diff --git a/syntax.php b/syntax.php
index 6b262d1..3b30077 100644
--- a/syntax.php
+++ b/syntax.php
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ function render($format, &$renderer, $data)
             $format === 'xhtml'
             && function_exists('html_secedit_get_button')
         ) {
-            $renderer->startSectionEdit(-1, 'section', 'dummy');
+            if (defined('SEC_EDIT_PATTERN')) { // for DokuWiki Greebo and more recent versions
+                $renderer->startSectionEdit(-1, array('target' => 'section', 'name' => 'dummy'));
+            } else {
+                $renderer->startSectionEdit(-1, 'section', 'dummy');
+            }
         }
     }
 }