diff --git a/syntax/css.nanorc b/syntax/css.nanorc
index 2900252e..fa0d01bd 100644
--- a/syntax/css.nanorc
+++ b/syntax/css.nanorc
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ comment "/*|*/"
 color brightred     "."
 color brightyellow  start="\{" end="\}"
 color brightwhite   start=":" end="([;^\{]|$)"
-color brightblue    ":active|:focus|:hover|:link|:visited|:link|:after|:before|$"
-color brightblue    start="\/\*" end="\\*/"
+color brightblue    ":active|:focus|:hover|:link|:visited|:link|:after|:before"
+color brightblue    start="/\*" end="\*/"
 color green         ";|:|\{|\}"