diff --git a/lib/yard/parser/ruby/ruby_parser.rb b/lib/yard/parser/ruby/ruby_parser.rb
index dd93cb91b..50a4403ef 100644
--- a/lib/yard/parser/ruby/ruby_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/yard/parser/ruby/ruby_parser.rb
@@ -330,9 +330,13 @@ def on_qwords_new
         
         def on_string_literal(*args)
           node = visit_event_arr(AstNode.new(:string_literal, args))
-          if @source[charno, 1] !~ /["']/
-            nsr = node.source_range
-            node.source_range = Range.new(nsr.first, nsr.last + 1) 
+          if args.size == 1
+            r = args[0].source_range
+            if node.source_range != Range.new(r.first - 1, r.last + 1)
+              klass = AstNode.node_class_for(node[0].type)
+              r = Range.new(node.source_range.first + 1, node.source_range.last - 1)
+              node[0] = klass.new(node[0].type, [@source[r]], :line => node.line_range, :char => r)
+            end
           end
           node
         end
diff --git a/spec/parser/ruby/ruby_parser_spec.rb b/spec/parser/ruby/ruby_parser_spec.rb
index bf3f3ff98..d4683d79d 100644
--- a/spec/parser/ruby/ruby_parser_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/parser/ruby/ruby_parser_spec.rb
@@ -191,8 +191,12 @@ def method2; end
       ["'", '"'].each do |q|
         src = "#{q}hello\n\nworld#{q}"
         s = stmt(src)
+        s.jump(:string_content)[0].should == "hello\n\nworld"
         s.source.should == src
       end
+      
+      src = '("this is a string")'
+      stmt(src).jump(:string_literal).source.should == '"this is a string"'
     end
   end
 end if HAVE_RIPPER