diff --git a/PHPUnit/Util/Report/Node/File.php b/PHPUnit/Util/Report/Node/File.php
index 5f0ac2cd145..6c23a3f7ac8 100644
--- a/PHPUnit/Util/Report/Node/File.php
+++ b/PHPUnit/Util/Report/Node/File.php
@@ -270,13 +270,11 @@ public function render($target, $title, $charset = 'ISO-8859-1', $lowUpperBound
         $ignore = FALSE;
 
         foreach ($this->codeLines as $line) {
-            $trimmedLine = trim($line);
-
-            if ($trimmedLine == '// @codeCoverageIgnoreStart') {
+            if (strpos($line, '@codeCoverageIgnoreStart') !== FALSE) {
                 $ignore = TRUE;
             }
 
-            else if ($trimmedLine == '// @codeCoverageIgnoreEnd') {
+            else if (strpos($line, '@codeCoverageIgnoreEnd') !== FALSE) {
                 $ignore = FALSE;
             }
 
diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 55eefe46018..56205f749a4 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ PHPUnit 3.4
 
 This is the list of changes for the PHPUnit 3.4 release series.
 
+PHPUnit 3.4.7
+-------------
+
+* Fixed TRAC-979: `@codeCoverageIgnoreStart` is being ignored.
+
 PHPUnit 3.4.6
 -------------