1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/markup/simple_markup/inline.rb b/lib/rdoc/markup/simple_markup/inline.rb
index 1e76c201c9..d54fe1e667 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/markup/simple_markup/inline.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/markup/simple_markup/inline.rb
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ module SM
       unless SPECIAL.empty?
         SPECIAL.each do |regexp, attr|
           str.scan(regexp) do
-            attrs.set_attrs($`.length, $1.length, attr | Attribute::SPECIAL)
+            attrs.set_attrs($`.length, $&.length, attr | Attribute::SPECIAL)
           end
         end
       end
@@ -215,6 +215,8 @@ module SM
       add_html("b",  :BOLD)
       add_html("tt",   :TT)
       add_html("code", :TT)
+
+      add_special(/<!--(.*?)-->/, :COMMENT)
     end
 
     def add_word_pair(start, stop, name)