diff --git a/chapters/syntax.tex b/chapters/syntax.tex
index dfdb29a63..6fefc52ad 100644
--- a/chapters/syntax.tex
+++ b/chapters/syntax.tex
@@ -51,11 +51,8 @@ \section{Lexical conventions}\label{lexical-conventions}
   String constant concatenation \lstinline!"a" "b"! becoming \lstinline!"ab"! (as in C) is
   replaced by the \lstinline!"+"! operator in Modelica.
 \item
-  Modelica uses the same comment syntax as C++ and Java (i.e., \lstinline!//!
-  signals the start of a line comment and \lstinline!/*! .... \lstinline!*/! is a multi-line
-  comment); comments may contain any Unicode character. Modelica also
-  has structured comments in the form of annotations and string
-  comments.
+  Modelica uses the same comment syntax as C++ and Java (i.e., \lstinline!//! signals the start of a line comment and \lstinline!/* $\ldots$ */! is a multi-line comment); comments may contain any Unicode character.
+  Modelica also has structured comments in the form of annotations and string comments.
 \item
   Each description-string or string in annotations (= STRING with production annotation-clause in the
   grammar) may contain any member of the Unicode character set. All