diff --git a/config/jsdoc/api/plugins/inheritdoc.js b/config/jsdoc/api/plugins/inheritdoc.js
index e252269bcc..a399ae1007 100755
--- a/config/jsdoc/api/plugins/inheritdoc.js
+++ b/config/jsdoc/api/plugins/inheritdoc.js
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 /*
  * This is a hack to prevent inheritDoc tags from entirely removing
  * documentation of the method that inherits the documentation.
- *
- * TODO: Remove this hack when https://github.com/jsdoc3/jsdoc/issues/53
- * is addressed.
  */
 
-
 exports.defineTags = function(dictionary) {
   dictionary.defineTag('inheritDoc', {
     mustHaveValue: false,
@@ -92,10 +88,15 @@ exports.handlers = {
                     incompleteDoclet.stability = stability;
                     for (key in candidate) {
                       if (candidate.hasOwnProperty(key) &&
-                          keepKeys.indexOf(key) == -1) {
+                        keepKeys.indexOf(key) == -1) {
                         incompleteDoclet[key] = candidate[key];
                       }
                     }
+                    // We have found a matching parent doc and applied it so we
+                    // don't want to ignore this doclet anymore.
+                    incompleteDoclet.ignore = false;
+                    // We found a match so we can stop break
+                    break;
                   }
                 }
               }