diff --git a/_notes/your-first-note.md b/_notes/your-first-note.md
index e7ca5cb..c83b0bf 100644
--- a/_notes/your-first-note.md
+++ b/_notes/your-first-note.md
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ And of course, images look great:
 
 You can also ==highlight some content== by wrapping it with `==`.
 
+Non-latin languages are supported too: ==你好==, ==안녕하세요==, ==こんにちは==.
+
 ### Code syntax highlighting
 
 You can add code blocks with full syntax color highlighting by wrapping code snippet in triple backticks and specifying the type of the code (`js`, `rb`, `sh`, etc.):
diff --git a/_plugins/markdown-highlighter.rb b/_plugins/markdown-highlighter.rb
index 6630d00..b14ae84 100644
--- a/_plugins/markdown-highlighter.rb
+++ b/_plugins/markdown-highlighter.rb
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ Jekyll::Hooks.register [:pages], :post_convert do |doc|
 end
 
 def replace(doc)
-  doc.content.gsub!(/==+(\w(.*?)?[^ .=]?)==+/, "<mark>\\1</mark>")
+  doc.content.gsub!(/==+([^ ](.*?)?[^ .=]?)==+/, "<mark>\\1</mark>")
 end