diff --git a/latex.el b/latex.el
index ac4b0c54..5f408cb5 100644
--- a/latex.el
+++ b/latex.el
@@ -3713,8 +3713,9 @@ non-parenthetical delimiters, like \\verb+foo+, are recognized."
   "Return non-nil if position POS is in a verbatim-like construct."
   (when pos (goto-char pos))
   (save-match-data
-    (or (when (fboundp 'font-latex-faces-present-p)
-          (font-latex-faces-present-p 'font-latex-verbatim-face))
+    (or (progn
+          (syntax-propertize (point))
+          (nth 3 (syntax-ppss)))
         (member (LaTeX-current-verbatim-macro)
                 (LaTeX-verbatim-macros-with-delims))
         (member (TeX-current-macro) (LaTeX-verbatim-macros-with-braces))
diff --git a/style/shortvrb.el b/style/shortvrb.el
index a8b4cd17..e7a0320b 100644
--- a/style/shortvrb.el
+++ b/style/shortvrb.el
@@ -69,12 +69,19 @@
                   (cons str str)))
               LaTeX-shortvrb-chars)))
 
+   ;; Syntax
+   (when LaTeX-shortvrb-chars
+     (let ((st (make-syntax-table (syntax-table))))
+       (dolist (c LaTeX-shortvrb-chars)
+         (modify-syntax-entry c "\"" st))
+       (set-syntax-table st)))
+
    ;; Fontification
    (when (and LaTeX-shortvrb-chars
               (featurep 'font-latex)
               (eq TeX-install-font-lock 'font-latex-setup))
      (font-latex-add-to-syntax-alist
-      (mapcar (lambda (char) (cons char "|"))
+      (mapcar (lambda (char) (cons char "\""))
               LaTeX-shortvrb-chars))
 
      (font-latex-add-keywords '(("MakeShortVerb"   "*{")