diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6b0e4a8b3327..b1c4d99db1f3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 ### Fixes
 
 - `[jest-worker]` Make `JestWorkerFarm` helper type to include methods of worker module that take more than one argument ([#12839](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/12839))
+- `[jest-docblock]` Handle multiline comments in parseWithComments ([#12845](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/12845))
 
 ### Chore & Maintenance
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-docblock/src/__tests__/index.test.ts b/packages/jest-docblock/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
index b5e783756171..366ed1181404 100644
--- a/packages/jest-docblock/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-docblock/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ describe('docblock', () => {
     expect(docblock.extract(code)).toBe(`/*${EOL} * @team foo${EOL}*/`);
   });
 
+  it('extracts from invalid docblock singleline', () => {
+    const code = `/* some comment @team foo */${EOL}const x = foo;`;
+    expect(docblock.extract(code)).toBe('/* some comment @team foo */');
+  });
+
   it('returns extract and parsedocblock', () => {
     const code = `/** @provides module-name */${EOL}${EOL}.dummy {}${EOL}`;
 
@@ -204,6 +209,22 @@ describe('docblock', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('extract from invalid docblock', () => {
+    const code = `/* @format: everything${EOL}// keep me */`;
+    expect(docblock.parseWithComments(code)).toEqual({
+      comments: '// keep me',
+      pragmas: {'format:': 'everything'},
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('extract from invalid docblock singleline', () => {
+    const code = '/* some test */';
+    expect(docblock.parseWithComments(code)).toEqual({
+      comments: ' some test',
+      pragmas: {},
+    });
+  });
+
   it('extracts docblock comments as CRLF when docblock contains CRLF', () => {
     const code = '/**\r\n * foo\r\n * bar\r\n*/';
     expect(docblock.parseWithComments(code)).toEqual({
diff --git a/packages/jest-docblock/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-docblock/src/index.ts
index fd96b01d795d..f682fe90b1c3 100644
--- a/packages/jest-docblock/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-docblock/src/index.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import detectNewline = require('detect-newline');
 type Pragmas = Record<string, string | Array<string>>;
 
 const commentEndRe = /\*\/$/;
-const commentStartRe = /^\/\*\*/;
+const commentStartRe = /^\/\*\*?/;
 const docblockRe = /^\s*(\/\*\*?(.|\r?\n)*?\*\/)/;
 const lineCommentRe = /(^|\s+)\/\/([^\r\n]*)/g;
 const ltrimNewlineRe = /^(\r?\n)+/;