diff --git a/src/Method.php b/src/Method.php
index 234dd68d1..0ca2fb124 100644
--- a/src/Method.php
+++ b/src/Method.php
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
 
 use Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock;
 use Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Context;
+use Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Serializer as DocBlockSerializer;
 use Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag;
-use Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag\ReturnTag;
 use Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag\ParamTag;
-use Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Serializer as DocBlockSerializer;
+use Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag\ReturnTag;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class Method
     protected $real_name;
     protected $return = null;
     protected $root;
+    protected $uses = array();
 
     /**
      * @param \ReflectionMethod|\ReflectionFunctionAbstract $method
@@ -53,12 +54,16 @@ public function __construct($method, $alias, $class, $methodName = null, $interf
         $this->real_name = $method->isClosure() ? $this->name : $method->name;
         $this->initClassDefinedProperties($method, $class);
 
+        // TODO: Runtime-cache this.
+        $this->uses = $this->getUses($class);
+
         //Reference the 'real' function in the declaring class
         $this->root = '\\' . ltrim($class->getName(), '\\');
 
         //Create a DocBlock and serializer instance
         $this->initPhpDoc($method);
 
+
         //Normalize the description and inherit the docs from parents/interfaces
         try {
             $this->normalizeParams($this->phpdoc);
@@ -237,7 +242,8 @@ protected function normalizeParams(DocBlock $phpdoc)
                 $tag->setContent($content);
 
                 // Get the expanded type and re-set the content
-                $content = $tag->getType() . ' ' . $tag->getVariableName() . ' ' . $tag->getDescription();
+                $type    = $this->substituteMissingClasses($tag->getType());
+                $content = $type . ' ' . $tag->getVariableName() . ' ' . $tag->getDescription();
                 $tag->setContent(trim($content));
             }
         }
@@ -263,6 +269,8 @@ protected function normalizeReturn(DocBlock $phpdoc)
                 $returnValue = str_replace($interface, $real, $returnValue);
             }
 
+            $returnValue = $this->substituteMissingClasses($returnValue);
+
             // Set the changed content
             $tag->setContent($returnValue . ' ' . $tag->getDescription());
             $this->return = $returnValue;
@@ -370,4 +378,96 @@ protected function getInheritDoc($reflectionMethod)
             }
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param \ReflectionClass $class
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function getUses(\ReflectionClass $class)
+    {
+        $start = false;
+        $currentString = '';
+        $currentUse = '';
+        $uses = [];
+        foreach (token_get_all(file_get_contents($class->getFileName())) as $token) {
+            if ($start === false) {
+                if (is_numeric($token[0])) {
+                    switch (token_name($token[0])) {
+                        case 'T_CLASS':
+                            // Stop on reaching class definition for performance reasons.
+                            // This leads to not catching any use statements behind the class definition.
+                            break 2;
+                        case 'T_USE':
+                            $start         = true;
+                            $currentString = '';
+                            $currentUse    = '';
+                            break;
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                if ($token[0] != ';') {
+                    if (is_numeric($token[0])) {
+                        switch (token_name($token[0])) {
+                            case 'T_WHITESPACE':
+                                // Skip Whitespaces.
+                                break;
+                            case 'T_AS':
+                                $currentUse    = $currentString;
+                                $currentString = '';
+                                break;
+                            default:
+                                $currentString .= $token[1] ?? '';
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        $currentString .= $token[1] ?? '';
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    if ($currentUse != '') {
+                        $uses[$currentString] = $currentUse;
+                    } else {
+                        $uses[$this->classBasename($currentString)] = $currentString;
+                    }
+
+                    $start = false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return $uses;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $types
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function substituteMissingClasses(string $types)
+    {
+        $newTypes = [];
+        foreach (explode('|', $types) as $type) {
+            if (!class_exists($type)) {
+                $baseClassName = $this->classBasename($type);
+
+                if ($this->uses[$baseClassName] ?? false) {
+                    $type = $this->uses[$baseClassName];
+                    if (substr($type, 0, 1) != '\\') {
+                        $type = '\\' . $type;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            $newTypes[] = $type;
+        }
+
+        return implode('|', $newTypes);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $className
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function classBasename(string $className)
+    {
+        return basename(str_replace('\\', '/', $className));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/MethodTest.php b/tests/MethodTest.php
index 989ba266c..ea3827667 100644
--- a/tests/MethodTest.php
+++ b/tests/MethodTest.php
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 
 use Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\Method;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
+use \Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Illuminate\Support\Carbon as AliasedCarbon;
 
