diff --git a/src/DocBlock/DescriptionFactory.php b/src/DocBlock/DescriptionFactory.php
index c27d2a01..fdcde26b 100644
--- a/src/DocBlock/DescriptionFactory.php
+++ b/src/DocBlock/DescriptionFactory.php
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ private function lex(string $contents) : array
                             \{
                         )
                         # Match content after the nested inline tag.
-                        [^{}]*
+                        [^{]*
                     )* # If there are more inline tags, match them as well. We use "*" since there may not be any
                        # nested inline tags.
                 )
diff --git a/tests/unit/DocBlock/DescriptionFactoryTest.php b/tests/unit/DocBlock/DescriptionFactoryTest.php
index 04280fdb..bcd0b033 100644
--- a/tests/unit/DocBlock/DescriptionFactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/DocBlock/DescriptionFactoryTest.php
@@ -220,6 +220,36 @@ public function testDescriptionWithBrokenInlineTags() : void
         $this->assertSame($contents, $description->render());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @uses \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description
+     * @uses \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Link
+     * @uses \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\BaseTag
+     * @uses \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Formatter\PassthroughFormatter
+     * @uses \phpDocumentor\Reflection\Types\Context
+     *
+     * @covers ::__construct
+     * @covers ::create
+     */
+    public function testDescriptionCanParseStringWithInlineTagAndBraces() : void
+    {
+        $contents   = 'This description has a {@link http://phpdoc.org/ This contains {braces} }';
+        $context    = new Context('');
+        $tagFactory = m::mock(TagFactory::class);
+        $tagFactory->shouldReceive('create')
+            ->twice()
+            ->andReturnValues(
+                [
+                    new LinkTag('http://phpdoc.org/', new Description('This contains {braces}')),
+                ]
+            );
+
+        $factory     = new DescriptionFactory($tagFactory);
+        $description = $factory->create($contents, $context);
+
+        $this->assertSame($contents, $description->render());
+        $this->assertSame('This description has a %1$s', $description->getBodyTemplate());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Provides a series of example strings that the parser should correctly interpret and return.
      *