diff --git a/cmd/tools/vvet/tests/documentation_for_generic_methods.out b/cmd/tools/vvet/tests/documentation_for_generic_methods.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/cmd/tools/vvet/tests/documentation_for_generic_methods.vv b/cmd/tools/vvet/tests/documentation_for_generic_methods.vv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ef56a0862
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/tools/vvet/tests/documentation_for_generic_methods.vv
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// my_generic_method this is a documentation of my method
+pub fn my_generic_method[T](value T) {}
diff --git a/cmd/tools/vvet/vvet.v b/cmd/tools/vvet/vvet.v
index 07dcdea976..e48f06c2eb 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/vvet/vvet.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/vvet/vvet.v
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ fn (mut vt Vet) vet_fn_documentation(lines []string, line string, lnumber int) {
 				}
 			}
 			if tokens.len > 0 {
-				return tokens[0].all_before('(')
+				function_name_with_generic_parameters := tokens[0].all_before('(')
+				return function_name_with_generic_parameters.all_before('[')
 			}
 			return ''
 		}