syn match mkdLineBreak / \+$/
syn region mkdBlockquote start=/^\s*>/ end=/$/ contains=mkdLink,mkdInlineURL,mkdLineBreak,@Spell
execute 'syn region mkdCode matchgroup=mkdCodeDelimiter start=/\(\([^\\]\|^\)\\\)\@<!`/ end=/`/' . s:concealcode
-execute 'syn region mkdCode matchgroup=mkdCodeDelimiter start=/\(\([^\\]\|^\)\\\)\@<!``/ skip=/[^`]`[^`]/ end=/\(\([^\\]\|^\)\\\)\@<!``/' . s:concealcode
+execute 'syn region mkdCode matchgroup=mkdCodeDelimiter start=/\(\([^\\]\|^\)\\\)\@<!``/ skip=/[^`]`[^`]/ end=/``/' . s:concealcode
execute 'syn region mkdCode matchgroup=mkdCodeDelimiter start=/^\s*\z(`\{3,}\)[^`]*$/ end=/^\s*\z1`*\s*$/' . s:concealcode
execute 'syn region mkdCode matchgroup=mkdCodeDelimiter start=/\(\([^\\]\|^\)\\\)\@<!\~\~/ end=/\(\([^\\]\|^\)\\\)\@<!\~\~/' . s:concealcode
execute 'syn region mkdCode matchgroup=mkdCodeDelimiter start=/^\s*\z(\~\{3,}\)\s*[0-9A-Za-z_+-]*\s*$/ end=/^\s*\z1\~*\s*$/' . s:concealcode
HtmlHiLink mkdStrike htmlStrike
endif
-syn cluster mkdNonListItem contains=@htmlTop,htmlItalic,htmlBold,htmlBoldItalic,mkdFootnotes,mkdInlineURL,mkdLink,mkdLinkDef,mkdLineBreak,mkdBlockquote,mkdCode,mkdRule,htmlH1,htmlH2,htmlH3,htmlH4,htmlH5,htmlH6,mkdMath
+syn cluster mkdNonListItem contains=@htmlTop,htmlItalic,htmlBold,htmlBoldItalic,mkdFootnotes,mkdInlineURL,mkdLink,mkdLinkDef,mkdLineBreak,mkdBlockquote,mkdCode,mkdRule,htmlH1,htmlH2,htmlH3,htmlH4,htmlH5,htmlH6,mkdMath,htmlStrike
"highlighting for Markdown groups
HtmlHiLink mkdString String