diff --git a/packages/coding-standard/src/Fixer/Commenting/TypeToVarTagFixer.php b/packages/coding-standard/src/Fixer/Commenting/TypeToVarTagFixer.php
index a6ed9e4e16..5b6cf3ddbe 100644
--- a/packages/coding-standard/src/Fixer/Commenting/TypeToVarTagFixer.php
+++ b/packages/coding-standard/src/Fixer/Commenting/TypeToVarTagFixer.php
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 final class TypeToVarTagFixer extends AbstractSymplifyFixer
 {
     /**
-     * @see https://regex101.com/r/8tFqJp/1
+     * Matches only "@type" at the start of a doc line, not inside a description
      */
-    private const string TYPE_TAG_REGEX = '#@type\b#';
+    private const string TYPE_TAG_REGEX = '#^(\s*(?:/\*{1,2}|\*)?\s*)@type\b#m';
 
     /**
      * @see https://regex101.com/r/cj95e6/1
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public function fix(SplFileInfo $fileInfo, Tokens $tokens): void
                 continue;
             }
 
-            $newDocContent = Regex::replace($docContent, self::TYPE_TAG_REGEX, '@var');
+            $newDocContent = Regex::replace($docContent, self::TYPE_TAG_REGEX, '$1@var');
             $newDocContent = Regex::replace($newDocContent, self::SINGLE_ASTERISK_START_REGEX, '/**$1');
 
             $tokens[$index] = new Token([T_DOC_COMMENT, $newDocContent]);
diff --git a/packages/coding-standard/tests/Fixer/Commenting/TypeToVarTagFixer/Fixture/skip_type_in_description.php.inc b/packages/coding-standard/tests/Fixer/Commenting/TypeToVarTagFixer/Fixture/skip_type_in_description.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c076a14cf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/coding-standard/tests/Fixer/Commenting/TypeToVarTagFixer/Fixture/skip_type_in_description.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @psalm-type ConfigType = array{
+ *     mercure?: bool|array{
+ *         enabled?: bool, // Default: false
+ *         include_type?: bool, // Always include @type in updates (including delete ones). // Default: false
+ *     },
+ * }
+ */
+final class SomeConfig
+{
+}