diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppdoxygen_test.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppdoxygen_test.cpp
index 56a75178ff7..ab8a9479406 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppdoxygen_test.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppdoxygen_test.cpp
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ void CppEditorPlugin::test_doxygen_comments_data()
         "bool preventFolding;\n"
         "/*!\n"
         " * \\brief a\n"
-        " *\n"
+        " * \n"
         " */\n"
         "int a;\n"
     );
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ void CppEditorPlugin::test_doxygen_comments_data()
         "bool preventFolding;\n"
         "/**\n"
         " * @brief a\n"
-        " *\n"
+        " * \n"
         " */\n"
         "int a;\n"
     );
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ void CppEditorPlugin::test_doxygen_comments_data()
          "bool preventFolding;\n"
          "///\n"
          "/// \\brief a\n"
-         "///\n"
+         "/// \n"
          "///\n"
          "int a;\n"
      );
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ void CppEditorPlugin::test_doxygen_comments_data()
          "    bool preventFolding;\n"
          "    ///\n"
          "    /// \\brief a\n"
-         "    ///\n"
+         "    /// \n"
          "    ///\n"
          "    int a;\n"
     );
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
index 331c66946ce..63d5bc2e5b7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ bool handleDoxygenCppStyleContinuation(QTextCursor &cursor,
 
     const QString commentMarker = text.mid(offset, 3);
     newLine.append(commentMarker);
+    newLine.append(QLatin1Char(' '));
 
     cursor.insertText(newLine);
     e->accept();
@@ -481,12 +482,13 @@ bool handleDoxygenContinuation(QTextCursor &cursor,
             c.movePosition(QTextCursor::NextCharacter, QTextCursor::KeepAnchor, offset);
             newLine.append(c.selectedText());
             if (text.at(offset) == QLatin1Char('/')) {
-                newLine.append(QLatin1String(" *"));
+                newLine.append(QLatin1String(" * "));
             } else {
                 int start = offset;
                 while (offset < blockPos && text.at(offset) == QLatin1Char('*'))
                     ++offset;
                 newLine.append(QString(offset - start, QLatin1Char('*')));
+                newLine.append(QLatin1Char(' '));
             }
             cursor.insertText(newLine);
             e->accept();