diff --git a/vim-7.3-filetype_changes.patch b/vim-7.3-filetype_changes.patch
index 4e82fcb..f4864ff 100644
--- a/vim-7.3-filetype_changes.patch
+++ b/vim-7.3-filetype_changes.patch
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ diff -rupN vim73.orig/runtime/syntax/changes.vim vim73/runtime/syntax/changes.vi
 +" Highlights
 +syn match ChangesDate "^[A-Z][a-z][a-z] [A-Z][a-z][a-z] [ 0-9][0-9] [0-9:]\{8\} [A-Z]\+ [0-9]\+"
 +syn match ChangesDate "^[A-Z][a-z][a-z] [A-Z][a-z][a-z] [ 0-9][0-9] [0-9:]\{8\} [0-9]\+"
-+syn match ChangesMail " - \<[a-zA-Z\.]\+@[a-zA-Z\.]\+\>$"
-+syn match ChangesMailText "\<[a-zA-Z\.]\+@[a-zA-Z\.]\+\>"
++syn match ChangesMail " - \<[[:alnum:\.]\+@[[:alnum:]\.]\+\>$"
++syn match ChangesMailText "\<[[:alnum:]\.]\+@[[:alnum:]\.]\+\>"
 +syn match ChangesSeparator "^-\{40,78\}$"
 +syn match ChangesBug "#[0-9]\+\>"
 +
diff --git a/vim.changes b/vim.changes
index 3d49868..0ffb8a9 100644
--- a/vim.changes
+++ b/vim.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 18 17:16:30 CEST 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
+
+- fix detection of email addresses in .changes files
+
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 Thu Sep 22 09:14:38 UTC 2011 - idonmez@suse.com