diff --git a/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Commenting/FunctionCommentSniff.php b/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Commenting/FunctionCommentSniff.php
index ba3e1710f0..ae2a02146d 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Commenting/FunctionCommentSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Commenting/FunctionCommentSniff.php
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ protected function checkSpacingAfterParamName(File $phpcsFile, $param, $maxVar,
      *                                                  in the stack passed in $tokens.
      * @param int                         $commentStart The position in the stack where the comment started.
      *
-     * @return boolean TRUE if the docblock contains only {@inheritdoc} (case-insensitive).
+     * @return boolean TRUE if the docblock contains {@inheritdoc} or @inheritdoc (case-insensitive).
      */
     protected function checkInheritdoc(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr, $commentStart)
     {
@@ -752,11 +752,7 @@ protected function checkInheritdoc(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr, $commentStart)
             if (in_array($tokens[$i]['code'], $allowedTokens) === false) {
                 $trimmedContent = strtolower(trim($tokens[$i]['content']));
 
-                if ($trimmedContent === '{@inheritdoc}') {
-                    return true;
-                } else {
-                    return false;
-                }
+                return $trimmedContent === '{@inheritdoc}' || $trimmedContent === '@inheritdoc';
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/Squiz/Tests/Commenting/FunctionCommentUnitTest.inc b/src/Standards/Squiz/Tests/Commenting/FunctionCommentUnitTest.inc
index 4f59f60b71..bba9323623 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Squiz/Tests/Commenting/FunctionCommentUnitTest.inc
+++ b/src/Standards/Squiz/Tests/Commenting/FunctionCommentUnitTest.inc
@@ -1006,6 +1006,11 @@ function foo($foo) {}
  */
 public function foo($a, $b) {}
 
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+public function foo($a, $b) {}
+
 // phpcs:set Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment skipIfInheritdoc true
 
 /**
@@ -1013,6 +1018,11 @@ public function foo($a, $b) {}
  */
 public function foo($a, $b) {}
 
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+public function foo($a, $b) {}
+
 /**
  * Foo.
  *
@@ -1042,7 +1052,7 @@ public function ignored() {
 
 // phpcs:set Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment specialMethods[] __construct,__destruct
 
-/** 
+/**
  * @return void
  * @throws Exception If any other error occurs. */
 function throwCommentOneLine() {}
diff --git a/src/Standards/Squiz/Tests/Commenting/FunctionCommentUnitTest.inc.fixed b/src/Standards/Squiz/Tests/Commenting/FunctionCommentUnitTest.inc.fixed
index 21a4103eb5..f86860d619 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Squiz/Tests/Commenting/FunctionCommentUnitTest.inc.fixed
+++ b/src/Standards/Squiz/Tests/Commenting/FunctionCommentUnitTest.inc.fixed
@@ -1006,6 +1006,11 @@ function foo($foo) {}
  */
 public function foo($a, $b) {}
 
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+public function foo($a, $b) {}
+
 // phpcs:set Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment skipIfInheritdoc true
 
 /**
@@ -1013,6 +1018,11 @@ public function foo($a, $b) {}
  */
 public function foo($a, $b) {}
 
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+public function foo($a, $b) {}
+
 /**
  * Foo.
  *
@@ -1042,7 +1052,7 @@ public function ignored() {
 
 // phpcs:set Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment specialMethods[] __construct,__destruct
 
-/** 
+/**
  * @return void
  * @throws Exception If any other error occurs. */
 function throwCommentOneLine() {}
diff --git a/src/Standards/Squiz/Tests/Commenting/FunctionCommentUnitTest.php b/src/Standards/Squiz/Tests/Commenting/FunctionCommentUnitTest.php
index 632b7c51b2..7c0825d6db 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Squiz/Tests/Commenting/FunctionCommentUnitTest.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Squiz/Tests/Commenting/FunctionCommentUnitTest.php
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ public function getErrorList()
             997  => 1,
             1004 => 2,
             1006 => 1,
-            1029 => 1,
+            1009 => 2,
+            1011 => 1,
+            1039 => 1,
         ];
 
         // Scalar type hints only work from PHP 7 onwards.
@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ public function getErrorList()
             $errors[459] = 1;
             $errors[893] = 3;
         } else {
-            $errors[1023] = 1;
+            $errors[1033] = 1;
         }
 
         return $errors;