diff --git a/runtime/syntax/cobol.vim b/runtime/syntax/cobol.vim
index 0b59f72..dce2d36 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/cobol.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/cobol.vim
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 " Vim syntax file
-" Language: COBOL
-" Maintainers:  Davyd Ondrejko <vondraco@columbus.rr.com>
+" Language:   COBOL
+" Maintainer: Tim Pope <vimNOSPAM@tpope.info>
+"     (formerly Davyd Ondrejko <vondraco@columbus.rr.com>)
 "     (formerly Sitaram Chamarty <sitaram@diac.com> and
 "		    James Mitchell <james_mitchell@acm.org>)
-" Last change:  2001 Sep 02
+" $Id$
 
 " For version 5.x: Clear all syntax items
 " For version 6.x: Quit when a syntax file was already loaded
@@ -22,77 +23,97 @@
 
 syn case ignore
 
-syn match cobolKeys "^\a\{1,6\}" contains=cobolReserved
+syn cluster cobolStart      contains=cobolAreaA,cobolAreaB,cobolComment,cobolCompiler
+syn cluster cobolAreaA      contains=cobolParagraph,cobolSection,cobolDivision
+"syn cluster cobolAreaB      contains=
+syn cluster cobolAreaAB     contains=cobolLine
+syn cluster cobolLine       contains=cobolReserved
+syn match   cobolMarker     "^\%( \{,5\}[^ ]\)\@=.\{,6}" nextgroup=@cobolStart
+syn match   cobolSpace      "^ \{6\}"  nextgroup=@cobolStart
+syn match   cobolAreaA      " \{1,4\}"  contained nextgroup=@cobolAreaA,@cobolAreaAB
+syn match   cobolAreaB      " \{5,\}\|- *" contained nextgroup=@cobolAreaB,@cobolAreaAB
+syn match   cobolComment    "[/*C].*$" contained
+syn match   cobolCompiler   "$.*$"     contained
+syn match   cobolLine       ".*$"      contained contains=cobolReserved,@cobolLine
+
+syn match   cobolDivision       "[A-Z][A-Z0-9-]*[A-Z0-9]\s\+DIVISION\."he=e-1 contained contains=cobolDivisionName
+syn keyword cobolDivisionName   contained IDENTIFICATION ENVIRONMENT DATA PROCEDURE
+syn match   cobolSection        "[A-Z][A-Z0-9-]*[A-Z0-9]\s\+SECTION\."he=e-1  contained contains=cobolSectionName
+syn keyword cobolSectionName    contained CONFIGURATION INPUT-OUTPUT FILE WORKING-STORAGE LOCAL-STORAGE LINKAGE
+syn match   cobolParagraph      "\a[A-Z0-9-]*[A-Z0-9]\.\|\d[A-Z0-9-]*[A-Z]\."he=e-1             contained contains=cobolParagraphName
+syn keyword cobolParagraphName  contained PROGRAM-ID SOURCE-COMPUTER OBJECT-COMPUTER SPECIAL-NAMES FILE-CONTROL I-O-CONTROL
+
+
+"syn match cobolKeys "^\a\{1,6\}" contains=cobolReserved
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained ACCEPT ACCESS ADD ADDRESS ADVANCING AFTER ALPHABET ALPHABETIC
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained ALPHABETIC-LOWER ALPHABETIC-UPPER ALPHANUMERIC ALPHANUMERIC-EDITED ALS
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained ALTERNATE AND ANY ARE AREA AREAS ASCENDING ASSIGN AT AUTHOR BEFORE BINARY
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained BLANK BLOCK BOTTOM BY CANCEL CBLL CD CF CH CHARACTER CHARACTERS CLASS
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained CLOCK-UNITS CLOSE COBOL CODE CODE-SET COLLATING COLUMN COMMA COMMON
-syn keyword cobolReserved contained COMMUNICATIONS COMPUTATIONAL COMPUTE CONFIGURATION CONTENT CONTINUE
-syn keyword cobolReserved contained CONTROL CONVERTING CORR CORRESPONDING COUNT CURRENCY DATA DATE DATE-COMPILED
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained COMMUNICATIONS COMPUTATIONAL COMPUTE CONTENT CONTINUE
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained CONTROL CONVERTING CORR CORRESPONDING COUNT CURRENCY DATE DATE-COMPILED
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained DATE-WRITTEN DAY DAY-OF-WEEK DE DEBUG-CONTENTS DEBUG-ITEM DEBUG-LINE
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained DEBUG-NAME DEBUG-SUB-1 DEBUG-SUB-2 DEBUG-SUB-3 DEBUGGING DECIMAL-POINT
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained DELARATIVES DELETE DELIMITED DELIMITER DEPENDING DESCENDING DESTINATION
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained DETAIL DISABLE DISPLAY DIVIDE DIVISION DOWN DUPLICATES DYNAMIC EGI ELSE EMI
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained ENABLE END-ADD END-COMPUTE END-DELETE END-DIVIDE END-EVALUATE END-IF
