diff --git a/PHPUnit/Extensions/Helper/AccessibleObject.php b/PHPUnit/Extensions/Helper/AccessibleObject.php
index 2b8ef70..258b06a 100644
--- a/PHPUnit/Extensions/Helper/AccessibleObject.php
+++ b/PHPUnit/Extensions/Helper/AccessibleObject.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 class PHPUnit_Extensions_Helper_AccessibleObject {
 
-    const REGEX_ACCESSIBLE = '/@accessibleForTesting\s*$/';
+    const REGEX_ACCESSIBLE = '/@accessibleForTesting\s*$|\n/';
     
     private $object;
     private $reflection_class;
diff --git a/Tests/Extensions/Helper/AccessibleObjectTest.php b/Tests/Extensions/Helper/AccessibleObjectTest.php
index 143ce4a..fb75a22 100644
--- a/Tests/Extensions/Helper/AccessibleObjectTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Extensions/Helper/AccessibleObjectTest.php
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ public function testPublicVar_unset() {
         unset($this->accessibleObject->public_var);
         $this->assertFalse(isset($this->accessibleObject->public_var));
     }
+
+    public function testProtectedMultipleCommentMethod_accessible() {
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            'accessible protected multi comment called',
+            $this->accessibleObject->accessibleMultiCommentMethod()
+        );
+    }
 }
 
 class Tests_Extensions_Helper_AccessibleObject_Object {
@@ -98,4 +105,14 @@ protected function accessibleProtectedMethod() {
     public function publicMethod() {
         return 'public called';
     }
+
+    /**
+     * This is a test function
+     *
+     * @accessibleForTesting
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function accessibleMultiCommentMethod() {
+        return 'accessible protected multi comment called';
+    }
 }
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