1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/cplus-md.el b/lisp/progmodes/cplus-md.el
index 1b0d03621d0..98055008b87 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/cplus-md.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/cplus-md.el
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@
 (if c++-mode-syntax-table
     ()
   (setq c++-mode-syntax-table (copy-syntax-table c-mode-syntax-table))
-  (modify-syntax-entry ?/ ". 12" c++-mode-syntax-table)
+  (modify-syntax-entry ?* ". 23b" c++-mode-syntax-table)
+  (modify-syntax-entry ?/ ". 124" c++-mode-syntax-table)
   (modify-syntax-entry ?\n ">" c++-mode-syntax-table)
   (modify-syntax-entry ?\' "." c++-mode-syntax-table))