-syn keyword cobolReserved contained END-MULTIPLY END-OF-PAGE END-PERFORM END-READ END-RECEIVE END-RETURN
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained END-MULTIPLY END-OF-PAGE END-READ END-RECEIVE END-RETURN
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained END-REWRITE END-SEARCH END-START END-STRING END-SUBTRACT END-UNSTRING
-syn keyword cobolReserved contained END-WRITE ENVIRONMENT EQUAL ERROR ESI EVALUATE EVERY EXCEPTION EXIT
-syn keyword cobolReserved contained EXTEND EXTERNAL FALSE FD FILE FILE-CONTROL FILLER FINAL FIRST FOOTING FOR FROM
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained END-WRITE EQUAL ERROR ESI EVALUATE EVERY EXCEPTION EXIT
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained EXTEND EXTERNAL FALSE FD FILLER FINAL FIRST FOOTING FOR FROM
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained GENERATE GIVING GLOBAL GREATER GROUP HEADING HIGH-VALUE HIGH-VALUES I-O
-syn keyword cobolReserved contained I-O-CONTROL IDENTIFICATION IN INDEX INDEXED INDICATE INITIAL INITIALIZE
-syn keyword cobolReserved contained INITIATE INPUT INPUT-OUTPUT INSPECT INSTALLATION INTO IS JUST
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained IN INDEX INDEXED INDICATE INITIAL INITIALIZE
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained INITIATE INPUT INSPECT INSTALLATION INTO IS JUST
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained JUSTIFIED KEY LABEL LAST LEADING LEFT LENGTH LOCK MEMORY
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained MERGE MESSAGE MODE MODULES MOVE MULTIPLE MULTIPLY NATIVE NEGATIVE NEXT NO NOT
-syn keyword cobolReserved contained NUMBER NUMERIC NUMERIC-EDITED OBJECT-COMPUTER OCCURS OF OFF OMITTED ON OPEN
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained NUMBER NUMERIC NUMERIC-EDITED OCCURS OF OFF OMITTED ON OPEN
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained OPTIONAL OR ORDER ORGANIZATION OTHER OUTPUT OVERFLOW PACKED-DECIMAL PADDING
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained PAGE PAGE-COUNTER PERFORM PF PH PIC PICTURE PLUS POINTER POSITION POSITIVE
-syn keyword cobolReserved contained PRINTING PROCEDURE PROCEDURES PROCEDD PROGRAM PROGRAM-ID PURGE QUEUE QUOTES
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained PRINTING PROCEDURES PROCEDD PROGRAM PURGE QUEUE QUOTES
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained RANDOM RD READ RECEIVE RECORD RECORDS REDEFINES REEL REFERENCE REFERENCES
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained RELATIVE RELEASE REMAINDER REMOVAL REPLACE REPLACING REPORT REPORTING
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained REPORTS RERUN RESERVE RESET RETURN RETURNING REVERSED REWIND REWRITE RF RH
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained RIGHT ROUNDED RUN SAME SD SEARCH SECTION SECURITY SEGMENT SEGMENT-LIMITED
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained SELECT SEND SENTENCE SEPARATE SEQUENCE SEQUENTIAL SET SIGN SIZE SORT
-syn keyword cobolReserved contained SORT-MERGE SOURCE SOURCE-COMPUTER SPECIAL-NAMES STANDARD
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained SORT-MERGE SOURCE STANDARD
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained STANDARD-1 STANDARD-2 START STATUS STOP STRING SUB-QUEUE-1 SUB-QUEUE-2
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained SUB-QUEUE-3 SUBTRACT SUM SUPPRESS SYMBOLIC SYNC SYNCHRONIZED TABLE TALLYING
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained TAPE TERMINAL TERMINATE TEST TEXT THAN THEN THROUGH THRU TIME TIMES TO TOP
 syn keyword cobolReserved contained TRAILING TRUE TYPE UNIT UNSTRING UNTIL UP UPON USAGE USE USING VALUE VALUES
-syn keyword cobolReserved contained VARYING WHEN WITH WORDS WORKING-STORAGE WRITE
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained VARYING WHEN WITH WORDS WRITE
 syn match   cobolReserved contained "\<CONTAINS\>"
 syn match   cobolReserved contained "\<\(IF\|INVALID\|END\|EOP\)\>"
 syn match   cobolReserved contained "\<ALL\>"
 
