diff --git a/doc/neosnippet.txt b/doc/neosnippet.txt
index ce4c602..943e7f8 100644
--- a/doc/neosnippet.txt
+++ b/doc/neosnippet.txt
@@ -415,6 +415,9 @@ snippet					*neosnippet-unite-action-snippet*
 ==============================================================================
 CHANGELOG			*neosnippet-changelog*
 
+2012-10-19
+- Fixed syntax highlight.
+
 2012-10-18
 - Fixed s:get_sources_list().
 - Added unite__new_candidate action in snippet source.
diff --git a/syntax/snippet.vim b/syntax/snippet.vim
index 916303c..e0cf625 100644
--- a/syntax/snippet.vim
+++ b/syntax/snippet.vim
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ endif
 syn region  SnippetPrevWord             start=+'+ end=+'+ contained
 syn region  SnippetPrevWord             start=+"+ end=+"+ contained
 syn region  SnippetEval                 start=+\\\@<!`+ end=+\\\@<!`+ contained
-syn match   SnippetWord                 '^\s\+.*$' contains=SnippetEval,SnippetExpand,SnippetEscape
+syn match   SnippetWord                 '^\s\+.*$' contains=
+      \SnippetEval,SnippetExpand,SnippetEscape,SnippetVariable
 syn match   SnippetExpand               '\${\d\+\%(:.\{-}\)\?\\\@<!}' contained
 syn match   SnippetVariable             '\$\d\+' contained
 syn match   SnippetComment              '^#.*$'