[scaladoc] Closes #4452. Review by malayeri.

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/DocComments.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/DocComments.scala
index 2e97a3d820..1a807cc2c3 100755
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/DocComments.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/DocComments.scala
@@ -304,7 +304,11 @@ trait DocComments { self: SymbolTable =>
       val end = startTag(raw, (defines ::: usecases).sort(_._1 < _._1))
 
       (if (end == raw.length - 2) raw else raw.substring(0, end) + "*/",
-       defines map { case (start, end) => raw.substring(start, end) },
+       defines map {
+         case (start, end) => raw.substring(start, end)
+       } map {
+         _.replaceAll("(?m)^\\s+\\*", "")
+       },
        usecases map { case (start, end) => decomposeUseCase(start, end) })
     }
 
diff --git a/test/scaladoc/scala/html/HtmlFactoryTest.scala b/test/scaladoc/scala/html/HtmlFactoryTest.scala
index c0a3f1ad95..4e5c0bcdee 100644
--- a/test/scaladoc/scala/html/HtmlFactoryTest.scala
+++ b/test/scaladoc/scala/html/HtmlFactoryTest.scala
@@ -266,4 +266,12 @@ object Test extends Properties("HtmlFactory") {
       case _ => false
     }
   }
+
+  property("Trac #4452") = {
+    createTemplate("Trac4452.scala") match {
+      case node: scala.xml.Node =>
+        ! node.toString.contains("* blah blah blah")
+      case _ => false
+    }
+  }
 }