diff --git a/autoload/neosnippet/snippets/vim.snip b/autoload/neosnippet/snippets/vim.snip
index 842f8f7..697a456 100644
--- a/autoload/neosnippet/snippets/vim.snip
+++ b/autoload/neosnippet/snippets/vim.snip
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ options     head
     endtry
 
 snippet     catch
+abbr        catch /pattern/
 options     head
     catch ${1:/${2:#:pattern: empty, E484, Vim(cmdname):{errmsg\\}\}/}