diff --git a/doc/syntastic.txt b/doc/syntastic.txt
index c85eb9b3..8f3473bc 100644
--- a/doc/syntastic.txt
+++ b/doc/syntastic.txt
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@ following highlight groups:
 Example: >
     highlight SyntasticErrorLine guibg=#2f0000
 <
+With Vim 8.0 or later you can ask Vim not to turn off the sign column when no
+errors are found, by setting 'signcolumn' to "yes": >
+    set signcolumn=yes
+<
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 2.3. The error window                                   *syntastic-error-window*
 
diff --git a/plugin/syntastic.vim b/plugin/syntastic.vim
index 3b7a1714..9e282675 100644
--- a/plugin/syntastic.vim
+++ b/plugin/syntastic.vim
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if has('reltime')
     lockvar! g:_SYNTASTIC_START
 endif
 
-let g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION = '3.7.0-223'
+let g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION = '3.7.0-224'
 lockvar g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION
 
 " Sanity checks {{{1