diff --git a/linkcheck/parser/htmllex.c b/linkcheck/parser/htmllex.c
index 4ae879cb..1c6390a9 100644
--- a/linkcheck/parser/htmllex.c
+++ b/linkcheck/parser/htmllex.c
@@ -3624,7 +3624,7 @@ static yyconst flex_int32_t yy_nxt[][256] =
 
     {
        53,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,
-      174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,
+     -102,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,
       174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,
       174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,
       174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  175,  174,  174,  174,  174,
@@ -5899,7 +5899,7 @@ static yyconst flex_int32_t yy_nxt[][256] =
 
     {
        53,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,
-      174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,
+     -174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,
       174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,
       174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,  174,
       174,  174,  174,  174,  174, -174,  174,  174,  174,  174,
@@ -5931,7 +5931,7 @@ static yyconst flex_int32_t yy_nxt[][256] =
 
     {
        53,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,
-      215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,
+     -175,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,
       215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,
       215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,
       215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,
@@ -7195,7 +7195,7 @@ static yyconst flex_int32_t yy_nxt[][256] =
 
     {
        53,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,
-      215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,
+     -215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,
       215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,
       215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,
       215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,  215,
@@ -9853,7 +9853,6 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 }
 	YY_BREAK
 case 56:
-/* rule 56 can match eol */
 YY_RULE_SETUP
 #line 590 "htmllex.l"
 {
@@ -10518,7 +10517,7 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 #line 1032 "htmllex.l"
 ECHO;
 	YY_BREAK
-#line 10522 "htmllex.c"
+#line 10521 "htmllex.c"
 
 	case YY_END_OF_BUFFER:
 		{
diff --git a/linkcheck/parser/htmllex.l b/linkcheck/parser/htmllex.l
index 30ab5571..8597f7be 100644
--- a/linkcheck/parser/htmllex.l
+++ b/linkcheck/parser/htmllex.l
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ RX_DATA [-a-zA-Z0-9_:]+
     BEGIN(S_SCRIPT);
 }
 
-<S_SCRIPT_COMMENT>-([^-]+|-[^>]+) {
+<S_SCRIPT_COMMENT>-([^-\n]+|-[^>\n]+) {
     UPDATE_BUFPOS;
     UPDATE_LINE;
     APPEND_TO_TMP(yyleng);