diff --git a/extensions/html/language-configuration.json b/extensions/html/language-configuration.json
index 79ce9f9ce41a4769cfe2e19dda4685d410621c0e..191f54303f197c9c018fd5750183d76233682bbc 100644
--- a/extensions/html/language-configuration.json
+++ b/extensions/html/language-configuration.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
{ "open": "[", "close": "]"},
{ "open": "(", "close": ")" },
{ "open": "'", "close": "'" },
- { "open": "\"", "close": "\"" }
+ { "open": "\"", "close": "\"" },
+ { "open": "", "notIn": [ "comment", "string" ]}
],
"surroundingPairs": [
{ "open": "'", "close": "'" },