diff --git a/src/DocBlock/Description.php b/src/DocBlock/Description.php
index ff27edb..d1d7fc6 100644
--- a/src/DocBlock/Description.php
+++ b/src/DocBlock/Description.php
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 
 namespace phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock;
 
-use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description\Formatter;
-use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description\PassthroughFormatter;
+use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Formatter;
+use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Formatter\PassthroughFormatter;
 use Webmozart\Assert\Assert;
 
 /**
@@ -84,7 +84,11 @@ class Description
             $formatter = new PassthroughFormatter();
         }
 
-        return vsprintf($this->bodyTemplate, $formatter->format($this->tags));
+        $tags = [];
+        foreach ($this->tags as $tag) {
+            $tags[] = '{' . $formatter->format($tag) . '}';
+        }
+        return vsprintf($this->bodyTemplate, $tags);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/DocBlock/Tag.php b/src/DocBlock/Tag.php
index ef1ebc3..e765367 100644
--- a/src/DocBlock/Tag.php
+++ b/src/DocBlock/Tag.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 namespace phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock;
 
-use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description\Formatter;
+use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Formatter;
 
 interface Tag
 {
diff --git a/src/DocBlock/Tags/BaseTag.php b/src/DocBlock/Tags/BaseTag.php
index e4d5e44..e4a909a 100644
--- a/src/DocBlock/Tags/BaseTag.php
+++ b/src/DocBlock/Tags/BaseTag.php
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ abstract class BaseTag implements DocBlock\Tag
         return $this->description;
     }
 
-    public function render(DocBlock\Description\Formatter $formatter = null)
+    public function render(Formatter $formatter = null)
     {
-        if (!$formatter) {
-            $formatter = new DocBlock\Description\PassthroughFormatter();
+        if ($formatter === null) {
+            $formatter = new Formatter\PassthroughFormatter();
         }
 
-        return $formatter->format([$this]);
+        return $formatter->format($this);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/DocBlock/Description/Formatter.php b/src/DocBlock/Tags/Formatter.php
similarity index 67%
rename from src/DocBlock/Description/Formatter.php
rename to src/DocBlock/Tags/Formatter.php
index db43c38..64b2c60 100644
--- a/src/DocBlock/Description/Formatter.php
+++ b/src/DocBlock/Tags/Formatter.php
@@ -10,18 +10,18 @@
  * @link      http://phpdoc.org
  */
 
-namespace phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description;
+namespace phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags;
 
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag;
 
 interface Formatter
 {
     /**
-     * Formats the given series of tokens so to form a readable string and return that.
+     * Formats a tag into a string representation according to a specific format, such as Markdown.
      *
-     * @param string[]|Tag[] $tokens
+     * @param Tag $tag
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    public function format(array $tokens);
+    public function format(Tag $tag);
 }
diff --git a/src/DocBlock/Description/PassthroughFormatter.php b/src/DocBlock/Tags/Formatter/PassthroughFormatter.php
similarity index 55%
rename from src/DocBlock/Description/PassthroughFormatter.php
rename to src/DocBlock/Tags/Formatter/PassthroughFormatter.php
index 6dae599..8937c91 100644
--- a/src/DocBlock/Description/PassthroughFormatter.php
+++ b/src/DocBlock/Tags/Formatter/PassthroughFormatter.php
@@ -10,26 +10,22 @@
  * @link      http://phpdoc.org
  */
 
-namespace phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description;
+namespace phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Formatter;
 
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag;
+use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Formatter;
 
 class PassthroughFormatter implements Formatter
 {
     /**
-     * Formats the given series of tokens so to form a readable string and return that.
+     * Formats the given tag to return a simple plain text version.
      *
-     * @param string[]|Tag[] $tokens
+     * @param Tag $tag
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    public function format(array $tokens)
+    public function format(Tag $tag)
     {
-        $result = '';
-        foreach ($tokens as $token) {
-            $result .= $token instanceof Tag ? '{' . (string)$token . '}' : $token;
-        }
-
-        return $result;
+        return (string)$tag;
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/DocBlock/DescriptionTest.php b/tests/unit/DocBlock/DescriptionTest.php
index 82b0947..ece7f1a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/DocBlock/DescriptionTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/DocBlock/DescriptionTest.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 namespace phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock;
 
 use Mockery as m;
-use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description\PassthroughFormatter;
+use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Formatter\PassthroughFormatter;
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Other;
 
 /**
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class DescriptionTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
      * @covers ::render
      * @uses \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Other
      * @uses \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\BaseTag
-     * @uses \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description\PassthroughFormatter
+     * @uses \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Formatter\PassthroughFormatter
      */
     public function testDescriptionCanRenderUsingABodyWithPlaceholdersAndTags()
     {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class DescriptionTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
         // with a custom formatter
         $formatter = m::mock(PassthroughFormatter::class);
-        $formatter->shouldReceive('format')->with($tags)->andReturn(['{@internal significant }']);
+        $formatter->shouldReceive('format')->with($tags[0])->andReturn('@internal significant ');
         $this->assertSame($expected, $fixture->render($formatter));
     }
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class DescriptionTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
      * @covers ::__toString
      * @uses \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Other
      * @uses \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\BaseTag
-     * @uses \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description\PassthroughFormatter
+     * @uses \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Formatter\PassthroughFormatter
      */
     public function testDescriptionCanBeCastToString()
     {
diff --git a/tests/unit/DocBlock/SerializerTest.php b/tests/unit/DocBlock/SerializerTest.php
index 2132d5c..2dfc420 100644
--- a/tests/unit/DocBlock/SerializerTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/DocBlock/SerializerTest.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class SerializerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
      * @covers ::__construct
      * @covers ::getDocComment
      * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description
-     * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description\PassthroughFormatter
+     * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Formatter\PassthroughFormatter
      * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock
      * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\BaseTag
      * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Other
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ DOCCOMMENT;
      * @covers ::__construct
      * @covers ::getDocComment
      * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description
-     * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description\PassthroughFormatter
+     * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Formatter\PassthroughFormatter
      * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock
      * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\BaseTag
      * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Other
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ DOCCOMMENT;
      * @covers ::__construct
      * @covers ::getDocComment
      * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description
-     * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description\PassthroughFormatter
+     * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Formatter\PassthroughFormatter
      * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock
      * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\BaseTag
      * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Other
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ DOCCOMMENT;
      * @covers ::__construct
      * @covers ::getDocComment
      * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description
-     * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description\PassthroughFormatter
+     * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Formatter\PassthroughFormatter
      * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock
      * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\BaseTag
      * @uses phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Other