diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7aa67818a0..4ab0156be0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ The file documents changes to the PHP_CodeSniffer project.
     - Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patch
 - Fixed bug #3877 : Filter names can be case-sensitive. The -h help text will now display the correct case for the available filters
     - Thanks to @simonsan for the patch
+- Fixed bug #3893 : Generic/DocComment : the SpacingAfterTagGroup fixer could accidentally remove ignore annotations
+    - Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patch
 - Fixed bug #3906 : Tokenizer/CSS: fixed a bug related to the unsupported slash comment syntax
     - Thanks to Dan Wallis (@fredden) for the patch
 
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Commenting/DocCommentSniff.php b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Commenting/DocCommentSniff.php
index 1e96e64b75..62c08cea10 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Commenting/DocCommentSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Commenting/DocCommentSniff.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 use PHP_CodeSniffer\Files\File;
 use PHP_CodeSniffer\Sniffs\Sniff;
+use PHP_CodeSniffer\Util\Tokens;
 
 class DocCommentSniff implements Sniff
 {
@@ -280,9 +281,12 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
             }
 
             // Check that there was single blank line after the tag block
-            // but account for a multi-line tag comments.
+            // but account for multi-line tag comments.
+            $find = Tokens::$phpcsCommentTokens;
+            $find[T_DOC_COMMENT_TAG] = T_DOC_COMMENT_TAG;
+
             $lastTag = $group[$pos];
-            $next    = $phpcsFile->findNext(T_DOC_COMMENT_TAG, ($lastTag + 3), $commentEnd);
+            $next    = $phpcsFile->findNext($find, ($lastTag + 3), $commentEnd);
             if ($next !== false) {
                 $prev = $phpcsFile->findPrevious([T_DOC_COMMENT_TAG, T_DOC_COMMENT_STRING], ($next - 1), $commentStart);
                 if ($tokens[$next]['line'] !== ($tokens[$prev]['line'] + 2)) {
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Commenting/DocCommentUnitTest.inc b/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Commenting/DocCommentUnitTest.inc
index 8824166722..bcd8256d7b 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Commenting/DocCommentUnitTest.inc
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Commenting/DocCommentUnitTest.inc
@@ -249,4 +249,14 @@
  * @link		http://pear.php.net/package/PHP_CodeSniffer
  */
 
+/**
+ * Do something.
+ *
+ * @codeCoverageIgnore
+ *
+ * @phpcs:disable Stnd.Cat.SniffName
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+
 /** No docblock close tag. Must be last test without new line.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Commenting/DocCommentUnitTest.inc.fixed b/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Commenting/DocCommentUnitTest.inc.fixed
index 46b4cd05bb..7da1c8ae8e 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Commenting/DocCommentUnitTest.inc.fixed
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Commenting/DocCommentUnitTest.inc.fixed
@@ -254,4 +254,14 @@
  * @link      http://pear.php.net/package/PHP_CodeSniffer
  */
 
+/**
+ * Do something.
+ *
+ * @codeCoverageIgnore
+ *
+ * @phpcs:disable Stnd.Cat.SniffName
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+
 /** No docblock close tag. Must be last test without new line.
\ No newline at end of file