+syn cluster cobolLine     add=cobolConstant,cobolNumber,cobolPic
 syn keyword cobolConstant SPACE SPACES NULL ZERO ZEROES ZEROS LOW-VALUE LOW-VALUES
 
-syn match   cobolMarker       "^.\{6\}"
-syn match   cobolBadLine      "^.\{6\}[^ D\-*$/].*"hs=s+6
-
-" If comment mark somehow gets into column past Column 7.
-syn match   cobolBadLine      "^.\{6\}\s\+\*.*"
-
-syn match   cobolNumber       "\<-\=\d*\.\=\d\+\>" contains=cobolMarker,cobolComment
-syn match   cobolPic		"\<S*9\+\>" contains=cobolMarker,cobolComment
-syn match   cobolPic		"\<$*\.\=9\+\>" contains=cobolMarker,cobolComment
-syn match   cobolPic		"\<Z*\.\=9\+\>" contains=cobolMarker,cobolComment
-syn match   cobolPic		"\<V9\+\>" contains=cobolMarker,cobolComment
-syn match   cobolPic		"\<9\+V\>" contains=cobolMarker,cobolComment
-syn match   cobolPic		"\<-\+[Z9]\+\>" contains=cobolMarker,cobolComment
-syn match   cobolTodo		"todo" contained
-syn match   cobolComment      "^.\{6\}\*.*"hs=s+6 contains=cobolTodo,cobolMarker
-syn match   cobolComment      "^.\{6\}/.*"hs=s+6 contains=cobolTodo,cobolMarker
-syn match   cobolComment      "^.\{6\}C.*"hs=s+6 contains=cobolTodo,cobolMarker
-syn match   cobolCompiler     "^.\{6\}$.*"hs=s+6
+syn match   cobolNumber       "\<-\=\d*\.\=\d\+\>" contained
+syn match   cobolPic		"\<S*9\+\>" contained
+syn match   cobolPic		"\<$*\.\=9\+\>" contained
+syn match   cobolPic		"\<Z*\.\=9\+\>" contained
+syn match   cobolPic		"\<V9\+\>" contained
+syn match   cobolPic		"\<9\+V\>" contained
+syn match   cobolPic		"\<-\+[Z9]\+\>" contained
+syn match   cobolTodo		"todo" contained containedin=cobolComment
 
 " For MicroFocus or other inline comments, include this line.
 " syn region  cobolComment      start="*>" end="$" contains=cobolTodo,cobolMarker
 
+syn match   cobolBadLine      "[^ D\*$/-].*" contained
+" If comment mark somehow gets into column past Column 7.
+syn match   cobolBadLine      "\s\+\*.*" contained
+syn cluster cobolStart        add=cobolBadLine
+
+
 syn keyword cobolGoTo		GO GOTO
 syn keyword cobolCopy		COPY
 
 " cobolBAD: things that are BAD NEWS!
 syn keyword cobolBAD		ALTER ENTER RENAMES
 
+syn cluster cobolLine       add=cobolGoTo,cobolCopy,cobolBAD,cobolWatch,cobolEXECs
+
 " cobolWatch: things that are important when trying to understand a program
 syn keyword cobolWatch		OCCURS DEPENDING VARYING BINARY COMP REDEFINES
 syn keyword cobolWatch		REPLACING RUN
@@ -101,39 +122,38 @@
 syn keyword cobolEXECs		EXEC END-EXEC
 
 
-syn match   cobolDecl		"^.\{6} \{1,4}\(0\=1\|77\|78\) "hs=s+7,he=e-1 contains=cobolMarker
-syn match   cobolDecl		"^.\{6} \+[1-4]\d "hs=s+7,he=e-1 contains=cobolMarker
-syn match   cobolDecl		"^.\{6} \+0\=[2-9] "hs=s+7,he=e-1 contains=cobolMarker
-syn match   cobolDecl		"^.\{6} \+66 "hs=s+7,he=e-1 contains=cobolMarker
+syn cluster cobolAreaA      add=cobolDeclA
+syn cluster cobolAreaAB     add=cobolDecl
+syn match   cobolDeclA      "\(0\=1\|77\|78\) " contained nextgroup=cobolLine
+syn match   cobolDecl		"[1-4]\d " contained nextgroup=cobolLine
+syn match   cobolDecl		"0\=[2-9] " contained nextgroup=cobolLine
+syn match   cobolDecl		"66 " contained nextgroup=cobolLine
 
