diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/c_cpp_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/c_cpp_highlight_rules.js
index 24e03456..5a30ce24 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/c_cpp_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/c_cpp_highlight_rules.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ var c_cppHighlightRules = function() {
 	            token : "comment",
 	            regex : "\\/\\/.*$"
 	        },
-	        new DocCommentHighlightRules().getStartRule("start"),
+	        new DocCommentHighlightRules().getStartRule("doc-start"),
 	        {
 	            token : "comment", // multi line comment
 	            regex : "\\/\\*",