diff --git a/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock.php b/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock.php
index a79d100..9b6a97f 100644
--- a/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock.php
+++ b/src/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlock.php
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class DocBlock implements \Reflector
              * Splits the docblock into a short description, long description and
              * tags section
              * - The short description is started from the first character until
-             *   a dot is encountered followed by a whitespace OR
+             *   a dot is encountered followed by a newline OR
              *   two consecutive newlines (horizontal whitespace is taken into
              *   account to consider spacing errors)
              * - The long description, any character until a new line is
diff --git a/tests/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlockTest.php b/tests/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlockTest.php
index e87e3b9..41b03ed 100644
--- a/tests/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlockTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpDocumentor/Reflection/DocBlockTest.php
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ class DocBlockTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     {
         $fixture = <<<DOCBLOCK
 /**
- * This is a short description.
+ * This is a short description
  *
- * This is a long description.
+ * This is a long description
  *
  * @see \MyClass
  * @return void
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ DOCBLOCK;
             new Location(2)
         );
         $this->assertEquals(
-            'This is a short description.',
+            'This is a short description',
             $object->getShortDescription()
         );
         $this->assertEquals(
-            'This is a long description.',
+            'This is a long description',
             $object->getLongDescription()->getContents()
         );
         $this->assertCount(2, $object->getTags());
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ DOCBLOCK;
     {
         $fixture = <<<DOCBLOCK
 /**
- * This is a short description. This is a long description.
+ * This is a short description.
+ * This is a long description.
  * This is a continuation of the long description.
  */
 DOCBLOCK;