diff --git a/lib/jsdoc/src/handlers.js b/lib/jsdoc/src/handlers.js
index 85102ddc..5a76625e 100644
--- a/lib/jsdoc/src/handlers.js
+++ b/lib/jsdoc/src/handlers.js
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ function newSymbolDoclet(parser, docletSrc, e) {
         processAlias(parser, newDoclet, e.astnode);
     }
     // otherwise, get the symbol name from the code
-    else if (e.code && e.code.name) {
+    else if (e.code && typeof e.code.name !== 'undefined' && e.code.name !== '') {
         newDoclet.addTag('name', e.code.name);
         if (!newDoclet.memberof) {
             addSymbolMemberof(parser, newDoclet, e.astnode);
diff --git a/lib/jsdoc/tag.js b/lib/jsdoc/tag.js
index 60a1bf9c..7c9a9a17 100644
--- a/lib/jsdoc/tag.js
+++ b/lib/jsdoc/tag.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function trim(text, opts, meta) {
     var match;
 
     opts = opts || {};
-    text = String(text || '');
+    text = String(typeof text !== 'undefined' ? text : '');
 
     if ( mustPreserveWhitespace(text, meta) ) {
         text = util.format('"%s"', text);
diff --git a/test/fixtures/enumtag.js b/test/fixtures/enumtag.js
index 2374f09e..5d621e85 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/enumtag.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/enumtag.js
@@ -8,4 +8,14 @@ var TriState = {
     FALSE: -1,
     /** @type {boolean} */
     MAYBE: true
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
+
+/**
+ * Numeric enum for true/false values.
+ * @enum {boolean}
+ */
+var TrueFalseNumeric = {
+    /** false */
+    0: false,
+    1: true
+};
diff --git a/test/specs/tags/enumtag.js b/test/specs/tags/enumtag.js
index 90f6b091..6d58ee3c 100644
--- a/test/specs/tags/enumtag.js
+++ b/test/specs/tags/enumtag.js
@@ -31,15 +31,20 @@ describe('@enum tag', function() {
         expect( dump(tristate) ).not.toMatch('<CircularRef>');
     });
 
-    describe('chained assignments', function() {
-        var pentaState;
-        var PENTASTATE;
-        var quadState;
+    describe('numeric object properties', function() {
+        it('When an enum is defined with numeric object properties, the enum is parsed correctly.', function() {
+            var zero = docSet.getByLongname('TrueFalseNumeric.0')[0];
 
-        docSet = jasmine.getDocSetFromFile('test/fixtures/enumtag2.js');
-        pentaState = docSet.getByLongname('module:my/enums.PentaState')[0];
-        PENTASTATE = docSet.getByLongname('module:my/enums.PENTASTATE')[0];
-        quadState = docSet.getByLongname('module:my/enums.QuadState')[0];
+            expect(zero).toBeDefined();
+            expect(zero.description).toBe('false');
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('chained assignments', function() {
+        var docSet2 = jasmine.getDocSetFromFile('test/fixtures/enumtag2.js');
+        var pentaState = docSet2.getByLongname('module:my/enums.PentaState')[0];
+        var PENTASTATE = docSet2.getByLongname('module:my/enums.PENTASTATE')[0];
+        var quadState = docSet2.getByLongname('module:my/enums.QuadState')[0];
 
         it('When a symbol at the start of an assignment chain has an @enum tag, that symbol has a properties array.', function() {
             expect( Array.isArray(quadState.properties) ).toBe(true);