diff --git a/lib/marked.js b/lib/marked.js
index 089369f003..0702728833 100644
--- a/lib/marked.js
+++ b/lib/marked.js
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ function escape(html, encode) {
 
 function unescape(html) {
 	// explicitly match decimal, hex, and named HTML entities 
-  return html.replace(/&(#(?:\d+)|(?:#x[0-9A-Fa-f]+)|(\w+))/g, function(_, n) {
+  return html.replace(/&(#(?:\d+)|(?:#x[0-9A-Fa-f]+)|(?:\w+));?/g, function(_, n) {
     n = n.toLowerCase();
     if (n === 'colon') return ':';
     if (n.charAt(0) === '#') {