diff --git a/src/pkg/exp/template/html/context.go b/src/pkg/exp/template/html/context.go
index 57d44938ca..de073f134a 100644
--- a/src/pkg/exp/template/html/context.go
+++ b/src/pkg/exp/template/html/context.go
@@ -175,6 +175,15 @@ func isComment(s state) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// isInTag return whether s occurs solely inside an HTML tag.
+func isInTag(s state) bool {
+	switch s {
+	case stateTag, stateAttrName, stateAfterName, stateBeforeValue, stateAttr:
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // delim is the delimiter that will end the current HTML attribute.
 type delim uint8
 
diff --git a/src/pkg/exp/template/html/escape.go b/src/pkg/exp/template/html/escape.go
index 050746c1b2..28019f2525 100644
--- a/src/pkg/exp/template/html/escape.go
+++ b/src/pkg/exp/template/html/escape.go
@@ -583,7 +583,14 @@ func (e *escaper) escapeText(c context, n *parse.TextNode) context {
 // s, then returns the context after those tokens and the unprocessed suffix.
 func contextAfterText(c context, s []byte) (context, int) {
 	if c.delim == delimNone {
-		return transitionFunc[c.state](c, s)
+		c1, i := tSpecialTagEnd(c, s)
+		if i == 0 {
+			// A special end tag (`</script>`) has been seen and
+			// all content preceding it has been consumed.
+			return c1, 0
+		}
+		// Consider all content up to any end tag.
+		return transitionFunc[c.state](c, s[:i])
 	}
 
 	i := bytes.IndexAny(s, delimEnds[c.delim])
diff --git a/src/pkg/exp/template/html/escape_test.go b/src/pkg/exp/template/html/escape_test.go
index cf1c828002..84bf6b7a4a 100644
--- a/src/pkg/exp/template/html/escape_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/exp/template/html/escape_test.go
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ func TestErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			`<a onclick='alert(/x+\`,
-			`unfinished escape sequence in JS regexp: "x+\\"`,
+			`unfinished escape sequence in JS string: "x+\\"`,
 		},
 		{
 			`<a onclick="/foo[\]/`,
diff --git a/src/pkg/exp/template/html/html.go b/src/pkg/exp/template/html/html.go
index 27ef65229a..3924b193db 100644
--- a/src/pkg/exp/template/html/html.go
+++ b/src/pkg/exp/template/html/html.go
@@ -165,12 +165,17 @@ func htmlReplacer(s string, replacementTable []string, badRunes bool) string {
 // For example, `<b>&iexcl;Hi!</b> <script>...</script>` -> `&iexcl;Hi! `.
 func stripTags(html string) string {
 	var b bytes.Buffer
-	s, c, i := []byte(html), context{}, 0
+	s, c, i, allText := []byte(html), context{}, 0, true
 	// Using the transition funcs helps us avoid mangling
 	// `<div title="1>2">` or `I <3 Ponies!`.
 	for i != len(s) {
 		if c.delim == delimNone {
-			d, nread := transitionFunc[c.state](c, s[i:])
+			st := c.state
+			// Use RCDATA instead of parsing into JS or CSS styles.
+			if c.element != elementNone && !isInTag(st) {
+				st = stateRCDATA
+			}
+			d, nread := transitionFunc[st](c, s[i:])
 			i1 := i + nread
 			if c.state == stateText || c.state == stateRCDATA {
 				// Emit text up to the start of the tag or comment.
@@ -184,6 +189,8 @@ func stripTags(html string) string {
 					}
 				}
 				b.Write(s[i:j])
+			} else {
+				allText = false
 			}
 			c, i = d, i1
 			continue
@@ -198,10 +205,9 @@ func stripTags(html string) string {
 		}
 		c, i = context{state: stateTag, element: c.element}, i1
 	}
-	if c.state == stateText {
-		if b.Len() == 0 {
-			return html
-		}
+	if allText {
+		return html
+	} else if c.state == stateText || c.state == stateRCDATA {
 		b.Write(s[i:])
 	}
 	return b.String()
diff --git a/src/pkg/exp/template/html/html_test.go b/src/pkg/exp/template/html/html_test.go
index 2866fdd0ce..e178d0f27e 100644
--- a/src/pkg/exp/template/html/html_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/exp/template/html/html_test.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ func TestStripTags(t *testing.T) {
 		{`Foo<script type="text/javascript">alert(1337)</script>Bar`, "FooBar"},
 		{`Foo<div title="1>2">Bar`, "FooBar"},
 		{`I <3 Ponies!`, `I <3 Ponies!`},
+		{`<script>foo()</script>`, ``},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
diff --git a/src/pkg/exp/template/html/transition.go b/src/pkg/exp/template/html/transition.go
index 0274d9e710..3be3a01a8a 100644
--- a/src/pkg/exp/template/html/transition.go
+++ b/src/pkg/exp/template/html/transition.go
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ var transitionFunc = [...]func(context, []byte) (context, int){
 	stateAttr:        tAttr,
 	stateURL:         tURL,
 	stateJS:          tJS,
-	stateJSDqStr:     tJSStr,
-	stateJSSqStr:     tJSStr,
-	stateJSRegexp:    tJSRegexp,
+	stateJSDqStr:     tJSDelimited,
+	stateJSSqStr:     tJSDelimited,
+	stateJSRegexp:    tJSDelimited,
 	stateJSBlockCmt:  tBlockCmt,
 	stateJSLineCmt:   tLineCmt,
 	stateCSS:         tCSS,
@@ -57,14 +57,18 @@ func tText(c context, s []byte) (context, int) {
 			return context{state: stateHTMLCmt}, i + 4
 		}
 		i++
+		end := false
 		if s[i] == '/' {
 			if i+1 == len(s) {
 				return c, len(s)
 			}
-			i++
+			end, i = true, i+1
 		}
 		j, e := eatTagName(s, i)
 		if j != i {
+			if end {
+				e = elementNone
+			}
 			// We've found an HTML tag.
 			return context{state: stateTag, element: e}, j
 		}
@@ -122,10 +126,9 @@ func tAttrName(c context, s []byte) (context, int) {
 	i, err := eatAttrName(s, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		return context{state: stateError, err: err}, len(s)
-	} else if i == len(s) {
-		return c, len(s)
+	} else if i != len(s) {
+		c.state = stateAfterName
 	}
-	c.state = stateAfterName
 	return c, i
 }
 
