diff --git a/rc/filetype/rust.kak b/rc/filetype/rust.kak
index 8a57ce9e..396557f7 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/rust.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/rust.kak
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ add-highlighter shared/rust/line_doctest region ^\h*//[!/]\h*```($|should_panic|
 add-highlighter shared/rust/line_doctest/marker region ```.* $ group
 add-highlighter shared/rust/line_doctest/marker/fence regex ``` 0:meta
 add-highlighter shared/rust/line_doctest/marker/keywords regex [\d\w] 0:meta # already matched above, just ignore comma
-add-highlighter shared/rust/line_doctest/inner region '^\h*//[!/]( #(?= )|)' ' ' group
+add-highlighter shared/rust/line_doctest/inner region '^\h*//[!/]( #(?= )|)' '$| ' group
 add-highlighter shared/rust/line_doctest/inner/comment regex //[!/] 0:documentation
 add-highlighter shared/rust/line_doctest/inner/hidden regex '#' 0:meta
 add-highlighter shared/rust/line_doctest/code default-region ref rust
diff --git a/test/highlight/rust/comment/in b/test/highlight/rust/comment/in
index c4dd2113..65128cba 100644
--- a/test/highlight/rust/comment/in
+++ b/test/highlight/rust/comment/in
@@ -102,3 +102,16 @@ fn bar(s: &str) {
      * ```
      */
 
+    /// ```
+    /// println!("empty line");
+    ///
+    /// println!("continue line");
+    /// ```
+
+    /**
+     * ```
+     * println!("empty line");
+     *
+     * println!("continue line");
+     * ```
+     */