diff --git a/src/diff.c b/src/diff.c
index 41d61b1..d743334 100644
--- a/src/diff.c
+++ b/src/diff.c
@@ -2795,7 +2795,7 @@
 	    else
 		return FAIL;
 	}
-	else if (STRNCMP(p, "linematch:", 10) == 0 && VIM_ISDIGIT(p[11]))
+	else if (STRNCMP(p, "linematch:", 10) == 0 && VIM_ISDIGIT(p[10]))
 	{
 	    p += 10;
 	    linematch_lines_new = getdigits(&p);
diff --git a/src/testdir/gen_opt_test.vim b/src/testdir/gen_opt_test.vim
index 30de286..2dfb070 100644
--- a/src/testdir/gen_opt_test.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/gen_opt_test.vim
@@ -178,9 +178,11 @@
       \		'icase', 'iwhite', 'iwhiteall', 'horizontal', 'vertical',
       \		'closeoff', 'hiddenoff', 'foldcolumn:0', 'foldcolumn:12',
       \		'followwrap', 'internal', 'indent-heuristic', 'algorithm:myers',
-      \		'algorithm:minimal', 'algorithm:patience',
-      \		'algorithm:histogram', 'icase,iwhite'],
-      \		['xxx', 'foldcolumn:xxx', 'algorithm:xxx', 'algorithm:']],
+      \		'icase,iwhite', 'algorithm:minimal', 'algorithm:patience',
+      \		'algorithm:histogram', 'linematch:5'],
+      \		['xxx', 'foldcolumn:', 'foldcolumn:x', 'foldcolumn:xxx',
+      \		'linematch:', 'linematch:x', 'linematch:xxx', 'algorithm:',
+      \		'algorithm:xxx', 'context:', 'context:x', 'context:xxx']],
       \ 'display': [['', 'lastline', 'truncate', 'uhex', 'lastline,uhex'],
       \		['xxx']],
       \ 'eadirection': [['', 'both', 'ver', 'hor'], ['xxx', 'ver,hor']],
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index b953f90..dd500d1 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -705,6 +705,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1072,
+/**/
     1071,
 /**/
     1070,