diff --git a/examples/template_partial.html b/examples/template_partial.html
index b5ecbb8..6a09372 100644
--- a/examples/template_partial.html
+++ b/examples/template_partial.html
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 <h1>{{title}}</h1>
-{{<partial}}
\ No newline at end of file
+{{>partial}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/view_partial.html b/examples/view_partial.html
index d7c6b49..8f0c08d 100644
--- a/examples/view_partial.html
+++ b/examples/view_partial.html
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <h1>{{greeting}}</h1>
-{{<partial}}
+{{>partial}}
 <h3>{{farewell}}</h3>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mustache.js b/mustache.js
index 06afe86..c01f0eb 100644
--- a/mustache.js
+++ b/mustache.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ var Mustache = function() {
       var lines = template.split("\n");
 
       var new_regex = function() {
-        return new RegExp(that.otag + "(=|!|<|\\{)?([^\/#]+?)\\1?" +
+        return new RegExp(that.otag + "(=|!|>|\\{)?([^\/#]+?)\\1?" +
           that.ctag + "+", "g");
       };
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ var Mustache = function() {
               // on the same line
               i--;
               return "";
-            case "<": // render partial
+            case ">": // render partial
               return that.render_partial(name, context, partials);
             case "{": // the triple mustache is unescaped
               return that.find(name, context);