diff --git a/c/gherkin.berp b/c/gherkin.berp
index ed52faf3d..1b97fce01 100644
--- a/c/gherkin.berp
+++ b/c/gherkin.berp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ DocString! := #DocStringSeparator #Other* #DocStringSeparator
 
 Tags! := #TagLine+
 
-// we need to explicitly mention comment, to avoid merging it into the description line's #Other token
-// we also eat the leading empty lines, the tailing lines are not removed by the parser to avoid lookahead, this has to be done by the AST builder
+// descriptions should be allowed to be interspersed with comments
+// if only comments are encountered, the description text will be empty
 DescriptionHelper := #Empty* Description?
 Description! := (#Other | #Comment)+
diff --git a/gherkin.berp b/gherkin.berp
index b7edaf9c4..1b97fce01 100644
--- a/gherkin.berp
+++ b/gherkin.berp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ DocString! := #DocStringSeparator #Other* #DocStringSeparator
 
 Tags! := #TagLine+
 
-// descriptions should be allowed to be interspersed with comments and empty lines
-// if only comments and empty lines are encountered, the description text will be empty
+// descriptions should be allowed to be interspersed with comments
+// if only comments are encountered, the description text will be empty
 DescriptionHelper := #Empty* Description?
-Description! := (#Other| #Comment)+
+Description! := (#Other | #Comment)+