diff --git a/MySQLdb/cursors.py b/MySQLdb/cursors.py
index be5538a..b1b6952 100644
--- a/MySQLdb/cursors.py
+++ b/MySQLdb/cursors.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ restr = r"""
             (?:
                 (?:
                         (?:\(
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+                            # ( - editor highlighting helper
                             .*
                         \))
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