diff --git a/src/diagrams/class/svgDraw.js b/src/diagrams/class/svgDraw.js
index b9d31772a..84649e46e 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/class/svgDraw.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/class/svgDraw.js
@@ -345,10 +345,9 @@ const buildMethodDisplay = function (parsedText) {
 };
 
 const buildLegacyDisplay = function (text) {
-  // if for some reason we dont have any match, use old format to parse text
+  // if for some reason we don't have any match, use old format to parse text
   let displayText = '';
   let cssStyle = '';
-  let memberText = '';
   let returnType = '';
   let methodStart = text.indexOf('(');
   let methodEnd = text.indexOf(')');
@@ -368,26 +367,27 @@ const buildLegacyDisplay = function (text) {
       methodName = text.substring(1, methodStart).trim();
     }
 
-    let parameters = text.substring(methodStart + 1, methodEnd);
-    let classifier = text.substring(methodEnd + 1, 1);
+    const parameters = text.substring(methodStart + 1, methodEnd);
+    const classifier = text.substring(methodEnd + 1, methodEnd + 2);
     cssStyle = parseClassifier(classifier);
 
     displayText = visibility + methodName + '(' + parseGenericTypes(parameters.trim()) + ')';
 
-    if (methodEnd < memberText.length) {
+    if (methodEnd <= text.length) {
       returnType = text.substring(methodEnd + 2).trim();
       if (returnType !== '') {
         returnType = ' : ' + parseGenericTypes(returnType);
+        displayText += returnType;
       }
+    } else {
+      // finally - if all else fails, just send the text back as written (other than parsing for generic types)
+      displayText = parseGenericTypes(text);
     }
-  } else {
-    // finally - if all else fails, just send the text back as written (other than parsing for generic types)
-    displayText = parseGenericTypes(text);
   }
 
   return {
-    displayText: displayText,
-    cssStyle: cssStyle,
+    displayText,
+    cssStyle,
   };
 };