diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/event/php_exporter.php b/phpBB/phpbb/event/php_exporter.php
index 64d1e429b7..71c94a681d 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/event/php_exporter.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/event/php_exporter.php
@@ -264,7 +264,30 @@ class php_exporter
 
 					// Find event description line
 					$description_line_num = $this->find_description();
-					$description = substr(trim($this->file_lines[$description_line_num]), strlen('* '));
+					$description_lines = array();
+
+					while (true)
+					{
+						$description_line = substr(trim($this->file_lines[$description_line_num]), strlen('*'));
+						$description_line = trim(str_replace("\t", " ", $description_line));
+
+						// Reached end of description if line is a tag
+						if (strlen($description_line) && $description_line[0] == '@')
+						{
+							break;
+						}
+
+						$description_lines[] = $description_line;
+						$description_line_num++;
+					}
+
+					// If there is an empty line between description and first tag, remove it
+					if (!strlen(end($description_lines)))
+					{
+						array_pop($description_lines);
+					}
+
+					$description = trim(implode('<br/>', $description_lines));
 
 					if (isset($this->events[$this->current_event]))
 					{
diff --git a/tests/event/fixtures/extra_description.test b/tests/event/fixtures/extra_description.test
index ce8f97ce89..e93a1044ac 100644
--- a/tests/event/fixtures/extra_description.test
+++ b/tests/event/fixtures/extra_description.test
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 /**
 * Description
 *
-* NOTE: This will not be exported
+* NOTE: This will also be exported
 *
 * @event extra_description.dispatch
 * @since 3.1.0-b2
diff --git a/tests/event/php_exporter_test.php b/tests/event/php_exporter_test.php
index 21dbb1e1d4..c6670e1340 100644
--- a/tests/event/php_exporter_test.php
+++ b/tests/event/php_exporter_test.php
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class phpbb_event_php_exporter_test extends phpbb_test_case
 						'file'			=> 'extra_description.test',
 						'arguments'		=> array(),
 						'since'			=> '3.1.0-b2',
-						'description'	=> 'Description',
+						'description'	=> 'Description<br/><br/>NOTE: This will also be exported',
 					),
 				),
 			),