diff --git a/cmd/protoc-gen-jsonschema/generator/json-schema.go b/cmd/protoc-gen-jsonschema/generator/json-schema.go
index d1f8c9ac..e70baa80 100644
--- a/cmd/protoc-gen-jsonschema/generator/json-schema.go
+++ b/cmd/protoc-gen-jsonschema/generator/json-schema.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func NewJSONSchemaGenerator(plugin *protogen.Plugin, conf Configuration) *JSONSc
 		conf:   conf,
 		plugin: plugin,
 
-		linterRulePattern: regexp.MustCompile(`\(-- .* --\)`),
+		linterRulePattern: regexp.MustCompile(`(?s)\(-- .* --\)`),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/protoc-gen-openapi/generator/generator.go b/cmd/protoc-gen-openapi/generator/generator.go
index e548ab21..5720c37d 100644
--- a/cmd/protoc-gen-openapi/generator/generator.go
+++ b/cmd/protoc-gen-openapi/generator/generator.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func NewOpenAPIv3Generator(plugin *protogen.Plugin, conf Configuration, inputFil
 		inputFiles:        inputFiles,
 		reflect:           NewOpenAPIv3Reflector(conf),
 		generatedSchemas:  make([]string, 0),
-		linterRulePattern: regexp.MustCompile(`\(-- .* --\)`),
+		linterRulePattern: regexp.MustCompile(`(?s)\(-- .* --\)`),
 		pathPattern:       regexp.MustCompile("{([^=}]+)}"),
 		namedPathPattern:  regexp.MustCompile("{(.+)=(.+)}"),
 	}