diff --git a/examples/comments.txt b/examples/comments.txt
index 071e026..0133517 100644
--- a/examples/comments.txt
+++ b/examples/comments.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<h1>A Comedy of Errors{{! just something interesting... or not... }}</h1>
+<h1>A Comedy of Errors</h1>
diff --git a/mustache.js b/mustache.js
index fe87d9f..95088d2 100644
--- a/mustache.js
+++ b/mustache.js
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ var Mustache = function() {
          lines[i] = lines[i].replace(regex, function(match, operator, name) {
            switch(operator) {
              case "!": // ignore comments
-               return match;
+               return "";
              case "=": // set new delimiters, rebuild the replace regexp
                that.set_delimiters(name);
                regex = new_regex();