diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 25029bcaf583..80428be3411a 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1805,8 +1805,8 @@ sub dump_struct($$) {
 	$nested = $1;
 
 	# ignore members marked private:
-	$members =~ s/\/\*\s*private:.*?\/\*\s*public:.*?\*\///gos;
-	$members =~ s/\/\*\s*private:.*//gos;
+	$members =~ s/\/\*\s*private:.*?\/\*\s*public:.*?\*\///gosi;
+	$members =~ s/\/\*\s*private:.*//gosi;
 	# strip comments:
 	$members =~ s/\/\*.*?\*\///gos;
 	$nested =~ s/\/\*.*?\*\///gos;