diff --git a/src/diagrams/class/svgDraw.js b/src/diagrams/class/svgDraw.js
index d9cd52161..353e20130 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/class/svgDraw.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/class/svgDraw.js
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ export const drawClass = function (elem, classDef, conf) {
 };
 
 export const parseMember = function (text) {
-  const fieldRegEx = /^(\+|-|~|#)?(\w+)(~\w+~|\[\])?\s+(\w+) *(\*|\$)?$/;
+  const fieldRegEx = /^(\+|-|~|#)?(\w+)(~\w+~|\[\])?\s+(\w+) *(\$)?$/;
   const methodRegEx = /^([+|\-|~|#])?(\w+) *\( *(.*)\) *(\*|\$)? *(\w*[~|[\]]*\s*\w*~?)$/;
 
   let fieldMatch = text.match(fieldRegEx);
diff --git a/src/diagrams/class/svgDraw.spec.js b/src/diagrams/class/svgDraw.spec.js
index 6d4571b12..ae5882349 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/class/svgDraw.spec.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/class/svgDraw.spec.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ describe('class member Renderer, ', function () {
       expect(actual.cssStyle).toBe('');
     });
 
-    it('should handle abstract classifier', function () {
+    it('should handle abstract method classifier', function () {
       const str = 'foo()*';
       let actual = svgDraw.parseMember(str);
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ describe('class member Renderer, ', function () {
       expect(actual.cssStyle).toBe('font-style:italic;');
     });
 
-    it('should handle static classifier', function () {
+    it('should handle static method classifier', function () {
       const str = 'foo()$';
       let actual = svgDraw.parseMember(str);
 
@@ -157,15 +157,7 @@ describe('class member Renderer, ', function () {
       expect(actual.cssStyle).toBe('');
     });
 
-    it('should handle abstract classifier', function () {
-      const str = 'String foo*';
-      let actual = svgDraw.parseMember(str);
-
-      expect(actual.displayText).toBe('String foo');
-      expect(actual.cssStyle).toBe('font-style:italic;');
-    });
-
-    it('should handle static classifier', function () {
+    it('should handle static field classifier', function () {
       const str = 'String foo$';
       let actual = svgDraw.parseMember(str);