I used to use <% // comment %> but it broke when I changed to canjs. So I changed all comments to <% /* comment */ %> and that works.
Now I've seen this post I will change them all to <%# comment %>.
The docs (both jmvc and donejs) give an example using <%# 'comment' %> but that is wrong. It's probably easier for you to commit the fix instead of us both going through the pull request procedure.
I don't recall any of the proper examples using the comment syntax so I propose a slightly more extensive example such as:
- <%# Here is a basic EJS todo list %>
- <ul>
- <% for(var i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++){ %>
- <li class="task <%= tasks[i].identity %>"><%= tasks[i].name %></li>
- <% } %>
- </ul>