diff --git a/src/Alias.php b/src/Alias.php
index 80d1c2b3d..7f2eae20c 100644
--- a/src/Alias.php
+++ b/src/Alias.php
@@ -413,7 +413,9 @@ protected function detectMethods()
     protected function getReturnTypeNormalizers($class)
     {
         if ($this->alias === 'Eloquent' && in_array($class->getName(), [EloquentBuilder::class, QueryBuilder::class])) {
-            return ['$this' => '\\' . EloquentBuilder::class . '|static'];
+            return [
+                '$this' => '\\' . EloquentBuilder::class . ($this->config->get('ide-helper.use_generics_annotations') ? '<static>' : '|static')
+            ];
         }
 
         return [];
diff --git a/tests/MethodTest.php b/tests/MethodTest.php
index 5d60e47f5..f5beafbba 100644
--- a/tests/MethodTest.php
+++ b/tests/MethodTest.php
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public function testEloquentBuilderNormalizedReturnType()
         $reflectionClass = new \ReflectionClass(EloquentBuilder::class);
         $reflectionMethod = $reflectionClass->getMethod('where');
 
-        $method = new Method($reflectionMethod, 'Builder', $reflectionClass, null, [], [], ['$this' => '\\' . EloquentBuilder::class . '|static']);
+        $method = new Method($reflectionMethod, 'Builder', $reflectionClass, null, [], [], ['$this' => '\\' . EloquentBuilder::class . '<static>']);
 
         $output =  <<<'DOC'
 /**
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public function testEloquentBuilderNormalizedReturnType()
  * @param mixed $operator
  * @param mixed $value
  * @param string $boolean
- * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|static 
+ * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder<static> 
  * @static 
  */
 DOC;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public function testEloquentBuilderNormalizedReturnType()
         $this->assertSame(['$column', '$operator', '$value', '$boolean'], $method->getParams(false));
         $this->assertSame(['$column', "\$operator = null", "\$value = null", "\$boolean = 'and'"], $method->getParamsWithDefault(false));
         $this->assertTrue($method->shouldReturn());
-        $this->assertSame('\Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|static', rtrim($method->getReturnTag()->getType()));
+        $this->assertSame('\Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder<static>', rtrim($method->getReturnTag()->getType()));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public function testQueryBuilderNormalizedReturnType()
         $reflectionClass = new \ReflectionClass(QueryBuilder::class);
         $reflectionMethod = $reflectionClass->getMethod('whereNull');
 
-        $method = new Method($reflectionMethod, 'Builder', $reflectionClass, null, [], [], ['$this' => '\\' . EloquentBuilder::class . '|static']);
+        $method = new Method($reflectionMethod, 'Builder', $reflectionClass, null, [], [], ['$this' => '\\' . EloquentBuilder::class . '<static>']);
 
         $output =  <<<'DOC'
 /**
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public function testQueryBuilderNormalizedReturnType()
  * @param string|array|\Illuminate\Contracts\Database\Query\Expression $columns
  * @param string $boolean
  * @param bool $not
- * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|static 
+ * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder<static> 
  * @static 
  */
 DOC;
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public function testQueryBuilderNormalizedReturnType()
         $this->assertSame(['$columns', '$boolean', '$not'], $method->getParams(false));
         $this->assertSame(['$columns', "\$boolean = 'and'", '$not = false'], $method->getParamsWithDefault(false));
         $this->assertTrue($method->shouldReturn());
-        $this->assertSame('\Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|static', rtrim($method->getReturnTag()->getType()));
+        $this->assertSame('\Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder<static>', rtrim($method->getReturnTag()->getType()));
     }
 
     /**