diff --git a/stackalytics/processor/utils.py b/stackalytics/processor/utils.py
index 9d86a81ed..4ad38b843 100644
--- a/stackalytics/processor/utils.py
+++ b/stackalytics/processor/utils.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def unwrap_text(text):
 
 def format_text(s):
     s = cgi.escape(re.sub(re.compile('\n{2,}', flags=re.MULTILINE), '\n', s))
-    s = re.sub(r'([/\/\*=]{1,2}|--|\+\+)', r'\1​', s)
+    s = re.sub(r'([/\/\*=~]{1,2}|--|\+\+)', r'\1​', s)
     return s