diff --git a/src/wp-includes/formatting.php b/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
index 74537c1065..762637a320 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ function wptexturize($text, $reset = false) {
 		.     '(?(?=!--)'        // Is this a comment?
 		.         $comment_regex // Find end of comment.
 		.     '|'
-		.         '[^>]+>'       // Find end of element.
+		.         '[^>]*>'       // Find end of element.
 		.     ')'
 		. '|'
 		.     $shortcode_regex   // Find shortcodes.
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/WPTexturize.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/WPTexturize.php
index f69260322f..0eb08e2ed4 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/WPTexturize.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/WPTexturize.php
@@ -1393,6 +1393,18 @@ class Tests_Formatting_WPTexturize extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 				'[Let\'s get crazy<input>[caption code="<a href=\'?a[]=100\'>hello</a>"]</input>world]', // caption shortcode is invalid here because it contains [] chars.
 				'[Let&#8217;s get crazy<input>[caption code=&#8221;<a href=\'?a[]=100\'>hello</a>&#8220;]</input>world]',
 			),
+			array(
+				'<> ... <>',
+				'<> &#8230; <>',
+			),
+			array(
+				'<> ... <> ... >',
+				'<> &#8230; <> &#8230; >',
+			),
+			array(
+				'<> ... < ... > ... <>',
+				'<> &#8230; < ... > &#8230; <>',
+			),
 		);
 	}