1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/awk-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/awk-mode.el
index 06fcef0f107..1f738dcd361 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/awk-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/awk-mode.el
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
      (concat "\\<\\("
 ;            ("BEGIN" "END" "break" "continue" "delete" "exit" "for"
 ;             "getline" "if" "next" "print" "printf" "return" "while")
-             "BEGIN\\|END\\|break\\|continue\\|delete\\|exit\\|for\\|"
+             "BEGIN\\|END\\|break\\|continue\\|delete\\|exit\\|else\\|for\\|"
              "getline\\|if\\|next\\|printf?\\|return\\|while"
              "\\)\\>")
      ;;