1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/ex_getln.c b/src/nvim/ex_getln.c
index d57239e570..996ccc8e60 100644
--- a/src/nvim/ex_getln.c
+++ b/src/nvim/ex_getln.c
@@ -339,7 +339,10 @@ static bool do_incsearch_highlighting(int firstc, incsearch_state_T *s,
       p_magic = false;
     }
   } else if (STRNCMP(cmd, "sort", MAX(p - cmd, 3)) == 0) {
-    // skip over flags.
+    // skip over ! and flags
+    if (*p == '!') {
+      p = skipwhite(p + 1);
+    }
     while (ASCII_ISALPHA(*(p = skipwhite(p)))) {
       p++;
     }