diff --git a/runtime/doc/syntax.txt b/runtime/doc/syntax.txt
index c07c3a4..1460edd 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/syntax.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/syntax.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*syntax.txt*	For Vim version 9.1.  Last change: 2024 Jun 17
+*syntax.txt*	For Vim version 9.1.  Last change: 2024 Jun 19
 
 
 		  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL	  by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -2014,7 +2014,7 @@
 
 Function names are not highlighted, as the way to find functions depends on
 how you write Java code.  The syntax file knows two possible ways to highlight
-functions:
+headers of function declarations:
 
 If you write function declarations that are consistently indented by either
 a tab, or a space . . . or eight space character(s), you may want to set >
@@ -2032,10 +2032,14 @@
 supposed to be named (with respect to upper- and lowercase) and there is any
 amount of indentation, you may want to set >
 	:let java_highlight_functions="style"
-If neither setting does work for you, but you would still want function
-declarations to be highlighted, create your own definitions by changing the
-definitions in java.vim or by creating your own java.vim that includes the
-original one and then adds the code to highlight functions.
+If neither setting does work for you, but you would still want headers of
+function declarations to be highlighted, modify the current syntax definitions
+or compose new ones.
+
+Higher-order function types can be hard to parse by eye, so uniformly toning
+down some of their components may be of value.  Provided that such type names
+conform to the Java naming guidelines, you may arrange it with >
+	:let java_highlight_generics=1
 
 In Java 1.1 the functions System.out.println() and System.err.println() should
 only be used for debugging.  Therefore it is possible to highlight debugging