diff --git a/skylighting-core/xml/markdown.xml b/skylighting-core/xml/markdown.xml
index f888487..1cf6b14 100644
--- a/skylighting-core/xml/markdown.xml
+++ b/skylighting-core/xml/markdown.xml
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@
         <RegExpr attribute="emphasis" String="&emphasisregex;"/>
         <RegExpr attribute="strongemphasis" String="&strongemphasisregex;"/>
         <RegExpr attribute="code" String="^([\s]{4,}|\t+).*$"/>
-        <RegExpr context="bullet" String="^[\*\+\-]\s"/>
-        <RegExpr context="numlist" String="^[\d]+\.\s"/>
+        <!-- Next 2 lines modified: see https://github.com/jgm/skylighting/issues/84 -->
+        <RegExpr context="bullet" String="^[\*\+\-]\s" lookAhead="true"/>
+        <RegExpr context="numlist" String="^[\d]+\.\s" lookAhead="true"/>
         <RegExpr attribute="meta" String="^(Title|Author|Date|Copyright|Revision|CSS|LaTeX\ XSLT|Categories|Tags|BaseName|Excerpt):(.*)+$"/>
         <IncludeRules context="inc"/>
       </context>