diff --git a/extensions/json/syntaxes/JSON.tmLanguage b/extensions/json/syntaxes/JSON.tmLanguage
index 9d6a24cc16a..507eb03ec93 100644
--- a/extensions/json/syntaxes/JSON.tmLanguage
+++ b/extensions/json/syntaxes/JSON.tmLanguage
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 			<array>
 				<dict>
 					<key>begin</key>
-					<string>/\*\*</string>
+					<string>/\*\*(?!/)</string>
 					<key>captures</key>
 					<dict>
 						<key>0</key>