diff --git a/cypress/integration/rendering/classDiagram.spec.js b/cypress/integration/rendering/classDiagram.spec.js
index 3f022b55de..078094519a 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/rendering/classDiagram.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/rendering/classDiagram.spec.js
@@ -274,4 +274,19 @@ describe('Class diagram', () => {
     );
     cy.get('svg');
   });
+
+  it('11: should render a simple class diagram with return type on method', () => {
+    imgSnapshotTest(
+      `
+    classDiagram
+      class Class10~T~ {
+        int[] id
+        test(int[] ids) bool
+        testArray() bool[]
+      }
+      `,
+      {}
+    );
+    cy.get('svg');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/docs/classDiagram.md b/docs/classDiagram.md
index 8ed305ad4c..f0b3c3cf7c 100644
--- a/docs/classDiagram.md
+++ b/docs/classDiagram.md
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Naming convention: a class name should be composed of alphanumeric (unicode allo
 
 UML provides mechanisms to represent class members, such as attributes and methods, and additional information about them.
 
-Mermaid distinguishes between attributes and functions/methods based on if the **parenthesis** `()` are present or not. The ones with `()` are treated as functions/methods, and others as attributes.
+Mermaid distinguishes between attributes and functions/methods based on if the **parenthesis** `()` are present or not. The ones with `()` are treated as functions/methods, and others as attributes. To indicate a return type for a method, enclose the type within **square brackets** `[]`
 
 
 There are two ways to define the members of a class, and regardless of whichever syntax is used to define the members, the output will still be same. The two different ways are :
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ There are two ways to define the members of a class, and regardless of whichever
   class BankAccount
   BankAccount : +String owner
   BankAccount : +BigDecimal balance
-  BankAccount : +deposit(amount)
-  BankAccount : +withdrawl(amount)
+  BankAccount : +deposit(amount) bool
+  BankAccount : +withdrawal(amount)
   ```
 
   ```  mermaid
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ There are two ways to define the members of a class, and regardless of whichever
     class BankAccount
     BankAccount : +String owner
     BankAccount : +BigDecimal balance
-    BankAccount : +deposit(amount)
+    BankAccount : +deposit(amount) : bool
     BankAccount : +withdrawl(amount)
   ```
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ There are two ways to define the members of a class, and regardless of whichever
 class BankAccount{
     +String owner
     +BigDecimal balance
-    +deposit(amount)
+    +deposit(amount) bool
     +withdrawl(amount)
 }
 ```
@@ -142,12 +142,15 @@ class BankAccount{
     class BankAccount{
         +String owner
         +BigDecimal balance
-        +deposit(amount)
+        +deposit(amount) : bool
         +withdrawl(amount)
 }
 ```
 
 
+#### Return Type
+Optionally you can end the method/function definition with the data type that will be returned
+
 #### Visibility
 To specify the visibility of a class member (i.e. any attribute or method), these notations may be placed before the member's name, but it is optional:
 
diff --git a/src/diagrams/class/classDiagram.spec.js b/src/diagrams/class/classDiagram.spec.js
index 89bfdc01b8..8510b086d2 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/class/classDiagram.spec.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/class/classDiagram.spec.js
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ describe('class diagram, ', function () {
       parser.parse(str);
     });
 
-    it('should handle parsing of method statements  grouped by brackets', function () {
+    it('should handle parsing of method statements grouped by brackets', function () {
       const str =
         'classDiagram\n' +
         'class Dummy_Class {\n' +
@@ -121,6 +121,36 @@ describe('class diagram, ', function () {
       parser.parse(str);
     });
 
+    it('should handle return types on methods', function () {
+      const str =
+        'classDiagram\n' +
+        'Object <|-- ArrayList\n' +
+        'Object : equals()\n' +
+        'Object : -Object[] objects\n' +
+        'Object : +getObjects() Object[]\n' +
+        'ArrayList : Dummy elementData\n' +
+        'ArrayList : getDummy() Dummy';
+
+      parser.parse(str);
+    });
+
+    it('should handle return types on methods grouped by brackets', function () {
+      const str =
+        'classDiagram\n' +
+        'class Dummy_Class {\n' +
+        'string data\n' +
+        'getDummy() Dummy\n' +
+        '}\n' +
+        '\n' +
+        'class Flight {\n' +
+        '   int flightNumber\n' +
+        '   datetime departureTime\n' +
+        '   getDepartureTime() datetime\n' +
+        '}';
+
+      parser.parse(str);
+    });
+
     it('should handle parsing of separators', function () {
       const str =
         'classDiagram\n' +
diff --git a/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer.js b/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer.js
index ca4bfba782..39a15a5bd3 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer.js
@@ -288,23 +288,14 @@ const drawClass = function(elem, classDef) {
   }
 
   const addTspan = function(textEl, txt, isFirst) {
+    let isMethod = txt.indexOf(')') > 1;
     let displayText = txt;
     let cssStyle = '';
-    let methodEnd = txt.indexOf(')') + 1;
-
-    if (methodEnd > 1 && methodEnd <= txt.length) {
-      let classifier = txt.substring(methodEnd);
-
-      switch (classifier) {
-        case '*':
-          cssStyle = 'font-style:italic;';
-          break;
-        case '$':
-          cssStyle = 'text-decoration:underline;';
-          break;
-      }
 
-      displayText = txt.substring(0, methodEnd);
+    if (isMethod) {
+      let method = buildDisplayTextForMethod(txt);
+      displayText = method.displayText;
+      cssStyle = method.cssStyle;
     }
 
     const tSpan = textEl
@@ -321,6 +312,50 @@ const drawClass = function(elem, classDef) {
     }
   };
 
+  const buildDisplayTextForMethod = function(txt) {
+    let regEx = /(\+|-|~|#)?(\w+)\s?\((\w+(<\w+>|\[\])?\s?(\w+)?)?\)\s?([*|$])?\s?(\w+(<\w+>|\[\])?)?/;
+
+    let cssStyle = '';
+    let displayText = txt;
+    let methodName = txt;
+    let classifier = '';
+
+    let parsedText = txt.match(regEx);
+
+    if (parsedText) {
+      let visibility = parsedText[1] ? parsedText[1].trim() : '';
+      methodName = parsedText[2] ? parsedText[2].trim() : '';
+      let parameters = parsedText[3] ? parsedText[3].trim() : '';
+      classifier = parsedText[6] ? parsedText[6].trim() : '';
+      let returnType = parsedText[7] ? ' : ' + parsedText[7].trim() : '';
+
+      displayText = visibility + methodName + '(' + parameters + ')' + returnType;
+    } else {
+      let methodEnd = displayText.indexOf(')') + 1;
+      classifier = displayText.substring(methodEnd, methodEnd + 1);
+      if (classifier !== '' && classifier !== ' ') {
+        displayText = displayText.replace(classifier, '');
+      }
+    }
+
+    switch (classifier) {
+      case '*':
+        cssStyle = 'font-style:italic;';
+        break;
+      case '$':
+        cssStyle = 'text-decoration:underline;';
+        break;
+    }
+
+    let method = {
+      methodname: methodName,
+      displayText: displayText,
+      cssStyle: cssStyle
+    };
+
+    return method;
+  };
+
   const id = classDef.id;
   const classInfo = {
     id: id,