@@ -172,8 +175,7 @@ func tBeforeValue(c context, s []byte) (context, int) {
 
 // tHTMLCmt is the context transition function for stateHTMLCmt.
 func tHTMLCmt(c context, s []byte) (context, int) {
-	i := bytes.Index(s, commentEnd)
-	if i != -1 {
+	if i := bytes.Index(s, commentEnd); i != -1 {
 		return context{}, i + 3
 	}
 	return c, len(s)
@@ -192,10 +194,8 @@ var specialTagEndMarkers = [...]string{
 // element states.
 func tSpecialTagEnd(c context, s []byte) (context, int) {
 	if c.element != elementNone {
-		end := specialTagEndMarkers[c.element]
-		i := strings.Index(strings.ToLower(string(s)), end)
-		if i != -1 {
-			return context{state: stateTag}, i + len(end)
+		if i := strings.Index(strings.ToLower(string(s)), specialTagEndMarkers[c.element]); i != -1 {
+			return context{}, i
 		}
 	}
 	return c, len(s)
@@ -220,10 +220,6 @@ func tURL(c context, s []byte) (context, int) {
 
 // tJS is the context transition function for the JS state.
 func tJS(c context, s []byte) (context, int) {
-	if d, i := tSpecialTagEnd(c, s); i != len(s) {
-		return d, i
-	}
-
 	i := bytes.IndexAny(s, `"'/`)
 	if i == -1 {
 		// Entire input is non string, comment, regexp tokens.
@@ -258,24 +254,25 @@ func tJS(c context, s []byte) (context, int) {
 	return c, i + 1
 }
 
