diff --git a/runtime/syntax/viminfo.vim b/runtime/syntax/viminfo.vim
index 7af3b89..667e1ba 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/viminfo.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/viminfo.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " Vim syntax file
 " Language:	Vim .viminfo file
 " Maintainer:	Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
-" Last Change:	2012 Feb 03
+" Last Change:	2016 Jun 05
 
 " Quit when a (custom) syntax file was already loaded
 if exists("b:current_syntax")
@@ -30,11 +30,15 @@
 " Comments
 syn match viminfoComment "^#.*"
 
+" New style lines.  TODO: highlight numbers and strings.
+syn match viminfoNew "^|.*"
+
 " Define the default highlighting.
 " Only used when an item doesn't have highlighting yet
 hi def link viminfoComment	Comment
 hi def link viminfoError	Error
 hi def link viminfoStatement	Statement
+hi def link viminfoNew		String
 
 let b:current_syntax = "viminfo"