diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/xml_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/xml_highlight_rules.js
index 3244d572..ff46b4a2 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/xml_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/xml_highlight_rules.js
@@ -36,61 +36,31 @@ var xmlUtil = require("./xml_util");
 var TextHighlightRules = require("./text_highlight_rules").TextHighlightRules;
 
 var XmlHighlightRules = function() {
-
-    // regexp must not have capturing parentheses
-    // regexps are ordered -> the first match is used
     this.$rules = {
-        start : [{
-            token : "text",
-            regex : "<\\!\\[CDATA\\[",
-            next : "cdata"
-        }, {
-            token : "xml-pe",
-            regex : "<\\?.*?\\?>"
-        }, {
-            token : "comment",
-            merge : true,
-            regex : "<\\!--",
-            next : "comment"
-        }, {
-            token : "xml-pe",
-            regex : "<\\!.*?>"
-        }, {
-            token : "meta.tag", // opening tag
-            regex : "<\\/?",
-            next : "tag"
-        }, {
-            token : "text",
-            regex : "\\s+"
-        }, {
-            token : "constant.character.entity",
-            regex : "(?:&#[0-9]+;)|(?:&#x[0-9a-fA-F]+;)|(?:&[a-zA-Z0-9_:\\.-]+;)"
-        }, {
-            token : "text",
-            regex : "[^<]+"
-        }],
+        start : [
+            {token : "text", regex : "<\\!\\[CDATA\\[", next : "cdata"},
+            {token : "xml-pe", regex : "<\\?.*?\\?>"},
+            {token : "comment", regex : "<\\!--", next : "comment", merge : true},
+            {token : "xml-pe", regex : "<\\!.*?>"},
+            {token : "meta.tag", regex : "<\\/?", next : "tag"},
+            {token : "text", regex : "\\s+"},
+            {
+                token : "constant.character.entity", 
+                regex : "(?:&#[0-9]+;)|(?:&#x[0-9a-fA-F]+;)|(?:&[a-zA-Z0-9_:\\.-]+;)" 
+            },
+            {token : "text", regex : "[^<]+"}
+        ],
         
-        cdata : [{
-            token : "text",
-            regex : "\\]\\]>",
-            next : "start"
-        }, {
-            token : "text",
-            regex : "\\s+"
-        }, {
-            token : "text",
-            regex : "(?:[^\\]]|\\](?!\\]>))+"
-        }],
+        cdata : [
+            {token : "text", regex : "\\]\\]>", next : "start"},
+            {token : "text", regex : "\\s+"},
+            {token : "text", regex : "(?:[^\\]]|\\](?!\\]>))+"}
+        ],
 
-        comment : [{
-            token : "comment",
-            regex : ".*?-->",
-            next : "start"
-        }, {
-            token : "comment",
-            merge : true,
-            regex : ".+"
-        }]
+        comment : [
+            {token : "comment", regex : ".*?-->", next : "start"},
+            {token : "comment", merge : true, regex : ".+"}
+        ]
     };
     
     xmlUtil.tag(this.$rules, "tag", "start");