diff --git a/wp-includes/formatting.php b/wp-includes/formatting.php
index 5af533932f..77ecbcda72 100644
--- a/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ function wptexturize($text, $reset = false) {
 		.	'(?(?=!--)'	// Is this a comment?
 		.		'.+?--\s*>'	// Find end of comment
 		.	'|'
-		.		'.+?>'		// Find end of element
+		.		'[^>]+>'	// Find end of element
 		.	')'
 		. '|'
 		.	'\['		// Find start of shortcode.
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ function wptexturize($text, $reset = false) {
 		.	'(?:'
 		.		'[^\[\]<>]'	// Shortcodes do not contain other shortcodes.
 		.	'|'
-		.		'<.+?>' 	// HTML elements permitted. Prevents matching ] before >.
+		.		'<[^>]+>' 	// HTML elements permitted. Prevents matching ] before >.
 		.	')+'
 		.	'\]'		// Find end of shortcode.
 		.	'\]?'		// Shortcodes may end with ]]
@@ -224,12 +224,12 @@ function wptexturize($text, $reset = false) {
 				_wptexturize_pushpop_element( $curl, $no_texturize_tags_stack, $no_texturize_tags );
 			}
 
-		} elseif ( '[' === $first && 1 === preg_match( '/^\[(?:[^\[\]<>]|<.+?>)+\]$/', $curl ) ) {
+		} elseif ( '[' === $first && 1 === preg_match( '/^\[(?:[^\[\]<>]|<[^>]+>)+\]$/', $curl ) ) {
 			// This is a shortcode delimeter.
 
 			_wptexturize_pushpop_element( $curl, $no_texturize_shortcodes_stack, $no_texturize_shortcodes );
 
-		} elseif ( '[' === $first && 1 === preg_match( '/^\[\[?(?:[^\[\]<>]|<.+?>)+\]\]?$/', $curl ) ) {
+		} elseif ( '[' === $first && 1 === preg_match( '/^\[\[?(?:[^\[\]<>]|<[^>]+>)+\]\]?$/', $curl ) ) {
 			// This is an escaped shortcode delimeter.
 
 			// Do not texturize.