diff --git a/extensions/typescript-basics/syntaxes/MarkdownDocumentationInjection.tmLanguage.json b/extensions/typescript-basics/syntaxes/MarkdownDocumentationInjection.tmLanguage.json
index d7711577168..4794b38e2e1 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-basics/syntaxes/MarkdownDocumentationInjection.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/extensions/typescript-basics/syntaxes/MarkdownDocumentationInjection.tmLanguage.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	],
 	"repository": {
 		"markdown-comment": {
-			"begin": "(?<=/\\*\\*)\\s*$",
+			"begin": "(?<=/\\*\\*)([^*]|\\*(?!/))*$",
 			"while": "(^|\\G)\\s*\\*(?!/)(?=([^*]|[*](?!/))*$)",
 			"patterns": [
 				{