diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/toml-ts-mode.el b/lisp/textmodes/toml-ts-mode.el
index 1b621032f8a..3c4533a7fea 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/toml-ts-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/toml-ts-mode.el
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     (modify-syntax-entry ?=  "."     table)
     (modify-syntax-entry ?\' "\""    table)
     (modify-syntax-entry ?#  "<"   table)
-    (modify-syntax-entry ?\n "> b"  table)
+    (modify-syntax-entry ?\n ">"  table)
     (modify-syntax-entry ?\^m "> b" table)
     table)
   "Syntax table for `toml-ts-mode'.")