diff --git a/inc/html.php b/inc/html.php
index 973b1d1213f4ef0e20d4eb3bf219fa148d7d34b7..11a204eb8a72043eff69c2b0f07a390f49c2d543 100644
--- a/inc/html.php
+++ b/inc/html.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 if(!defined('DOKU_INC')) die('meh.');
 if(!defined('NL')) define('NL',"\n");
 if (!defined('SEC_EDIT_PATTERN')) {
-    define('SEC_EDIT_PATTERN', '#<!-- EDIT({.*}) -->#');
+    define('SEC_EDIT_PATTERN', '#<!-- EDIT({.*?}) -->#');
 }