diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 63c2874c377..accbcd09267 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -911,6 +911,10 @@ New platforms
 Tools/Demos
 -----------
 
+- Created Misc/Vim/vim_syntax.py to auto-generate a python.vim file in that
+  directory for syntax highlighting in Vim.  Vim directory was added and placed
+  vimrc to it (was previous up a level).
+
 - Added two new files to Tools/scripts: pysource.py, which recursively
   finds Python source files, and findnocoding.py, which finds Python
   source files that need an encoding declaration.
diff --git a/Misc/Vim/vim_syntax.py b/Misc/Vim/vim_syntax.py
index a4df4856468..8ef5bb89d0d 100644
--- a/Misc/Vim/vim_syntax.py
+++ b/Misc/Vim/vim_syntax.py
@@ -65,10 +65,7 @@ def str_regexes():
                 skip = skip_regex.substitute(sep=separator)
             else:
                 skip = ''
-            if not raw:
-                contains = 'contains=pythonEscape'
-            else:
-                contains = ''
+            contains = 'contains=pythonEscape' if not raw else ''
             yield regex_template.substitute(raw=raw, sep=separator, skip=skip,
                                             contains = contains)