diff --git a/runtime/syntax/htmldjango.vim b/runtime/syntax/htmldjango.vim
index 4b13863..58afd1b 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/htmldjango.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/htmldjango.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " Vim syntax file
 " Language:	Django HTML template
 " Maintainer:	Dave Hodder <dmh@dmh.org.uk>
-" Last Change:	2007 Jan 26
+" Last Change:	2014 Jul 13
 
 " For version 5.x: Clear all syntax items
 " For version 6.x: Quit when a syntax file was already loaded
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 syn region djangoTagBlock start="{%" end="%}" contains=djangoStatement,djangoFilter,djangoArgument,djangoTagError display containedin=ALLBUT,@djangoBlocks
 syn region djangoVarBlock start="{{" end="}}" contains=djangoFilter,djangoArgument,djangoVarError display containedin=ALLBUT,@djangoBlocks
-syn region djangoComment start="{%\s*comment\s*%}" end="{%\s*endcomment\s*%}" contains=djangoTodo containedin=ALLBUT,@djangoBlocks
+syn region djangoComment start="{%\s*comment\(\s\+.\{-}\)\?%}" end="{%\s*endcomment\s*%}" contains=djangoTodo containedin=ALLBUT,@djangoBlocks
 syn region djangoComBlock start="{#" end="#}" contains=djangoTodo containedin=ALLBUT,@djangoBlocks
 
 let b:current_syntax = "htmldjango"