000&|1+0#e000002&|2|3| +0#0000000&@68
-@8|e|c|h|o| |(+0#e000e06&|f+0#00e0e07&|o@1|.+0#af5f00255&|e+0#00e0e07&|n|d|)+0#e000e06&| +0#0000000&@52
+@8|e+0#af5f00255&|c|h|o| +0#0000000&|(+0#e000e06&|f+0#00e0e07&|o@1|.+0#af5f00255&|e+0#00e0e07&|n|d|)+0#e000e06&| +0#0000000&@52
 |e+0#af5f00255&|l|s|e| +0#0000000&@70
 @8|e+0#af5f00255&|c|h|o| +0#0000000&|'+0#e000002&|b|a|r|'| +0#0000000&@56
 >e+0#af5f00255&|n|d|i|f| +0#0000000&@69
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/vim.vim b/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
index 174520f..ec617c7 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
@@ -585,8 +585,10 @@
 " User Function Highlighting: {{{2
 " (following Gautam Iyer's suggestion)
 " ==========================
-syn match vimFunc		"\%(\%([sSgGbBwWtTlL]:\|<[sS][iI][dD]>\)\=\%(\w\+\.\)*\I[a-zA-Z0-9_.]*\)\ze\s*("		contains=vimFuncName,vimUserFunc,vimExecute
-syn match vimUserFunc contained	"\%(\%([sSgGbBwWtTlL]:\|<[sS][iI][dD]>\)\=\%(\w\+\.\)*\I[a-zA-Z0-9_.]*\)\|\<\u[a-zA-Z0-9.]*\>\|\<if\>"	contains=vimNotation
+syn match	vimFunc              	"\%(\%([sSgGbBwWtTlL]:\|<[sS][iI][dD]>\)\=\%(\w\+\.\)*\I[a-zA-Z0-9_.]*\)\ze\s*("                	contains=vimFuncEcho,vimFuncName,vimUserFunc,vimExecute
+syn match	vimUserFunc	contained        	"\%(\%([sSgGbBwWtTlL]:\|<[sS][iI][dD]>\)\=\%(\w\+\.\)*\I[a-zA-Z0-9_.]*\)\|\<\u[a-zA-Z0-9.]*\>\|\<if\>"	contains=vimNotation
+syn keyword	vimFuncEcho	contained      	ec ech echo
+
 
 " User Command Highlighting: {{{2
 syn match vimUsrCmd	'^\s*\zs\u\%(\w*\)\@>\%([(#[]\|\s\+\%([-+*/%]\=\|\.\.\)=\)\@!'