diff --git a/lib/common/html_re.js b/lib/common/html_re.js
index f4264dcb..781b9c21 100644
--- a/lib/common/html_re.js
+++ b/lib/common/html_re.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var open_tag    = replace(/<[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9]*attribute*\s*\/?>/)
                     ();
 
 var close_tag   = /<\/[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9]*\s*>/;
-var comment     = /<!--([^-]+|[-][^-]+)*-->/;
+var comment     = /<!--[\s\S]*?-->/;
 var processing  = /<[?].*?[?]>/;
 var declaration = /<![A-Z]+\s+[^>]*>/;
 var cdata       = /<!\[CDATA\[([^\]]+|\][^\]]|\]\][^>])*\]\]>/;