diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 9ad5e39ad2ca5..abae094853a83 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
         "egulias/email-validator": "~1.2,>=1.2.8|~2.0",
         "symfony/phpunit-bridge": "^3.4.31|^4.3.4|~5.0",
         "symfony/security-acl": "~2.8|~3.0",
-        "phpdocumentor/reflection-docblock": "^3.0|^4.0"
+        "phpdocumentor/reflection-docblock": "^3.0|^4.0|^5.0"
     },
     "conflict": {
         "monolog/monolog": ">=2",
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/Extractor/PhpDocExtractor.php b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/Extractor/PhpDocExtractor.php
index 787bf4b5d2d09..f6842dbe36a75 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/Extractor/PhpDocExtractor.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/Extractor/PhpDocExtractor.php
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ public function getShortDescription($class, $property, array $context = [])
         }
 
         foreach ($docBlock->getTagsByName('var') as $var) {
+            if (is_a($var, 'phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\InvalidTag')) {
+                throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Failed to get the description of the @var tag "%s" for class "%s". Please check that the @var tag is correctly defined.', $property, $class));
+            }
+
             $varDescription = $var->getDescription()->render();
 
             if (!empty($varDescription)) {
@@ -137,6 +141,10 @@ public function getTypes($class, $property, array $context = [])
         $types = [];
         /** @var DocBlock\Tags\Var_|DocBlock\Tags\Return_|DocBlock\Tags\Param $tag */
         foreach ($docBlock->getTagsByName($tag) as $tag) {
+            if (is_a($tag, 'phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\InvalidTag')) {
+                return null;
+            }
+
             if ($tag && null !== $tag->getType()) {
                 $types = array_merge($types, $this->phpDocTypeHelper->getTypes($tag->getType()));
             }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/Tests/Extractor/PhpDocExtractorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/Tests/Extractor/PhpDocExtractorTest.php
index 4c19a86b43767..c17615e7d87f2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/Tests/Extractor/PhpDocExtractorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/Tests/Extractor/PhpDocExtractorTest.php
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public function typesProvider()
             ['donotexist', null, null, null],
             ['staticGetter', null, null, null],
             ['staticSetter', null, null, null],
-            ['emptyVar', null, null, null],
+            ['emptyVar', null, 'This should not be removed.', null],
         ];
     }
 
@@ -191,6 +191,14 @@ public function testReturnNullOnEmptyDocBlock()
         $this->assertNull($this->extractor->getShortDescription(EmptyDocBlock::class, 'foo'));
     }
 
+    public function testReturnNullOnIncompleteDocBlock()
+    {
+        $this->expectException(\InvalidArgumentException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Failed to get the description of the @var tag "foo" for class "Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\Tests\Extractor\IncompleteDocBlock". Please check that the @var tag is correctly defined.');
+
+        $this->extractor->getShortDescription(IncompleteDocBlock::class, 'foo');
+    }
+
     public function dockBlockFallbackTypesProvider()
     {
         return [
@@ -215,6 +223,16 @@ public function testDocBlockFallback($property, $types)
     }
 }
 
+class IncompleteDocBlock
+{
+    /**
+     * @var
+     * @ORM\Id
+     * @ORM\Column(name="FOO", type="integer")
+     */
+    public $foo;
+}
+
 class EmptyDocBlock
 {
     public $foo;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/composer.json b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/composer.json
index f19e3d1e2a2d7..6f3267e02a5e2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/composer.json
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/composer.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         "symfony/serializer": "~2.8|~3.0|~4.0",
         "symfony/cache": "~3.1|~4.0",
         "symfony/dependency-injection": "~3.3|~4.0",
-        "phpdocumentor/reflection-docblock": "^3.0|^4.0",
+        "phpdocumentor/reflection-docblock": "^3.0|^4.0|^5.0",
         "doctrine/annotations": "~1.7"
     },
     "conflict": {

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