diff --git a/syntax/php.template b/syntax/php.template
index 78828fa..e46b286 100644
--- a/syntax/php.template
+++ b/syntax/php.template
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ syn match phpCommentStar contained "^\s*\*$"
 if !exists("php_ignore_phpdoc")
   syn case ignore
 
-  syn region phpDocComment   start="/\*\*" end="\*/" keepend contains=phpCommentTitle,phpDocTags,phpTodo
-  syn region phpCommentTitle contained matchgroup=phpDocComment start="/\*\*" matchgroup=phpCommmentTitle keepend end="\.$" end="\.[ \t\r<&]"me=e-1 end="[^{]@"me=s-2,he=s-1 end="\*/"me=s-1,he=s-1 contains=phpCommentStar,phpTodo,phpDocTags containedin=phpComment
+  syn region phpDocComment   start="/\*\*" end="\*/" keepend contains=phpCommentTitle,phpDocTags,phpTodo,@Spell
+  syn region phpCommentTitle contained matchgroup=phpDocComment start="/\*\*" matchgroup=phpCommmentTitle keepend end="\.$" end="\.[ \t\r<&]"me=e-1 end="[^{]@"me=s-2,he=s-1 end="\*/"me=s-1,he=s-1 contains=phpCommentStar,phpTodo,phpDocTags,@Spell containedin=phpComment
 
   syn region phpDocTags  start="{@\(example\|id\|internal\|inheritdoc\|link\|source\|toc\|tutorial\)" end="}" containedin=phpComment
   syn match  phpDocTags  "@\(abstract\|access\|author\|category\|copyright\|deprecated\|example\|final\|global\|ignore\|internal\|license\|link\|method\|name\|package\|param\|property\|return\|see\|since\|static\|staticvar\|subpackage\|todo\|tutorial\|uses\|var\|version\)\s\+\S\+.*" contains=phpDocParam containedin=phpComment
diff --git a/syntax/php.vim b/syntax/php.vim
index 3147e0e..221002a 100644
--- a/syntax/php.vim
+++ b/syntax/php.vim
@@ -415,8 +415,8 @@ syn match phpCommentStar contained "^\s*\*$"
 if !exists("php_ignore_phpdoc")
   syn case ignore
 
-  syn region phpDocComment   start="/\*\*" end="\*/" keepend contains=phpCommentTitle,phpDocTags,phpTodo
-  syn region phpCommentTitle contained matchgroup=phpDocComment start="/\*\*" matchgroup=phpCommmentTitle keepend end="\.$" end="\.[ \t\r<&]"me=e-1 end="[^{]@"me=s-2,he=s-1 end="\*/"me=s-1,he=s-1 contains=phpCommentStar,phpTodo,phpDocTags containedin=phpComment
+  syn region phpDocComment   start="/\*\*" end="\*/" keepend contains=phpCommentTitle,phpDocTags,phpTodo,@Spell
+  syn region phpCommentTitle contained matchgroup=phpDocComment start="/\*\*" matchgroup=phpCommmentTitle keepend end="\.$" end="\.[ \t\r<&]"me=e-1 end="[^{]@"me=s-2,he=s-1 end="\*/"me=s-1,he=s-1 contains=phpCommentStar,phpTodo,phpDocTags,@Spell containedin=phpComment
 
   syn region phpDocTags  start="{@\(example\|id\|internal\|inheritdoc\|link\|source\|toc\|tutorial\)" end="}" containedin=phpComment
   syn match  phpDocTags  "@\(abstract\|access\|author\|category\|copyright\|deprecated\|example\|final\|global\|ignore\|internal\|license\|link\|method\|name\|package\|param\|property\|return\|see\|since\|static\|staticvar\|subpackage\|todo\|tutorial\|uses\|var\|version\)\s\+\S\+.*" contains=phpDocParam containedin=phpComment