diff --git a/inc/parser/handler.php b/inc/parser/handler.php
index a1040d12e78e21bb77c6c9af3faae21f84d5333e..8efaa2cc1789b699219121254b64fca2c27d08a2 100644
--- a/inc/parser/handler.php
+++ b/inc/parser/handler.php
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ class Doku_Handler {
      */
     function plugin($match, $state, $pos, $pluginname){
         $data = array($match);
+        /** @var DokuWiki_Syntax_Plugin $plugin */
         $plugin = plugin_load('syntax',$pluginname);
         if($plugin != null){
             $data = $plugin->handle($match, $state, $pos, $this);