diff --git a/lib/jsduck/doc_type.rb b/lib/jsduck/doc_type.rb
index dded417265a43ecdb29b8d9d3a10394792174ca2..5eb1cab4c49e8cc38de482a2565575d28a06baff 100644
--- a/lib/jsduck/doc_type.rb
+++ b/lib/jsduck/doc_type.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module JsDuck
     def detect(docs, code)
       doc_map = build_doc_map(docs)
 
-      if doc_map[:class]
+      if doc_map[:class] || doc_map[:override]
         :class
       elsif doc_map[:event]
         :event
@@ -57,4 +57,3 @@ module JsDuck
   end
 
 end
-
diff --git a/lib/jsduck/override.rb b/lib/jsduck/override.rb
index 5d207a559771a01788b625f3cf955be015c6e68b..61499e83799dc3b695b82b2a31f19999278f18af 100644
--- a/lib/jsduck/override.rb
+++ b/lib/jsduck/override.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module JsDuck
 
       # Combine comments of classes
       if override[:doc].length > 0
-        add_doc(target, "**From override #{override[:name]}:** " + override[:doc])
+        add_doc(target, "**From override #{get_name(override)}:** " + override[:doc])
       end
       target[:files] += override[:files]
 
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ module JsDuck
         ex = existing[m[:id]]
         if ex
           if m[:doc].length > 0
-            add_doc(ex, "**From override #{override[:name]}:** " + m[:doc])
+            add_doc(ex, "**From override #{get_name(override)}:** " + m[:doc])
           else
-            add_doc(ex, "**Overridden in #{override[:name]}.**")
+            add_doc(ex, "**Overridden in #{get_name(override)}.**")
           end
           ex[:files] += m[:files]
         else
           add_member(target, m)
-          add_doc(m, "**Defined in override #{override[:name]}.**")
+          add_doc(m, "**Defined in override #{get_name(override)}.**")
           m[:owner] = target[:name]
         end
       end
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ module JsDuck
 
     # helpers
 
+    def get_name(override)
+      if override[:name] != ""
+        override[:name]
+      else
+        override[:files][0][:filename]
+      end
+    end
+
     def each_member(cls)
       cls[:members].each {|m| yield m }
     end
diff --git a/spec/aggregator_overrides_spec.rb b/spec/aggregator_overrides_spec.rb
index d35919e0a0dca9c43ce7bb42543fcc8c4dd492ed..942028edb4fb5449daab8fcc460549e800cf17ae 100644
--- a/spec/aggregator_overrides_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/aggregator_overrides_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require "jsduck/relations"
 describe JsDuck::Aggregator do
   def parse(string)
     agr = JsDuck::Aggregator.new
-    agr.aggregate(JsDuck::Source::File.new(string))
+    agr.aggregate(JsDuck::Source::File.new(string, "blah.js"))
     agr.process_overrides
     JsDuck::Relations.new(agr.result.map {|cls| JsDuck::Class.new(cls) })
   end
@@ -229,5 +229,33 @@ describe JsDuck::Aggregator do
       methods["foobar"][:doc].should == "**Overridden in FooOverride.**"
     end
   end
-end
 
+  describe "use of @override tag without @class" do
+    let(:classes) do
+      parse(<<-EOF)
+        /** */
+        Ext.define("Foo", {
+            foobar: function(){}
+        });
+
+        /** @override Foo */
+        Ext.apply(Foo.prototype, {
+            /** */
+            bar: function(){ },
+            /** */
+            foobar: function(){ return true; }
+        });
+      EOF
+    end
+
+    let(:methods) { create_members_map(classes["Foo"]) }
+
+    it "adds member to overridden class" do
+      methods["bar"].should_not == nil
+    end
+
+    it "adds note to docs about member being overridden" do
+      methods["foobar"][:doc].should == "**Overridden in blah.js.**"
+    end
+  end
+end