diff --git a/lib/bemhtml/index.js b/lib/bemhtml/index.js
index 73b0d1fd..811e2cde 100644
--- a/lib/bemhtml/index.js
+++ b/lib/bemhtml/index.js
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ BEMHTML.prototype.render = function(context, entity, tag, js, bem, cls, mix,
 };
 
 var OPTIONAL_END_TAGS = {
-  // html4 https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/syntax.html#optional-tags
-  html: 1, head: 1, body: 1, p: 1, ul: 1, ol: 1, li: 1, dt: 1, dd: 1,
+  // https://www.w3.org/TR/html4/index/elements.html
+  html: 1, head: 1, body: 1, p: 1, li: 1, dt: 1, dd: 1,
   colgroup: 1, thead: 1, tbody: 1, tfoot: 1, tr: 1, th: 1, td: 1, option: 1,
 
   // html5 https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/syntax.html#optional-tags