diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fb1050efe..a422dd540 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7171,6 +7171,13 @@ function quux () {
  }
 // "jsdoc/match-description": ["error"|"warn", {"matchDescription":"^\\S[\\s\\S]*\\S$"}]
 // Message: JSDoc description does not satisfy the regex pattern.
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @param
+ */
+// "jsdoc/match-description": ["error"|"warn", {"contexts":["any"],"matchDescription":"^\\S[\\s\\S]*\\S$"}]
+// Message: JSDoc description does not satisfy the regex pattern.
 ````
 
 The following patterns are not considered problems:
diff --git a/src/iterateJsdoc.js b/src/iterateJsdoc.js
index 4830ecced..f732c08ad 100644
--- a/src/iterateJsdoc.js
+++ b/src/iterateJsdoc.js
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ const getUtils = (
       }
 
       if (idx || description) {
-        descriptions.push(description);
+        descriptions.push(description || (descriptions.length ? '' : '\n'));
       }
 
       return false;
diff --git a/src/rules/matchDescription.js b/src/rules/matchDescription.js
index 8010f161c..9633cea97 100644
--- a/src/rules/matchDescription.js
+++ b/src/rules/matchDescription.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export default iterateJsdoc(({
     tags,
   } = context.options[0] || {};
 
-  const validateDescription = (description, tag) => {
+  const validateDescription = (desc, tag) => {
     let mainDescriptionMatch = mainDescription;
     let errorMessage = message;
     if (typeof mainDescription === 'object') {
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export default iterateJsdoc(({
       stringOrDefault(tagValue, matchDescription),
     );
 
-    if (!regex.test(description)) {
+    if (!regex.test(desc)) {
       report(
         errorMessage || 'JSDoc description does not satisfy the regex pattern.',
         null,
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ export default iterateJsdoc(({
     }
   };
 
-  if (jsdoc.description) {
-    const {
-      description,
-    } = utils.getDescription();
+  const {
+    description,
+  } = utils.getDescription();
+  if (description) {
     validateDescription(description);
   }
 
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ export default iterateJsdoc(({
   };
 
   utils.forEachPreferredTag('description', (matchingJsdocTag, targetTagName) => {
-    const description = (matchingJsdocTag.name + ' ' + utils.getTagDescription(matchingJsdocTag)).trim();
+    const desc = (matchingJsdocTag.name + ' ' + utils.getTagDescription(matchingJsdocTag)).trim();
     if (hasOptionTag(targetTagName)) {
-      validateDescription(description, matchingJsdocTag);
+      validateDescription(desc, matchingJsdocTag);
     }
   }, true);
 
@@ -97,16 +97,16 @@ export default iterateJsdoc(({
   } = utils.getTagsByType(whitelistedTags);
 
   tagsWithNames.some((tag) => {
-    const description = utils.getTagDescription(tag).replace(/^[- ]*/u, '')
+    const desc = utils.getTagDescription(tag).replace(/^[- ]*/u, '')
       .trim();
 
-    return validateDescription(description, tag);
+    return validateDescription(desc, tag);
   });
 
   tagsWithoutNames.some((tag) => {
-    const description = (tag.name + ' ' + utils.getTagDescription(tag)).trim();
+    const desc = (tag.name + ' ' + utils.getTagDescription(tag)).trim();
 
-    return validateDescription(description, tag);
+    return validateDescription(desc, tag);
   });
 }, {
   contextDefaults: true,
diff --git a/test/rules/assertions/matchDescription.js b/test/rules/assertions/matchDescription.js
index 86f1df055..568bdc05a 100644
--- a/test/rules/assertions/matchDescription.js
+++ b/test/rules/assertions/matchDescription.js
@@ -956,6 +956,28 @@ export default {
         },
       ],
     },
+    {
+      code: `
+        /**
+         *
+         * @param
+         */
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          line: 3,
+          message: 'JSDoc description does not satisfy the regex pattern.',
+        },
+      ],
+      options: [
+        {
+          contexts: [
+            'any',
+          ],
+          matchDescription: '^\\S[\\s\\S]*\\S$',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
   ],
   valid: [
     {