diff --git a/PhpCollective/Sniffs/Commenting/DocBlockVarSniff.php b/PhpCollective/Sniffs/Commenting/DocBlockVarSniff.php
index 7ad77c9..6a0705e 100644
--- a/PhpCollective/Sniffs/Commenting/DocBlockVarSniff.php
+++ b/PhpCollective/Sniffs/Commenting/DocBlockVarSniff.php
@@ -283,17 +283,24 @@ protected function handle(File $phpcsFile, int $docBlockEndIndex, int $stackPoin
         }
 
         $content = $tokens[$classNameIndex]['content'];
-        if (str_contains($content, '{') || str_contains($content, '<')) {
-            return;
-        }
 
         $appendix = '';
         $spaceIndex = strpos($content, ' ');
-        if ($spaceIndex) {
+        if ($spaceIndex !== false) {
             $appendix = substr($content, $spaceIndex);
             $content = substr($content, 0, $spaceIndex);
         }
 
+        // Skip types whose syntax contains internal structure that the simple
+        // first-space split above cannot handle: generics/array-shapes (`{`,
+        // `<`) and callable/Closure signatures (`(int): string`). Their opening
+        // token sits before the first space, so checking the split-off type
+        // catches them while leaving a trailing description like `Foo (note)`
+        // alone. Without this the fixer would split mid-type and corrupt it.
+        if (str_contains($content, '{') || str_contains($content, '<') || str_contains($content, '(')) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (!$content) {
             $error = 'Doc Block type for property annotation @var missing';
             if ($defaultValueType) {
diff --git a/tests/PhpCollective/Sniffs/Commenting/DocBlockVarSniffTest.php b/tests/PhpCollective/Sniffs/Commenting/DocBlockVarSniffTest.php
index 929cb45..f348126 100644
--- a/tests/PhpCollective/Sniffs/Commenting/DocBlockVarSniffTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpCollective/Sniffs/Commenting/DocBlockVarSniffTest.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class DocBlockVarSniffTest extends TestCase
      */
     public function testDocBlockConstSniffer(): void
     {
-        $this->assertSnifferFindsErrors(new DocBlockVarSniff(), 1);
+        $this->assertSnifferFindsErrors(new DocBlockVarSniff(), 2);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/_data/DocBlockVar/after.php b/tests/_data/DocBlockVar/after.php
index 341ff37..8b9c10f 100644
--- a/tests/_data/DocBlockVar/after.php
+++ b/tests/_data/DocBlockVar/after.php
@@ -70,4 +70,14 @@ class FixMe
      * @var MyClass[]
      */
     protected array $objects;
+
+    /**
+     * @var \Closure(string): string
+     */
+    protected ?Closure $transformer = null;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string|null (deprecated)
+     */
+    protected ?string $note;
 }
diff --git a/tests/_data/DocBlockVar/before.php b/tests/_data/DocBlockVar/before.php
index 341ff37..a404432 100644
--- a/tests/_data/DocBlockVar/before.php
+++ b/tests/_data/DocBlockVar/before.php
@@ -70,4 +70,14 @@ class FixMe
      * @var MyClass[]
      */
     protected array $objects;
+
+    /**
+     * @var \Closure(string): string
+     */
+    protected ?Closure $transformer = null;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string (deprecated)
+     */
+    protected ?string $note;
 }