diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/codeBlockUtils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/codeBlockUtils.ts
index 1b3badeb04aa..0ff41b64ba78 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/codeBlockUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/codeBlockUtils.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const commentPatterns = {
   html: {start: '<!--', end: '-->'},
   lua: {start: '--', end: ''},
   wasm: {start: '\\;\\;', end: ''},
+  tex: {start: '%', end: ''},
 };
 
 type CommentType = keyof typeof commentPatterns;
@@ -85,6 +86,11 @@ function getAllMagicCommentDirectiveStyles(
       // Text uses HTML, front matter uses bash
       return getCommentPattern(['html', 'jsx', 'bash'], magicCommentDirectives);
 
+    case 'tex':
+    case 'latex':
+    case 'matlab':
+      return getCommentPattern(['tex'], magicCommentDirectives);
+
     case 'lua':
     case 'haskell':
     case 'sql':
@@ -94,10 +100,11 @@ function getAllMagicCommentDirectiveStyles(
       return getCommentPattern(['wasm'], magicCommentDirectives);
 
     default:
-      // All comment types except lua and wasm
+      // All comment types except lua, wasm and matlab
       return getCommentPattern(
         Object.keys(commentPatterns).filter(
-          (pattern) => !['lua', 'wasm'].includes(pattern),
+          (pattern) =>
+            !['lua', 'wasm', 'tex', 'latex', 'matlab'].includes(pattern),
         ) as CommentType[],
         magicCommentDirectives,
       );
diff --git a/website/_dogfooding/_pages tests/code-block-tests.mdx b/website/_dogfooding/_pages tests/code-block-tests.mdx
index 8248d0dace65..22c9697465fa 100644
--- a/website/_dogfooding/_pages tests/code-block-tests.mdx	
+++ b/website/_dogfooding/_pages tests/code-block-tests.mdx	
@@ -322,3 +322,29 @@ WHERE customer_id IN (
   WHERE country = 'USA'
 )
 ```
+
+```matlab title="matlab.m"
+% highlight-start
+function result = times2(n)
+  result = n * 2;
+end
+% highlight-end
+
+x = 10;
+% highlight-next-line
+y = times2(x);
+```
+
+```latex title="latex.tex"
+\begin{document}
+	\section{Triangles}
+	% highlight-next-line
+	\subsection{Pythagoras' Theorem}
+	Pythagoras's theorem is:
+	% highlight-start
+	\begin{equation}
+		c^2 = a^2 + b^2
+	\end{equation}
+	% highlight-end
+\end{document}
+```