diff --git a/packages/coding-standard/src/Fixer/Annotation/RemoveMethodNameDuplicateDescriptionFixer.php b/packages/coding-standard/src/Fixer/Annotation/RemoveMethodNameDuplicateDescriptionFixer.php
index 3b10e8d647..e50bc698e7 100644
--- a/packages/coding-standard/src/Fixer/Annotation/RemoveMethodNameDuplicateDescriptionFixer.php
+++ b/packages/coding-standard/src/Fixer/Annotation/RemoveMethodNameDuplicateDescriptionFixer.php
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ public function fix(SplFileInfo $fileInfo, Tokens $tokens): void
 
             $docblockLines = explode("\n", $originalDocContent);
             foreach ($docblockLines as $key => $docblockLine) {
+                // drop articles, so "Get the API helper" still duplicates getApiHelper()
+                $docblockLine = Regex::replace($docblockLine, '#\b(?:a|an|the)\b#i', '');
+
                 $spacelessDocblockLine = Regex::replace($docblockLine, '#[\s\n]+#', '');
 
                 // ignore trailing sentence punctuation, e.g. "Set name." duplicates setName()
diff --git a/packages/coding-standard/tests/Fixer/Annotation/RemoveMethodNameDuplicateDescriptionFixer/Fixture/with_articles.php.inc b/packages/coding-standard/tests/Fixer/Annotation/RemoveMethodNameDuplicateDescriptionFixer/Fixture/with_articles.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ad42dda78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/coding-standard/tests/Fixer/Annotation/RemoveMethodNameDuplicateDescriptionFixer/Fixture/with_articles.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Symplify\CodingStandard\Tests\Fixer\Annotation\RemoveMethodNameDuplicateDescriptionFixer\Fixture;
+
+final class WithArticles
+{
+    /**
+     * Get the API helper.
+     *
+     * @return object
+     */
+    public function getApiHelper()
+    {
+    }
+}
+
+?>
+-----
+<?php
+
+namespace Symplify\CodingStandard\Tests\Fixer\Annotation\RemoveMethodNameDuplicateDescriptionFixer\Fixture;
+
+final class WithArticles
+{
+    /**
+     *
+     * @return object
+     */
+    public function getApiHelper()
+    {
+    }
+}
+
+?>
diff --git a/rector.php b/rector.php
index 8ccac0eba2..9fe50ca25b 100644
--- a/rector.php
+++ b/rector.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
 use Rector\Config\RectorConfig;
+use Rector\DeadCode\Rector\ClassMethod\RemoveReturnTagIncompatibleWithNativeTypeRector;
 use Rector\DeadCode\Rector\ConstFetch\RemovePhpVersionIdCheckRector;
 use Rector\Php84\Rector\Class_\DeprecatedAnnotationToDeprecatedAttributeRector;
 
@@ -30,6 +31,12 @@
         // conditional checks
         RemovePhpVersionIdCheckRector::class,
 
+        // rector <= 2.5.6 misreads the @phpstan-type GitlabIssue array-shape alias
+        // as incompatible with the native "array" return type and strips the tag
+        RemoveReturnTagIncompatibleWithNativeTypeRector::class => [
+            __DIR__ . '/src/Console/Output/GitlabOutputFormatter.php',
+        ],
+
         DeprecatedAnnotationToDeprecatedAttributeRector::class => [
             // avoid runtime reporting in output, only for the user
             __DIR__ . '/src/ValueObject/Option.php',