diff --git a/t/t4018/dts-nodes-boolean-prop b/t/t4018/dts-nodes-boolean-prop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..afc6b5b404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4018/dts-nodes-boolean-prop
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/ {
+	label_1: node1@ff00 {
+		RIGHT@deadf00,4000 {
+			boolean-prop1;
+
+			ChangeMe;
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git a/t/t4018/dts-nodes-multiline-prop b/t/t4018/dts-nodes-multiline-prop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..072d58b69d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4018/dts-nodes-multiline-prop
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/ {
+	label_1: node1@ff00 {
+		RIGHT@deadf00,4000 {
+			multilineprop = <3>,
+					<4>,
+					<5>,
+					<6>,
+					<7>;
+
+			ChangeMe = <0xffeedd00>;
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git a/t/t4018/dts-root b/t/t4018/dts-root
index 2ef9e6ffaa..4353b8220c 100644
--- a/t/t4018/dts-root
+++ b/t/t4018/dts-root
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/RIGHT { /* Technically just supposed to be a slash */
+/ { RIGHT /* Technically just supposed to be a slash and brace */
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	ChangeMe = <0xffeedd00>;
diff --git a/t/t4018/dts-root-comment b/t/t4018/dts-root-comment
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..333a625c70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4018/dts-root-comment
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/ { RIGHT /* Technically just supposed to be a slash and brace */
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	/* This comment should be ignored */
+
+	some-property = <40+2>;
+	ChangeMe = <0xffeedd00>;
+};
diff --git a/userdiff.c b/userdiff.c
index 86e3244e15..e187d356f6 100644
--- a/userdiff.c
+++ b/userdiff.c
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ IPATTERN("ada",
 	 "|=>|\\.\\.|\\*\\*|:=|/=|>=|<=|<<|>>|<>"),
 PATTERNS("dts",
 	 "!;\n"
+	 "!=\n"
 	 /* lines beginning with a word optionally preceded by '&' or the root */
-	 "^[ \t]*((/|&?[a-zA-Z_]).*)",
+	 "^[ \t]*((/[ \t]*\\{|&?[a-zA-Z_]).*)",
 	 /* -- */
 	 /* Property names and math operators */
 	 "[a-zA-Z0-9,._+?#-]+"