diff --git a/src/Ast/PhpDoc/TypelessParamTagValueNode.php b/src/Ast/PhpDoc/TypelessParamTagValueNode.php
index fc460a5b..8b982954 100644
--- a/src/Ast/PhpDoc/TypelessParamTagValueNode.php
+++ b/src/Ast/PhpDoc/TypelessParamTagValueNode.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class TypelessParamTagValueNode implements PhpDocTagValueNode
 	/** @var string */
 	public $parameterName;
 
-	/** @var string */
+	/** @var string (may be empty) */
 	public $description;
 
 	public function __construct(bool $isVariadic, string $parameterName, string $description, bool $isReference = false)
diff --git a/src/Parser/PhpDocParser.php b/src/Parser/PhpDocParser.php
index d33f5879..0679ff5c 100644
--- a/src/Parser/PhpDocParser.php
+++ b/src/Parser/PhpDocParser.php
@@ -249,13 +249,12 @@ private function parseParamTagValue(TokenIterator $tokens): Ast\PhpDoc\PhpDocTag
 		$isReference = $tokens->tryConsumeTokenType(Lexer::TOKEN_REFERENCE);
 		$isVariadic = $tokens->tryConsumeTokenType(Lexer::TOKEN_VARIADIC);
 		$parameterName = $this->parseRequiredVariableName($tokens);
+		$description = $this->parseOptionalDescription($tokens);
 
 		if ($type !== null) {
-			$description = $this->parseOptionalDescription($tokens);
 			return new Ast\PhpDoc\ParamTagValueNode($type, $isVariadic, $parameterName, $description, $isReference);
 		}
 
-		$description = $this->parseRequiredDescription($tokens);
 		return new Ast\PhpDoc\TypelessParamTagValueNode($isVariadic, $parameterName, $description, $isReference);
 	}
 
@@ -482,23 +481,6 @@ private function parseRequiredVariableName(TokenIterator $tokens): string
 		return $parameterName;
 	}
 
-	private function parseRequiredDescription(TokenIterator $tokens): string
-	{
-		$tokens->pushSavePoint();
-
-		$description = $this->parseOptionalDescription($tokens);
-
-		if (strlen($description) === 0) {
-			$tokens->rollback();
-
-			$tokens->consumeTokenType(Lexer::TOKEN_OTHER);
-		}
-
-		$tokens->dropSavePoint();
-
-		return $description;
-	}
-
 	private function parseOptionalDescription(TokenIterator $tokens, bool $limitStartToken = false): string
 	{
 		if ($limitStartToken) {
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Parser/PhpDocParserTest.php b/tests/PHPStan/Parser/PhpDocParserTest.php
index d9646c86..e91a4042 100644
--- a/tests/PHPStan/Parser/PhpDocParserTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Parser/PhpDocParserTest.php
@@ -462,19 +462,16 @@ public function provideTypelessParamTagsData(): Iterator
 		];
 
 		yield [
-			'invalid without type and description',
+			'OK without type and description',
 			'/** @param $foo */',
 			new PhpDocNode([
 				new PhpDocTagNode(
 					'@param',
-					new InvalidTagValueNode(
+					new TypelessParamTagValueNode(
+						false,
 						'$foo',
-						new ParserException(
-							'*/',
-							Lexer::TOKEN_CLOSE_PHPDOC,
-							16,
-							Lexer::TOKEN_OTHER
-						)
+						'',
+						false
 					)
 				),
 			]),