1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/ruby_lex.rb b/lib/rdoc/ruby_lex.rb
index e4f2445438..60d4a4c76b 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/ruby_lex.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/ruby_lex.rb
@@ -403,9 +403,11 @@ class RDoc::RubyLex
       res = ''
       nil until (ch = getc) == "\n"
 
-      until peek_equal?("=end") && peek(4) =~ /\s/ do
-        until (ch = getc) == "\n" do res << ch end
+      until ( peek_equal?("=end") && peek(4) =~ /\s/ ) do
+        (ch = getc)
+        res << ch
       end
+  
       gets # consume =end
 
       @ltype = nil