diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/cplus-md.el b/lisp/progmodes/cplus-md.el
index 57fb240d5e8..07db75eb822 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/cplus-md.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/cplus-md.el
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@
   (setq c++-mode-syntax-table (copy-syntax-table c-mode-syntax-table))
   (modify-syntax-entry ?* ". 23b" c++-mode-syntax-table)
   (modify-syntax-entry ?/ ". 124" c++-mode-syntax-table)
-  (modify-syntax-entry ?\n ">" c++-mode-syntax-table))
+  (modify-syntax-entry ?\n ">" c++-mode-syntax-table)
+  (modify-syntax-entry ?\^m ">" c++-mode-syntax-table))
 
 (defvar c++-continued-member-init-offset nil
   "*Extra indent for continuation lines of member inits;