diff --git a/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock.php b/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock.php
index 941c858..3959bbd 100644
--- a/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock.php
+++ b/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock.php
@@ -199,8 +199,6 @@ class DocBlock implements \Reflector
                 continue;
             }
 
-            $tag_line = ltrim($tag_line);
-
             if (isset($tag_line[0]) && ($tag_line[0] === '@')) {
                 $result[] = $tag_line;
             } else {
diff --git a/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock/Tag/ReturnTag.php b/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock/Tag/ReturnTag.php
index 88c631b..3c7725f 100644
--- a/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock/Tag/ReturnTag.php
+++ b/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock/Tag/ReturnTag.php
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ class ReturnTag extends ParamTag
     {
         $this->tag = $type;
         $this->content = $content;
-        $content = preg_split('/\s+/u', $content);
+
+        $content = preg_split('/[\ \t]+/u', $content, 2);
 
         // any output is considered a type
         $this->type = array_shift($content);