diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/ruby_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/ruby_highlight_rules.js
index dfe141d3..9cf7a12a 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/ruby_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/ruby_highlight_rules.js
@@ -73,9 +73,7 @@ RubyHighlightRules = function() {
 	        {
 	            token : "comment",
 	            regex : "#.*$"
-	        },
-	        docComment.getStartRule("doc-start"),
-	        {
+	        }, {
 	            token : "string.regexp",
 	            regex : "[/](?:(?:\\[(?:\\\\]|[^\\]])+\\])|(?:\\\\/|[^\\]/]))*[/]\\w*\\s*(?=[).,;]|$)"
 	        }, {