diff --git a/runtime/syntax/man.vim b/runtime/syntax/man.vim
index 4172a02..fbc1847 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/man.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/man.vim
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 " Maintainer:	SungHyun Nam <goweol@gmail.com>
 " Previous Maintainer:	Gautam H. Mudunuri <gmudunur@informatica.com>
 " Version Info:
-" Last Change:	2008 Sep 17
+" Last Change:	2015 Nov 24
 
 " Additional highlighting by Johannes Tanzler <johannes.tanzler@aon.at>:
 "	* manSubHeading
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 syn case ignore
 syn match  manReference       "\f\+([1-9][a-z]\=)"
 syn match  manTitle	      "^\f\+([0-9]\+[a-z]\=).*"
-syn match  manSectionHeading  "^[a-z][a-z ]*[a-z]$"
-syn match  manSubHeading      "^\s\{3\}[a-z][a-z ]*[a-z]$"
+syn match  manSectionHeading  "^[a-z][a-z -]*[a-z]$"
+syn match  manSubHeading      "^\s\{3\}[a-z][a-z -]*[a-z]$"
 syn match  manOptionDesc      "^\s*[+-][a-z0-9]\S*"
 syn match  manLongOptionDesc  "^\s*--[a-z0-9-]\S*"
 " syn match  manHistory		"^[a-z].*last change.*$"