diff --git a/scripts/doc/normalize-param-cache.py b/scripts/doc/normalize-param-cache.py
index 76b084a4f72ed3b21172c589ecaa90ac332dab18..942c5efe1fc0584740a408e35c0caef108c555e9 100755
--- a/scripts/doc/normalize-param-cache.py
+++ b/scripts/doc/normalize-param-cache.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ for inline in sys.stdin:
     line = line.strip()
     lineno = int(lineno)
 
-    m = comment.fullmatch(line)
+    m = comment.match(line)
     if m:
         if state != "getter":
             write_out("UNNEEDED", oldpath, oldlineno, oldline)
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ for inline in sys.stdin:
 
         continue
 
-    m = comment_special.fullmatch(line)
+    m = comment_special.match(line)
     if m:
         if state != "getter":
             write_out("UNNEEDED", oldpath, oldlineno, oldline)