diff --git a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Commenting/FunctionCommentSniff.php b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Commenting/FunctionCommentSniff.php
index 60d43d30c4..c1dc37c90c 100644
--- a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Commenting/FunctionCommentSniff.php
+++ b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Commenting/FunctionCommentSniff.php
@@ -97,8 +97,10 @@ protected function processReturn(PHP_CodeSniffer_File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr, $co
                     }
                 }
 
-                // Ignores description, that might come after return type.
-                list($returnType,) = explode(' ', $content, 2);
+                // Support both a return type and a description. The return type
+                // is anything up to the first space.
+                $returnParts = explode(' ', $content, 2);
+                $returnType  = $returnParts[0];
 
                 // If the return type is void, make sure there is
                 // no return statement in the function.
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 06fe58413e..df58f1f01e 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
   - Fixed bug #983 : Squiz.WhiteSpace.MemberVarSpacing.AfterComment fails to fix error when comment is not a docblock
   - Fixed bug #1010 : Squiz NonExectuableCode sniff does not detect boolean OR
     -- Thanks to Derek Henderson for the patch
+  - Fixed bug #1015 : The Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment sniff doesn't allow description in @return tag
+    -- Thanks to Alexander Obuhovich for the patch
  </notes>
  <contents>
   <dir name="/">