diff --git a/after/plugin/indentLine.vim b/after/plugin/indentLine.vim
index 20a4d5f..09c5bb2 100644
--- a/after/plugin/indentLine.vim
+++ b/after/plugin/indentLine.vim
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ endif
 let g:indentLine_loaded = 1
 
 
-let g:indentLine_char = get(g:,'indentLine_char',(&encoding is# "utf-8" ? '|' : '|'))
-let g:indentLine_first_char = get(g:,'indentLine_first_char',(&encoding is# "utf-8" ? '|' : '|'))
+let g:indentLine_char = get(g:,'indentLine_char',(&encoding is# "utf-8" ? '¦' : '|'))
+let g:indentLine_first_char = get(g:,'indentLine_first_char',(&encoding is# "utf-8" ? '¦' : '|'))
 let g:indentLine_indentLevel = get(g:,'indentLine_indentLevel',10)
 let g:indentLine_enabled = get(g:,'indentLine_enabled',1)
 let g:indentLine_fileType = get(g:,'indentLine_fileType',[])
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ function! s:SetIndentLine()
     let space = &l:shiftwidth is 0 ? &l:tabstop : &l:shiftwidth
 
     execute 'syntax match IndentLineSpace /^\s\+/ containedin=ALL contains=IndentLine'
-    execute 'syntax match IndentLine /^\@! \{'.(space-1).'}\zs / contained conceal cchar=' . g:indentLine_char
+    execute 'syntax match IndentLine / \{'.(space-1).'}\zs / contained conceal cchar=' . g:indentLine_char
+    execute 'syntax match IndentLine /\t\zs / contained conceal cchar=' . g:indentLine_char
     if g:indentLine_showFirstIndentLevel
         execute 'syntax match IndentLine /^ / contained conceal cchar=' . g:indentLine_first_char
     endif
diff --git a/doc/indentLine.txt b/doc/indentLine.txt
index 0d29cc5..b834b43 100644
--- a/doc/indentLine.txt
+++ b/doc/indentLine.txt
@@ -90,11 +90,6 @@ g:indentLine_maxLines                           *g:indentLine_maxLines*
                 the performance better.
                 Default value is 3000.
 
-g:indentLine_faster                             *g:indentLine_faster*
-                If you want the performance better, you can set the value as
-                1, default value is 0. But better performance may bring little
-                issue with it.
-
 g:indentLine_noConcealCursor                    *g:indentLine_noConcealCursor*
                 This variable toggles cursor lines behavior. If variable
                 exists, then cursorline will be above conceal chars.