diff --git a/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock.php b/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock.php
index 5b23004..a3e07a1 100644
--- a/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock.php
+++ b/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock.php
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class DocBlock implements \Reflector
     {
         $comment = trim(
             preg_replace(
-                '#[ \t]*(?:\/\*\*|\*\/|\*)?[ \t]{0,1}(.*)?#', '$1', $comment
+                '#[ \t]*(?:\/\*\*|\*\/|\*)?[ \t]{0,1}(.*)?#u', '$1', $comment
             )
         );
 
diff --git a/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock/LongDescription.php b/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock/LongDescription.php
index 1549edc..8c068db 100644
--- a/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock/LongDescription.php
+++ b/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock/LongDescription.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class LongDescription implements \Reflector
      */
     public function __construct($content)
     {
-        if (preg_match('/\{\@(.+?)\}/', $content, $matches)) {
+        if (preg_match('/\{\@(.+?)\}/u', $content, $matches)) {
             array_shift($matches);
             foreach ($matches as $tag) {
                 $this->tags[] = Tag::createInstance('@' . $tag);