diff --git a/tslint.json b/tslint.json
index f82e689..df2d934 100644
--- a/tslint.json
+++ b/tslint.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         "no-string-throw": true,
         "no-tautology-expression": true,
         "no-this-assignment": [true, {"allowed-names": ["^self$"], "allow-destructuring": true}],
-        "no-trailing-whitespace": true,
+        "no-trailing-whitespace": [true, "ignore-comments", "ignore-jsdoc"],
         "no-unnecessary-callback-wrapper": true,
         "no-unnecessary-initializer": true,
         "no-unsafe-finally": true,