diff --git a/lib/jsdoc/doclet.js b/lib/jsdoc/doclet.js
index 0513db2d..70a76e35 100644
--- a/lib/jsdoc/doclet.js
+++ b/lib/jsdoc/doclet.js
@@ -77,19 +77,24 @@ function unwrap(docletSrc) {
     return docletSrc;
 }
 
-function split(docletSrc) {
-    var tagSrcs = [];
+/**
+ * Convert the raw source of the doclet comment into an array of pseudo-Tag objects.
+ * @private
+ */
+function toTags(docletSrc) {
+    var parsedTag;
+    var tagData = [];
+    var tagText;
+    var tagTitle;
 
     // split out the basic tags, keep surrounding whitespace
     // like: @tagTitle tagBody
     docletSrc
-        .replace(/^(\s*)@(\S)/gm, '$1\\@$2') // replace splitter ats with an arbitrary sequence
-        .split('\\@')                        // then split on that arbitrary sequence
+        // replace splitter ats with an arbitrary sequence
+        .replace(/^(\s*)@(\S)/gm, '$1\\@$2')
+        // then split on that arbitrary sequence
+        .split('\\@')
         .forEach(function($) {
-            var parsedTag;
-            var tagText;
-            var tagTitle;
-
             if ($) {
                 parsedTag = $.match(/^(\S+)(:?\s+(\S[\s\S]*))?/);
 
@@ -99,7 +104,7 @@ function split(docletSrc) {
                     tagText = parsedTag[2];
 
                     if (tagTitle) {
-                        tagSrcs.push({
+                        tagData.push({
                             title: tagTitle,
                             text: tagText
                         });
@@ -108,22 +113,7 @@ function split(docletSrc) {
             }
     });
 
-    return tagSrcs;
-}
-
-/**
- * Convert the raw source of the doclet comment into an array of Tag objects.
- * @private
- */
-function toTags(docletSrc) {
-    var tags = [];
-    var tagSrcs = split(docletSrc);
-
-    for (var i = 0, l = tagSrcs.length; i < l; i++) {
-        tags.push({ title: tagSrcs[i].title, text: tagSrcs[i].text });
-    }
-
-    return tags;
+    return tagData;
 }
 
 function fixDescription(docletSrc) {