diff --git a/beetsplug/lyrics.py b/beetsplug/lyrics.py
index b7417db48..186e83d6e 100644
--- a/beetsplug/lyrics.py
+++ b/beetsplug/lyrics.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def strip_cruft(lyrics, wscollapse=True):
     lyrics = unescape(lyrics)
     if wscollapse:
         lyrics = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', lyrics)  # Whitespace collapse.
-    lyrics = re.sub(r'<(script).*?</\1>(?s)', '', lyrics)  # Strip script tags
+    lyrics = re.sub(r'<(script).*?</\1>(?s)', '', lyrics)  # Strip script tags.
     lyrics = BREAK_RE.sub('\n', lyrics)  # <BR> newlines.
     lyrics = re.sub(r'\n +', '\n', lyrics)
     lyrics = re.sub(r' +\n', '\n', lyrics)
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index b435dcd41..9c24e11af 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ Fixes:
   data when the two are inconsistent.
 * Resuming imports and beginning incremental imports should now be much faster
   when there is a lot of previously-imported music to skip.
+* :doc:`/plugins/lyrics`: Remove ``<script>`` tags from scraped lyrics. Thanks
+  to Bombardment.
 
 .. _discogs_client: https://github.com/discogs/discogs_client