-// tJSStr is the context transition function for the JS string states.
-func tJSStr(c context, s []byte) (context, int) {
-	if d, i := tSpecialTagEnd(c, s); i != len(s) {
-		return d, i
+// tJSDelimited is the context transition function for the JS string and regexp
+// states.
+func tJSDelimited(c context, s []byte) (context, int) {
+	specials := `\"`
+	switch c.state {
+	case stateJSSqStr:
+		specials = `\'`
+	case stateJSRegexp:
+		specials = `\/[]`
 	}
 
-	quoteAndEsc := `\"`
-	if c.state == stateJSSqStr {
-		quoteAndEsc = `\'`
-	}
-
-	k := 0
+	k, inCharset := 0, false
 	for {
-		i := k + bytes.IndexAny(s[k:], quoteAndEsc)
+		i := k + bytes.IndexAny(s[k:], specials)
 		if i < k {
-			return c, len(s)
+			break
 		}
-		if s[i] == '\\' {
+		switch s[i] {
+		case '\\':
 			i++
 			if i == len(s) {
 				return context{
@@ -283,47 +280,16 @@ func tJSStr(c context, s []byte) (context, int) {
 					err:   errorf(ErrPartialEscape, 0, "unfinished escape sequence in JS string: %q", s),
 				}, len(s)
 			}
-		} else {
-			c.state, c.jsCtx = stateJS, jsCtxDivOp
-			return c, i + 1
-		}
-		k = i + 1
-	}
-	panic("unreachable")
-}
-
-// tJSRegexp is the context transition function for the /RegExp/ literal state.
-func tJSRegexp(c context, s []byte) (context, int) {
-	if d, i := tSpecialTagEnd(c, s); i != len(s) {
-		return d, i
-	}
-
-	k, inCharset := 0, false
-	for {
-		i := k + bytes.IndexAny(s[k:], `\/[]`)
-		if i < k {
-			break
-		}
-		switch s[i] {
-		case '/':
-			if !inCharset {
-				c.state, c.jsCtx = stateJS, jsCtxDivOp
-				return c, i + 1
-			}
-		case '\\':
-			i++
-			if i == len(s) {
-				return context{
-					state: stateError,
-					err:   errorf(ErrPartialEscape, 0, "unfinished escape sequence in JS regexp: %q", s),
-				}, len(s)
-			}
 		case '[':
 			inCharset = true
 		case ']':
 			inCharset = false
 		default:
-			panic("unreachable")
+			// end delimiter
+			if !inCharset {
+				c.state, c.jsCtx = stateJS, jsCtxDivOp
+				return c, i + 1
+			}
 		}
 		k = i + 1
 	}
@@ -344,9 +310,6 @@ var blockCommentEnd = []byte("*/")
 
 // tBlockCmt is the context transition function for /*comment*/ states.
 func tBlockCmt(c context, s []byte) (context, int) {
-	if d, i := tSpecialTagEnd(c, s); i != len(s) {
-		return d, i
-	}
 	i := bytes.Index(s, blockCommentEnd)
 	if i == -1 {
 		return c, len(s)
@@ -364,9 +327,6 @@ func tBlockCmt(c context, s []byte) (context, int) {
 
 // tLineCmt is the context transition function for //comment states.
 func tLineCmt(c context, s []byte) (context, int) {
-	if d, i := tSpecialTagEnd(c, s); i != len(s) {
-		return d, i
-	}
 	var lineTerminators string
 	var endState state
 	switch c.state {
@@ -400,10 +360,6 @@ func tLineCmt(c context, s []byte) (context, int) {
 
 // tCSS is the context transition function for the CSS state.
 func tCSS(c context, s []byte) (context, int) {
-	if d, i := tSpecialTagEnd(c, s); i != len(s) {
-		return d, i
-	}
-
 	// CSS quoted strings are almost never used except for:
 	// (1) URLs as in background: "/foo.png"
 	// (2) Multiword font-names as in font-family: "Times New Roman"
@@ -478,10 +434,6 @@ func tCSS(c context, s []byte) (context, int) {
 
 // tCSSStr is the context transition function for the CSS string and URL states.
 func tCSSStr(c context, s []byte) (context, int) {
-	if d, i := tSpecialTagEnd(c, s); i != len(s) {
-		return d, i
-	}
-
 	var endAndEsc string
 	switch c.state {
 	case stateCSSDqStr, stateCSSDqURL: