diff --git a/wp-includes/formatting.php b/wp-includes/formatting.php
index fbbdfc58ee..aaeb672dc8 100644
--- a/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ function wptexturize($text, $reset = false) {
 		.     '(?(?=!--)'        // Is this a comment?
 		.         $comment_regex // Find end of comment.
 		.     '|'
-		.         '[^>]+>'       // Find end of element.
+		.         '[^>]*>'       // Find end of element.
 		.     ')'
 		. '|'
 		.     $shortcode_regex   // Find shortcodes.
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index f071f82786..c45d6c3a6a 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.2-beta3-31964';
+$wp_version = '4.2-beta3-31965';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.