diff --git a/scripts/vim/syntax/taskrc.vim b/scripts/vim/syntax/taskrc.vim
index 62f9d993a..8efddad9b 100644
--- a/scripts/vim/syntax/taskrc.vim
+++ b/scripts/vim/syntax/taskrc.vim
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ syn match taskrcGoodKey '^\s*\Vjournal.time='he=e-1
 syn match taskrcGoodKey '^\s*\Vjournal.time.start.annotation='he=e-1
 syn match taskrcGoodKey '^\s*\Vjournal.time.stop.annotation='he=e-1
 syn match taskrcGoodKey '^\s*\Vjson.array='he=e-1
+syn match taskrcGoodKey '^\s*\Vlimit='he=e-1
 syn match taskrcGoodKey '^\s*\Vlist.all.projects='he=e-1
 syn match taskrcGoodKey '^\s*\Vlist.all.tags='he=e-1
 syn match taskrcGoodKey '^\s*\Vlocale='he=e-1
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp b/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
index 27e0af744..04456840c 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ int CmdShow::execute (std::string& output)
     " journal.time.start.annotation"
     " journal.time.stop.annotation"
     " json.array"
+    " limit"
     " list.all.projects"
     " list.all.tags"
     " locking"