1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doxydown/doxydown.pl b/doc/doxydown/doxydown.pl
index 85821da4d..96ebbbda3 100755
--- a/doc/doxydown/doxydown.pl
+++ b/doc/doxydown/doxydown.pl
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ sub parse_function {
     }
 
     if ( !$f->{'brief'} && $f->{'data'} ) {
-        $f->{'data'} =~ /^([^.]+)\.?.*/;
+        $f->{'data'} =~ /^(.*?)(?:(?:[.:]\s)|\n).*/;
 
         if ( $1 ) {
             $f->{'brief'} = "$1.";