diff --git a/src/helma/doc/Util.java b/src/helma/doc/Util.java
index cc77a912..c00c0c5b 100644
--- a/src/helma/doc/Util.java
+++ b/src/helma/doc/Util.java
@@ -50,6 +50,23 @@ public final class Util {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * chops anything that comes after a closing comment tag
+     *
+     * @param raw comment
+     *
+     * @return chopped comment
+     */
+    public static String chopComment (String comment) {
+        int idx = comment.indexOf ("*/");
+        if (idx>0) {
+            return comment.substring (0, idx+2);
+        } else {
+            return comment;
+        }
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * reads a complete file
      *