diff --git a/src/DocBlock/Tags/Var_.php b/src/DocBlock/Tags/Var_.php
index e23c694..f431a86 100644
--- a/src/DocBlock/Tags/Var_.php
+++ b/src/DocBlock/Tags/Var_.php
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ class Var_ extends BaseTag implements Factory\StaticMethod
      */
     public function __toString()
     {
-        return ($this->type ? $this->type . ' ' : '')
-        . '$' . $this->variableName
-        . ($this->description ? ' ' . $this->description : '');
+        return ($this->type ? $this->type.' ' : '')
+            .(empty($this->variableName) ? null : ('$'.$this->variableName))
+            .($this->description ? ' '.$this->description : '');
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/DocBlock/Tags/VarTest.php b/tests/unit/DocBlock/Tags/VarTest.php
index 34f290a..bbc5d6b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/DocBlock/Tags/VarTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/DocBlock/Tags/VarTest.php
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@ class VarTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertSame('var', $fixture->getName());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @uses   \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Var_::__construct
+     * @covers \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\BaseTag::render
+     */
+    public function testIfVariableNameIsOmmitedIfEmpty()
+    {
+        $fixture = new Var_('', null, null);
+
+        $this->assertSame('@var', $fixture->render());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @uses   \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Var_::__construct
      * @uses   \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Var_::__toString