-class ExampleTest extends TestCase
+class MethodTest extends TestCase
 {
     /**
      * Test that we can actually instantiate the class
@@ -31,14 +33,15 @@ public function testOutput()
 
         $method = new Method($reflectionMethod, 'Example', $reflectionClass);
 
-        $output = '/**
- * 
- *
- * @param string $last
- * @param string $first
- * @param string $middle
- * @static 
- */';
+        $output = "/**\n";
+        $output .= " * \n";
+        $output .= " *\n";
+        $output .= " * @param string \$last\n";
+        $output .= " * @param string \$first\n";
+        $output .= " * @param string \$middle\n";
+        $output .= " * @static \n";
+        $output .= " */";
+
         $this->assertSame($output, $method->getDocComment(''));
         $this->assertSame('setName', $method->getName());
         $this->assertSame('\\'.ExampleClass::class, $method->getDeclaringClass());
@@ -59,13 +62,14 @@ public function testEloquentBuilderOutput()
 
         $method = new Method($reflectionMethod, 'Builder', $reflectionClass);
 
-        $output = '/**
- * Set the relationships that should be eager loaded.
- *
- * @param mixed $relations
- * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|static 
- * @static 
- */';
+        $output = "/**\n";
+        $output .= " * Set the relationships that should be eager loaded.\n";
+        $output .= " *\n";
+        $output .= " * @param mixed \$relations\n";
+        $output .= " * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|static \n";
+        $output .= " * @static \n";
+        $output .= " */";
+
         $this->assertSame($output, $method->getDocComment(''));
         $this->assertSame('with', $method->getName());
         $this->assertSame('\\'.Builder::class, $method->getDeclaringClass());
@@ -90,6 +94,29 @@ public function testDefaultSpecialChars()
         $this->assertSame('$chars = \'$\\\'\\\\\'', $method->getParamsWithDefault(true));
         $this->assertSame(['$chars = \'$\\\'\\\\\''], $method->getParamsWithDefault(false));
     }
+
+    public function testRespectsImportedNamespaces()
+    {
+        $reflectionClass = new \ReflectionClass(SampleClass::class);
+        $reflectionMethod = $reflectionClass->getMethod('someMethod');
+
+        $method = new Method($reflectionMethod, 'SampleClass', $reflectionClass);
+
+        $output = "/**\n";
+        $output .= " * \n";
+        $output .= " *\n";
+        $output .= " * @param \Illuminate\Support\Collection \$collection\n";
+        $output .= " * @param \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder \$builder\n";
+        $output .= " * @param \Illuminate\Support\Carbon \$carbon\n";
+        $output .= " * @param \Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\Tests\UnknownClass \$unknownClass\n";
+        $output .= " * @return \Illuminate\Support\Collection \n";
+        $output .= " * @static \n";
+        $output .= " */";
+
+        $this->assertSame($output, $method->getDocComment(''));
+        $this->assertSame('someMethod', $method->getName());
+        $this->assertSame('\\'. SampleClass::class, $method->getDeclaringClass());
+    }
 }
 
 class ExampleClass
@@ -109,3 +136,17 @@ public function setSpecialChars($chars = "\$'\\")
         return;
     }
 }
+
+class SampleClass {
+    /**
+     * @param Collection    $collection
+     * @param Builder       $builder
+     * @param AliasedCarbon $carbon
+     * @param UnknownClass  $unknownClass
+     *
+     * @return Collection
+     */
+    function someMethod(Collection $collection, Builder $builder, AliasedCarbon $carbon, UnknownClass $unknownClass) {
+        return collect();
+    }
+}