diff --git a/src/rules/requireDescriptionCompleteSentence.js b/src/rules/requireDescriptionCompleteSentence.js
index 3e7eaa8ec..6e36f63ec 100644
--- a/src/rules/requireDescriptionCompleteSentence.js
+++ b/src/rules/requireDescriptionCompleteSentence.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const extractSentences = (text) => {
 
     // Remove all {} tags.
     .replace(/\{[\s\S]*?\}\s*/g, '')
-    .split(/[.?!:](?:\s+|$)/)
+    .split(/[.?!](?:\s+|$)/)
 
     // Ignore sentences with only whitespaces.
     .filter((sentence) => {
diff --git a/test/rules/assertions/requireDescriptionCompleteSentence.js b/test/rules/assertions/requireDescriptionCompleteSentence.js
index 0ade849e1..164839513 100644
--- a/test/rules/assertions/requireDescriptionCompleteSentence.js
+++ b/test/rules/assertions/requireDescriptionCompleteSentence.js
@@ -533,6 +533,16 @@ export default {
            */
           function quux () {
 
+          }
+      `
+    },
+    {
+      code: `
+          /**
+           * Hello: world.
+           */
+          function quux () {
+
           }
       `
     }