diff --git a/doc/scripts/example.bro b/doc/scripts/example.bro
index d2d0ec6879..e7c86f4bd3 100644
--- a/doc/scripts/example.bro
+++ b/doc/scripts/example.bro
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ export {
 
     ## Summarize "an_event" here.
     ## Give more details about "an_event" here.
+	## Example::an_event should not be confused as a parameter
+	##
     ## name: describe the argument here
     global an_event: event(name: string);
 
diff --git a/src/scan.l b/src/scan.l
index 7ebd7894e1..b167d69943 100644
--- a/src/scan.l
+++ b/src/scan.l
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ ESCSEQ	(\\([^\n]|[0-7]+|x[[:xdigit:]]+))
 	return TOK_POST_DOC;
 }
 
-<DOC>##{OWS}{ID}:.* {
+<DOC>##{OWS}{ID}:[^:].* {
 	const char* id_start = skip_whitespace(yytext + 2);
 	yylval.str = copy_string(canon_doc_func_param(id_start).c_str());
 	return TOK_DOC;
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ ESCSEQ	(\\([^\n]|[0-7]+|x[[:xdigit:]]+))
 		}
 }
 
-##{OWS}{ID}:.* {
+##{OWS}{ID}:[^:].* {
 	if ( generate_documentation )
 		{
 		// Comment is documenting either a function parameter or return type,
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/doc.autogen-reST-example/example.rst b/testing/btest/Baseline/doc.autogen-reST-example/example.rst
index 7c61277187..fbda81771b 100644
--- a/testing/btest/Baseline/doc.autogen-reST-example/example.rst
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/doc.autogen-reST-example/example.rst
@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ Events
 
    Summarize "an_event" here.
    Give more details about "an_event" here.
+   Example::an_event should not be confused as a parameter
+   
    
    :param name: describe the argument here