diff --git a/VimL.tmLanguage b/VimL.tmLanguage
index a27cd20..be63656 100644
--- a/VimL.tmLanguage
+++ b/VimL.tmLanguage
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
 			<array>
 				<dict>
 					<key>match</key>
-					<string>"(\\\\|\\"|[^\n"])*"</string>
+					<string>"(\\\\|\\"|\n[^\S\n]*\\|[^\n"])*"</string>
 					<key>name</key>
 					<string>string.quoted.double.viml</string>
 				</dict>
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
 			<array>
 				<dict>
 					<key>match</key>
-					<string>'(\\\\|\\'|[^\n'])*'</string>
+					<string>'(''|\n[^\S\n]*\\|[^\n'])*'</string>
 					<key>name</key>
 					<string>string.quoted.single.viml</string>
 				</dict>
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
 			<array>
 				<dict>
 					<key>match</key>
-					<string>/(\\\\|\\/|[^\n/])*/</string>
+					<string>/(\\\\|\\/|\n[^\S\n]*\\|[^\n/])*/</string>
 					<key>name</key>
 					<string>string.regexp.viml</string>
 				</dict>