diff --git a/syntax/javascript.vim b/syntax/javascript.vim
index ddcc399..848adbe 100644
--- a/syntax/javascript.vim
+++ b/syntax/javascript.vim
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ syntax region  javaScriptString	          start=+'+  skip=+\\\\\|\\'+  end=+'\|$
 
 syntax match   javaScriptSpecialCharacter "'\\.'"
 syntax match   javaScriptNumber           "-\=\<\d\+L\=\>\|0[xX][0-9a-fA-F]\+\>"
-syntax region  javaScriptRegexpString     start=+/[^/*]+me=e-1 skip=+\\\\\|\\/+ end=+/[gim]\{0,2\}\s*$+ end=+/[gim]\{0,2\}\s*[;.,)\]}]+me=e-1 contains=@htmlPreproc oneline
+syntax region  javaScriptRegexpString     start=+/[^/*]+me=e-1 skip=+\\\\\|\(\\\|\[[^]]*\)/+ end=+/[gim]\{0,2\}\s*$+ end=+/[gim]\{0,2\}\s*[;.,)\]}]+me=e-1 contains=@htmlPreproc oneline
 syntax match   javaScriptFloat          /\<-\=\%(\d\+\.\d\+\|\d\+\.\|\.\d\+\)\%([eE][+-]\=\d\+\)\=\>/
 "}}}
 "  DOM, Browser and Ajax Support   {{{