diff --git a/mtags/src/main/scala-2/scala/meta/internal/docstrings/ScaladocParser.scala b/mtags/src/main/scala-2/scala/meta/internal/docstrings/ScaladocParser.scala
index 764fad547bc..d18a22abc02 100644
--- a/mtags/src/main/scala-2/scala/meta/internal/docstrings/ScaladocParser.scala
+++ b/mtags/src/main/scala-2/scala/meta/internal/docstrings/ScaladocParser.scala
@@ -234,13 +234,13 @@ object ScaladocParser {
    * The start of a Scaladoc code block
    */
   private val CodeBlockStartRegex =
-    new Regex("""(.*?)((?:\{\{\{)|(?:\u000E<pre(?: [^>]*)?>\u000E))(.*)""")
+    new Regex("""(.*?)((?:\{\{\{)|(?:<pre(?: [^>]*)?>))(.*)""")
 
   /**
    * The end of a Scaladoc code block
    */
   private val CodeBlockEndRegex =
-    new Regex("""(.*?)((?:\}\}\})|(?:\u000E</pre>\u000E))(.*)""")
+    new Regex("""(.*?)((?:\}\}\})|(?:</pre>))(.*)""")
 
   /**
    * A key used for a tag map. The key is built from the name of the tag and
diff --git a/tests/unit/src/test/scala/tests/ScaladocSuite.scala b/tests/unit/src/test/scala/tests/ScaladocSuite.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..345224e27f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/src/test/scala/tests/ScaladocSuite.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package tests
+
+import scala.meta.internal.docstrings._
+
+import munit.Location
+
+final class ScaladocSuite extends BaseSuite {
+
+  /**
+   * Comment does not directly declare a meaningful equality definition, thus
+   * this check compares [[Comment.body]] instead.
+   */
+  def checkCommentBody(name: String, original: String, expected: Body)(implicit
+      loc: Location
+  ): Unit =
+    test(name) {
+      val obtained: Comment = ScaladocParser.parseComment(original)
+      assertEquals(obtained.body, expected)
+    }
+
+  checkCommentBody(
+    "Brace ({{{) style code comment",
+    """/**{{{val foo: Int = 1}}} */""",
+    Body(List(Code("val foo: Int = 1")))
+  )
+
+  checkCommentBody(
+    "HTML <pre> style code comment",
+    """/**<pre>val foo: Int = 1</pre> */""",
+    Body(List(Code("val foo: Int = 1")))
+  )
+}