-syn match   cobolWatch		"^.\{6} \+88 "hs=s+7,he=e-1 contains=cobolMarker
+syn match   cobolWatch		"88 " contained nextgroup=cobolLine
 
-syn match   cobolBadID		"\k\+-\($\|[^-A-Z0-9]\)"
+"syn match   cobolBadID		"\k\+-\($\|[^-A-Z0-9]\)" contained
 
-syn keyword cobolCALLs		CALL CANCEL GOBACK PERFORM INVOKE
+syn cluster cobolLine       add=cobolCALLs,cobolString,cobolCondFlow
+syn keyword cobolCALLs		CALL END-CALL CANCEL GOBACK PERFORM END-PERFORM INVOKE
 syn match   cobolCALLs		"EXIT \+PROGRAM"
 syn match   cobolExtras       /\<VALUE \+\d\+\./hs=s+6,he=e-1
 
 syn match   cobolString       /"[^"]*\("\|$\)/
 syn match   cobolString       /'[^']*\('\|$\)/
 
-syn region  cobolLine       start="^.\{6} " end="$" contains=ALL
+"syn region  cobolLine        start="^.\{6}[ D-]" end="$" contains=ALL
+syn match   cobolIndicator   "\%7c[D-]" contained
 
 if exists("cobol_legacy_code")
-syn region  cobolCondFlow     contains=ALLBUT,cobolLine start="\<\(IF\|INVALID\|END\|EOP\)\>" skip=/\('\|"\)[^"]\{-}\("\|'\|$\)/ end="\." keepend
-endif
-
-if ! exists("cobol_legacy_code")
-    " catch junk in columns 1-6 for modern code
-    syn match cobolBAD      "^ \{0,5\}[^ ].*"
+  syn region  cobolCondFlow     contains=ALLBUT,cobolLine start="\<\(IF\|INVALID\|END\|EOP\)\>" skip=/\('\|"\)[^"]\{-}\("\|'\|$\)/ end="\." keepend
 endif
 
 " many legacy sources have junk in columns 1-6: must be before others
 " Stuff after column 72 is in error - must be after all other "match" entries
 if exists("cobol_legacy_code")
-    syn match   cobolBadLine      "^.\{6}[^*/].\{66,\}"
+    syn match   cobolBadLine      "\%73c.*" containedin=ALLBUT,cobolComment
 else
-    syn match   cobolBadLine      "^.\{6}.\{67,\}"
+    syn match   cobolBadLine      "\%73c.*" containedin=ALL
 endif
 
 " Define the default highlighting.
@@ -150,7 +170,11 @@
   HiLink cobolBAD      Error
   HiLink cobolBadID    Error
   HiLink cobolBadLine  Error
-  HiLink cobolMarker   Comment
+  if exists("g:cobol_legacy_code")
+      HiLink cobolMarker   Comment
+  else
+      HiLink cobolMarker   Error
+  endif
   HiLink cobolCALLs    Function
   HiLink cobolComment  Comment
   HiLink cobolKeys     Comment
@@ -158,6 +182,7 @@
   HiLink cobolCompiler PreProc
   HiLink cobolCondFlow Special
   HiLink cobolCopy     PreProc
+  HiLink cobolDeclA    cobolDecl
   HiLink cobolDecl     Type
   HiLink cobolExtras   Special
   HiLink cobolGoTo     Special
@@ -165,9 +190,16 @@
   HiLink cobolNumber   Constant
   HiLink cobolPic      Constant
   HiLink cobolReserved Statement
+  HiLink cobolDivision Label
+  HiLink cobolSection  Label
+  HiLink cobolParagraph Label
+  HiLink cobolDivisionName  Keyword
+  HiLink cobolSectionName   Keyword
+  HiLink cobolParagraphName Keyword
   HiLink cobolString   Constant
   HiLink cobolTodo     Todo
   HiLink cobolWatch    Special
+  HiLink cobolIndicator Special
 
   delcommand HiLink
 endif