diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2de0bd71..ba730e1f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ You can also include and exclude folders from the tree using the context menu. T
 When the extension was first written, very basic markdown support was added simply by adding a pattern to the default regex to match "`- [ ]`". A better way to handle markdown TODOs is to add "`(-|\d+.)`" to the list of "comments" in the first part of the regex and then adding "`[ ]`" and "`[x]`" to the list of tags in `settings.json`, e.g. :
 
 ```json
-"todo-tree.regex.regex": "(//|#|<!--|;|/\\*|^|^\\s*(-|\\d+.))\\s*($TAGS)"
+"todo-tree.regex.regex": "(//|#|<!--|;|%|/\\*|^|^[ \\t]*(-|\\d+.))\\s*($TAGS)"
 "todo-tree.general.tags": [
         "BUG",
         "HACK",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5eceeb4b..5880c936 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@
                     "type": "array"
                 },
                 "todo-tree.regex.regex": {
-                    "default": "(//|#|<!--|;|/\\*|^|^[ \\t]*(-|\\d+.))\\s*($TAGS)",
+                    "default": "(//|#|<!--|;|%|/\\*|^|^[ \\t]*(-|\\d+.))\\s*($TAGS)",
                     "markdownDescription": "%todo-tree.configuration.regex.regex.markdownDescription%",
                     "type": "string",
                     "minLength": 1
diff --git a/src/extension.js b/src/extension.js
index 808df4dd..279d9ceb 100644
--- a/src/extension.js
+++ b/src/extension.js
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ function activate( context )
                         ignoreMarkdownUpdate = true;
                         addTag( '[ ]' );
                         addTag( '[x]' );
-                        c.update( 'regex.regex', '(//|#|<!--|;|/\\*|^|^[ \\t]*(-|\\d+.))\\s*($TAGS)', true );
+                        c.update( 'regex.regex', '(//|#|<!--|;|%|/\\*|^|^[ \\t]*(-|\\d+.))\\s*($TAGS)', true );
                     }
                     else if( button === MORE_INFO_BUTTON )
                     {