diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules.js
index 4740af3b..79160af0 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules.js
@@ -77,5 +77,6 @@ oop.inherits(DocCommentHighlightRules, TextHighlightRules);
 
 }).call(DocCommentHighlightRules.prototype);
 
-return DocCommentHighlightRules;
-});
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+exports.DocCommentHighlightRules = DocCommentHighlightRules;
+
+});
diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/javascript_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/javascript_highlight_rules.js
index 3a80ed5a..ab7ffbd9 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/javascript_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/javascript_highlight_rules.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ define(function(require, exports, module) {
 
 var oop = require("ace/lib/oop").oop;
 var lang = require("ace/lib/lang").lang;
-var DocCommentHighlightRules = require("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules");
+var DocCommentHighlightRules = require("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules").DocCommentHighlightRules;
 var TextHighlightRules = require("ace/mode/text_highlight_rules");
 
 JavaScriptHighlightRules = function() {