diff --git a/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock.php b/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock.php
index bf36345..a79d100 100644
--- a/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock.php
+++ b/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock.php
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class DocBlock implements \Reflector
         \A (
           [^\n.]+
           (?:
-            (?! \. \s | \n{2} ) # disallow the first seperator here
+            (?! \. \n | \n{2} ) # disallow the first seperator here
             [\n.] (?! [ \t]* @\pL ) # disallow second seperator
             [^\n.]+
           )*