diff --git a/lib/jsduck/doc_parser.rb b/lib/jsduck/doc_parser.rb
index b6551fe1fed7a6f226c4405aa55bfa2fa950f73d..b82bf50d84786295df5f159d01d0e1ed9db84817 100644
--- a/lib/jsduck/doc_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/jsduck/doc_parser.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ module JsDuck
   class DocParser
     # Pass in :css to be able to parse CSS doc-comments
     def initialize(mode = :js)
-      @ident_pattern = (mode == :css) ? /\$[a-zA-Z0-9_-]*/ : /\w+/
+      @ident_pattern = (mode == :css) ? /\$[\w-]*/ : /\w+/
+      @ident_chain_pattern = (mode == :css) ? /\$[\w.-]*/ : /[\w.]+/
     end
 
     def parse(input)
@@ -183,12 +184,13 @@ module JsDuck
       skip_white
     end
 
-    # matches @param {type} variable ...
+    # matches @param {type} name ...
     def at_param
       match(/@param/)
       add_tag(:param)
       maybe_type
-      maybe_name
+      #maybe_name
+      maybe_ident_chain(:name)
       skip_white
     end
 
@@ -278,7 +280,7 @@ module JsDuck
       match(/@alias/)
       add_tag(:alias)
       skip_horiz_white
-      if look(/\w/)
+      if look(@ident_chain_pattern)
         @current_tag[:cls] = ident_chain
         if look(/#\w/)
           @input.scan(/#/)
@@ -347,7 +349,7 @@ module JsDuck
     # matches ident.chain if possible and sets it on @current_tag
     def maybe_ident_chain(propname)
       skip_horiz_white
-      if look(/\w/)
+      if look(@ident_chain_pattern)
         @current_tag[propname] = ident_chain
       end
     end
@@ -364,7 +366,7 @@ module JsDuck
     def class_list
       skip_horiz_white
       classes = []
-      while look(/\w/)
+      while look(@ident_chain_pattern)
         classes << ident_chain
         skip_horiz_white
       end
@@ -373,7 +375,7 @@ module JsDuck
 
     # matches chained.identifier.name and returns it
     def ident_chain
-      @input.scan(/[\w.]+/)
+      @input.scan(@ident_chain_pattern)
     end
 
     # matches identifier and returns its name
diff --git a/lib/jsduck/merger.rb b/lib/jsduck/merger.rb
index 6c938d6d091e5fa7e683773cd96c8cbedabc8a4c..90fa0106c82364a7cbc7a7fe75c855e5e469705c 100644
--- a/lib/jsduck/merger.rb
+++ b/lib/jsduck/merger.rb
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ module JsDuck
           :doc => doc,
           # convert to boolean for JavaScript export, otherwise it's 0 or nil
           :optional => !!(doc =~ /\(optional\)/i),
+          :properties => ex[:properties] || [],
         }
       end
       params
@@ -334,7 +335,23 @@ module JsDuck
     end
 
     def detect_explicit_params(docs)
-      docs.find_all {|tag| tag[:tagname] == :param}
+      combine_properties(docs.find_all {|tag| tag[:tagname] == :param})
+    end
+
+    def combine_properties(raw_items)
+      items = []
+      previous = {}
+      raw_items.each do |it|
+        if it[:name] =~ /\.(.*)$/
+          it[:name] = $1
+          previous[:properties] = [] unless previous[:properties]
+          previous[:properties] << it
+        else
+          items << it
+          previous = it
+        end
+      end
+      items
     end
 
     def detect_return(doc_map, default_type="undefined")
diff --git a/spec/aggregator_methods_and_events_spec.rb b/spec/aggregator_methods_and_events_spec.rb
index ac3d5fcef70c07e5ba2bef06265d35bbbc447ffe..4fda2e89c065b1a5d891c96d5baf23e169c36408 100644
--- a/spec/aggregator_methods_and_events_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/aggregator_methods_and_events_spec.rb
@@ -267,6 +267,82 @@ describe JsDuck::Aggregator do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "method parameter with properties" do
+    before do
+      @doc = parse(<<-EOS)[0]
+        /**
+         * Some function
+         * @param {Object} coord Geographical coordinates
+         * @param {Number} coord.lat Latitude
+         * @param {Number} coord.lng Longitude
+         */
+        function foo(x, y) {}
+      EOS
+    end
+
+    it "interprets as single parameter" do
+      @doc[:params].length.should == 1
+    end
+
+    describe "single param" do
+      before do
+        @param = @doc[:params][0]
+      end
+
+      it "has name" do
+        @param[:name].should == "coord"
+      end
+
+      it "has type" do
+        @param[:type].should == "Object"
+      end
+
+      it "has doc" do
+        @param[:doc].should == "Geographical coordinates"
+      end
+
+      it "contains 2 properties" do
+        @param[:properties].length.should == 2
+      end
+
+      describe "first property" do
+        before do
+          @prop = @param[:properties][0]
+        end
+
+        it "has name without namespace" do
+          @prop[:name].should == "lat"
+        end
+
+        it "has type" do
+          @prop[:type].should == "Number"
+        end
+
+        it "has doc" do
+          @prop[:doc].should == "Latitude"
+        end
+      end
+
+      describe "second property" do
+        before do
+          @prop = @param[:properties][1]
+        end
+
+        it "has name without namespace" do
+          @prop[:name].should == "lng"
+        end
+
+        it "has type" do
+          @prop[:type].should == "Number"
+        end
+
+        it "has doc" do
+          @prop[:doc].should == "Longitude"
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "@return documenting return value" do
     before do
       @doc = parse(<<-EOS)[0]
diff --git a/template/app/view/cls/Overview.js b/template/app/view/cls/Overview.js
index 9c88dc69e994382ac4ec079cd577ffdda7a35d16..e3dda5c0ce1f6e8aa0c33a528d45b9eb81f65c82 100644
--- a/template/app/view/cls/Overview.js
+++ b/template/app/view/cls/Overview.js
@@ -406,8 +406,7 @@ Ext.define('Docs.view.cls.Overview', {
 
         if (member.params && member.params.length > 0) {
             doc += '<h3 class="pa">Parameters</h3>';
-            var ps = Ext.Array.map(member.params, this.renderLongParam, this).join("");
-            doc += "<ul>" + ps + "</ul>";
+            doc += this.renderParams(member.params);
         }
 
         if (member["return"]) {
@@ -417,14 +416,24 @@ Ext.define('Docs.view.cls.Overview', {
         return doc;
     },
 
+    renderParams: function(params) {
+        return "<ul>" + Ext.Array.map(params, this.renderLongParam, this).join("") + "</ul>";
+    },
+
     renderLongParam: function(param) {
         this.paramTpl = this.paramTpl || new Ext.XTemplate(
             '<li>',
                 '<span class="pre">{name}</span> : {type}',
                 '<div class="sub-desc">',
                     '{doc}',
+                    '<tpl if="properties && properties.length">',
+                        '{[this.renderParams(values.properties)]}',
+                    '</tpl>',
                 '</div>',
-            '</li>'
+            '</li>',
+            {
+                renderParams: Ext.Function.bind(this.renderParams, this)
+            }
         );
 
         return this.paramTpl.apply(param);