diff --git a/lib/jscs-rules/require-comments-to-include-access.js b/lib/jscs-rules/require-comments-to-include-access.js
index 67bb85de647..c0e6c6ca5b0 100644
--- a/lib/jscs-rules/require-comments-to-include-access.js
+++ b/lib/jscs-rules/require-comments-to-include-access.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ function isModuleOnlyComment(comment) {
 }
 
 function includesAccessDeclaration(comment) {
-  return comment.value.match(/\n\s*(@private|@public)\s/);
+  return comment.value.match(/\n\s*(@private|@public|@protected)\s/);
 }
 
 function RequireCommentsToIncludeAccess() { }
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ RequireCommentsToIncludeAccess.prototype = {
   check: function(file, errors) {
     file.iterateTokensByType('Block', function(comment) {
       if (isDocComment(comment) && !isModuleOnlyComment(comment) && !includesAccessDeclaration(comment)) {
-        errors.add('You must supply `@public` or `@private` for block comments.', comment.loc.end);
+        errors.add('You must supply `@public`, `@private`, or `@protected` for block comments.', comment.loc.end);
       }
     });
   }