diff --git a/wp-includes/post-template.php b/wp-includes/post-template.php
index fcd3f8995b..bdaec4c0cc 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post-template.php
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ function get_the_content($more_link_text = '(more...)', $stripteaser = 0, $more_
 		$file = $pagenow; //$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
 
 	$content = $pages[$page-1];
-	$content = explode('<!--more-->', $content, 2);
+	if ( preg_match('/<!--more(.+?)?-->/', $content, $matches) ) {
+		$content = explode($matches[0], $content, 2);
+		if ( !empty($matches[1]) )
+			$more_link_text = strip_tags(wp_kses_no_null(trim($matches[1])));
+	}
 	if ( (false !== strpos($post->post_content, '<!--noteaser-->') && ((!$multipage) || ($page==1))) )
 		$stripteaser = 1;
 	$teaser = $content[0];