diff --git a/src/highlighters.cc b/src/highlighters.cc
index 8ae36b79..2a67375c 100644
--- a/src/highlighters.cc
+++ b/src/highlighters.cc
@@ -1660,7 +1660,7 @@ void append_matches(const Buffer& buffer, LineCount line, RegexMatchList& matche
     {
         auto& m = *it;
         const bool with_capture = capture and m[1].matched and
-                                  m[0].second - m[0].first > std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max();
+                                  m[0].second - m[0].first < std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max();
         matches.push_back({
             line,
             (int)(m[0].first - l.begin()),
diff --git a/test/highlight/regions/in b/test/highlight/regions/in
index 8b76db01..95ddb75b 100644
--- a/test/highlight/regions/in
+++ b/test/highlight/regions/in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-"abcdefgh" hehe ${ youhou{hihi} }
+"abcdefgh" hehe ${ youhou{hihi} } <a></b></a> hehe
diff --git a/test/highlight/regions/rc b/test/highlight/regions/rc
index dccc2a89..b92dfb37 100644
--- a/test/highlight/regions/rc
+++ b/test/highlight/regions/rc
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ add-highlighter window/regions_test regions
 add-highlighter window/regions_test/code default-region fill yellow
 add-highlighter window/regions_test/string region %{"} %{(?<!\\)(\\\\)*"} fill green
 add-highlighter window/regions_test/shell region -recurse '\{' '\$\{' '\}' fill red
+add-highlighter window/regions_test/tag region -match-capture '<(\w+)>' '</(\w+)>' fill blue
diff --git a/test/highlight/regions/ui-out b/test/highlight/regions/ui-out
index dfbf3205..48e7b3e9 100644
--- a/test/highlight/regions/ui-out
+++ b/test/highlight/regions/ui-out
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "set_ui_options", "params": [{}] }
-{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "draw", "params": [[[{ "face": { "fg": "black", "bg": "white", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "\"" }, { "face": { "fg": "green", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "abcdefgh\"" }, { "face": { "fg": "yellow", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": " hehe " }, { "face": { "fg": "red", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "${ youhou{hihi} }" }, { "face": { "fg": "yellow", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "\u000a" }]], { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }] }
+{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "draw", "params": [[[{ "face": { "fg": "black", "bg": "white", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "\"" }, { "face": { "fg": "green", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "abcdefgh\"" }, { "face": { "fg": "yellow", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": " hehe " }, { "face": { "fg": "red", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "${ youhou{hihi} }" }, { "face": { "fg": "yellow", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": " " }, { "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "<a></b></a>" }, { "face": { "fg": "yellow", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": " hehe\u000a" }]], { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }] }
 { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "menu_hide", "params": [] }
 { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "info_hide", "params": [] }
 { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "draw_status", "params": [[], [{ "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "out 1:1 " }, { "face": { "fg": "black", "bg": "yellow", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": " " }, { "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "1 sel" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": " - client0@[kak-tests]" }], { "fg": "cyan", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }] }