diff --git a/editor/plugins/text_shader_editor.cpp b/editor/plugins/text_shader_editor.cpp
index 637547062c3..bb74bf8d1f6 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/text_shader_editor.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/text_shader_editor.cpp
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ void ShaderTextEditor::_load_theme_settings() {
 
 	const Color doc_comment_color = EDITOR_GET("text_editor/theme/highlighting/doc_comment_color");
 	syntax_highlighter->add_color_region("/**", "*/", doc_comment_color, false);
+	// "/**/" will be treated as the start of the "/**" region, this line is guaranteed to end the color_region.
+	syntax_highlighter->add_color_region("/**/", "", comment_color, true);
 
 	// Disabled preprocessor branches use translucent text color to be easier to distinguish from comments.
 	syntax_highlighter->set_disabled_branch_color(Color(EDITOR_GET("text_editor/theme/highlighting/text_color")) * Color(1, 1, 1, 0.5));
diff --git a/scene/resources/shader.cpp b/scene/resources/shader.cpp
index 5e9510c1acc..8267e958b42 100644
--- a/scene/resources/shader.cpp
+++ b/scene/resources/shader.cpp
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ void Shader::get_shader_uniform_list(List<PropertyInfo> *p_params, bool p_get_gr
 				DocData::PropertyDoc prop_doc;
 				prop_doc.name = "shader_parameter/" + pi.name;
 #ifdef MODULE_REGEX_ENABLED
-				const RegEx pattern("/\\*\\*([^*]|[\\r\\n]|(\\*+([^*/]|[\\r\\n])))*\\*+/\\s*uniform\\s+\\w+\\s+" + pi.name + "(?=[\\s:;=])");
+				const RegEx pattern("/\\*\\*\\s([^*]|[\\r\\n]|(\\*+([^*/]|[\\r\\n])))*\\*+/\\s*uniform\\s+\\w+\\s+" + pi.name + "(?=[\\s:;=])");
 				Ref<RegExMatch> pattern_ref = pattern.search(code);
 				if (pattern_ref != nullptr) {
 					RegExMatch *match = pattern_ref.ptr();