diff --git a/runtime/ftplugin/text.vim b/runtime/ftplugin/text.vim
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+" Vim filetype plugin
+" Language:		Text
+" Maintainer:		David Barnett <daviebdawg+vim@gmail.com>
+" Last Change:		2014 Jul 09
+
+if exists('b:did_ftplugin')
+  finish
+endif
+let b:did_ftplugin = 1
+
+let b:undo_ftplugin = 'setlocal comments< commentstring<'
+
+" We intentionally don't set formatoptions-=t since text should wrap as text.
+
+" Pseudo comment leaders to indent bulleted lists.
+setlocal comments=fb:-,fb:*
+setlocal commentstring=