diff --git a/runtime/syntax/awk.vim b/runtime/syntax/awk.vim
index 8c1f182..6f1f561 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/awk.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/awk.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " Vim syntax file
 " Language:	awk, nawk, gawk, mawk
-" Maintainer:	Antonio Colombo <azc10@yahoo.com>
-" Last Change:	2005 Mar 16
+" Maintainer:	Antonio Colombo <azc100@gmail.com>
+" Last Change:	2012 Jan 31
 
 " AWK  ref.  is: Alfred V. Aho, Brian W. Kernighan, Peter J. Weinberger
 " The AWK Programming Language, Addison-Wesley, 1988
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
   finish
 endif
 
+let s:cpo_save = &cpo
+set cpo&vim
+
 " A bunch of useful Awk keywords
 " AWK  ref. p. 188
 syn keyword awkStatement	break continue delete exit
@@ -213,4 +216,7 @@
 
 let b:current_syntax = "awk"
 
+let &cpo = s:cpo_save
+unlet s:cpo_save
+
 " vim: ts=8