diff --git a/src/Support/Helpers/ExamplesExtractor.php b/src/Support/Helpers/ExamplesExtractor.php
index bc0c908c..de840eb6 100644
--- a/src/Support/Helpers/ExamplesExtractor.php
+++ b/src/Support/Helpers/ExamplesExtractor.php
@@ -11,18 +11,19 @@
 class ExamplesExtractor
 {
     public function __construct(
-        private ?PhpDocNode $docNode
+        private ?PhpDocNode $docNode,
+        private string $tagName = '@example',
     ) {
     }
 
-    public static function make(?PhpDocNode $docNode)
+    public static function make(?PhpDocNode $docNode, string $tagName = '@example')
     {
-        return new self($docNode);
+        return new self($docNode, $tagName);
     }
 
     public function extract(bool $preferString = false)
     {
-        if (! count($examples = $this->docNode->getTagsByName('@example'))) {
+        if (! count($examples = $this->docNode->getTagsByName($this->tagName))) {
             return [];
         }
 
@@ -52,6 +53,10 @@ private function getTypedExampleValue($exampleValue, bool $preferString = false)
             $exampleValue = $exampleValue === 'true';
         } elseif (is_numeric($exampleValue) && ! $preferString) {
             $exampleValue = floatval($exampleValue);
+
+            if (floor($exampleValue) == $exampleValue) {
+                $exampleValue = intval($exampleValue);
+            }
         }
 
         return $exampleValue;
diff --git a/src/Support/IndexBuilders/RequestParametersBuilder.php b/src/Support/IndexBuilders/RequestParametersBuilder.php
index c3bc5c61..240252e4 100644
--- a/src/Support/IndexBuilders/RequestParametersBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Support/IndexBuilders/RequestParametersBuilder.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Dedoc\Scramble\Support\Generator\Parameter;
 use Dedoc\Scramble\Support\Generator\Schema;
 use Dedoc\Scramble\Support\Generator\TypeTransformer;
+use Dedoc\Scramble\Support\Helpers\ExamplesExtractor;
 use Dedoc\Scramble\Support\Type\BooleanType;
 use Dedoc\Scramble\Support\Type\FloatType;
 use Dedoc\Scramble\Support\Type\IntegerType;
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ public function afterAnalyzedNode(Scope $scope, Node $node)
 
         $parameter = Parameter::make($parameterName, 'query'/* @todo: this is just a temp solution */);
 
-        [$parameterType, $parameterDefaultFromMethodCall] = match ($name) {
+        [$parameterType, $parameterDefault] = match ($name) {
             'integer' => $this->makeIntegerParameter($scope, $methodCallNode),
             'float' => $this->makeFloatParameter($scope, $methodCallNode),
             'boolean' => $this->makeBooleanParameter($scope, $methodCallNode),
@@ -76,12 +77,16 @@ public function afterAnalyzedNode(Scope $scope, Node $node)
             return;
         }
 
+        if ($parameterDefaultFromDoc = $this->getParameterDefaultFromPhpDoc($node)) {
+            $parameterDefault = $parameterDefaultFromDoc;
+        }
+
         $parameter
             ->description($this->makeDescriptionFromComments($node))
             ->setSchema(Schema::fromType(
                 app(TypeTransformer::class)->transform($parameterType)
             ))
-            ->default($parameterDefaultFromMethodCall ?? new MissingExample);
+            ->default($parameterDefault ?? new MissingExample);
 
         // @todo: query
         // @todo: get/input/post/?
@@ -159,6 +164,17 @@ private function makeQueryParameter(Scope $scope, Node $node, Parameter $paramet
 
     private function makeDescriptionFromComments(Node\Stmt\Expression $node)
     {
+        /*
+         * @todo: consider adding only @param annotation support,
+         * so when description is taken only if comment is marked with @param
+         */
+        if ($node->getDocComment()) {
+            /** @var PhpDocNode $phpDoc */
+            $phpDoc = $node->getAttribute('parsedPhpDoc');
+
+            return trim($phpDoc->getAttribute('summary').' '.$phpDoc->getAttribute('description'));
+        }
+
         if ($node->getComments()) {
             $docText = collect($node->getComments())
                 ->map(fn (Comment $c) => $c->getReformattedText())
@@ -167,16 +183,6 @@ private function makeDescriptionFromComments(Node\Stmt\Expression $node)
             return (string) Str::of($docText)->replace(['//', ' * ', '/**', '/*', '*/'], '')->trim();
         }
 
-        /*
-         * @todo: consider adding only @param annotation support,
-         * so when description is taken only if comment is marked with @param
-         */
-        if ($node->getDocComment()) {
-            return (string) Str::of($node->getDocComment()->getReformattedText())
-                ->replace(['//', ' * ', '/**', '/*', '*/'], '')
-                ->trim();
-        }
-
         return '';
     }
 
@@ -187,4 +193,12 @@ private function shouldIgnoreParameter(Node\Stmt\Expression $node)
 
         return !! $phpDoc->getTagsByName('@ignoreParam');
     }
+
+    private function getParameterDefaultFromPhpDoc(Node\Stmt\Expression $node)
+    {
+        /** @var PhpDocNode $phpDoc */
+        $phpDoc = $node->getAttribute('parsedPhpDoc');
+
+        return ExamplesExtractor::make($phpDoc, '@default')->extract()[0] ?? null;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Support/OperationExtensions/RequestBodyExtensionTest.php b/tests/Support/OperationExtensions/RequestBodyExtensionTest.php
index 78d576af..3f233c64 100644
--- a/tests/Support/OperationExtensions/RequestBodyExtensionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Support/OperationExtensions/RequestBodyExtensionTest.php
@@ -204,3 +204,20 @@ public function index(Illuminate\Http\Request $request)
         $request->integer('foo', 10);
     }
 }
+
+it('uses and overrides default param value when it is provided manually in doc', function () {
+    $openApiDocument = generateForRoute(function () {
+        return RouteFacade::post('api/test', [RequestBodyExtensionTest__uses_and_overrides_default_param_value_when_it_is_provided_manually_in_doc::class, 'index']);
+    });
+
+    expect($openApiDocument['paths']['/test']['post']['requestBody']['content']['application/json']['schema']['properties']['foo']['default'])
+        ->toBe(15);
+});
+class RequestBodyExtensionTest__uses_and_overrides_default_param_value_when_it_is_provided_manually_in_doc
+{
+    public function index(Illuminate\Http\Request $request)
+    {
+        /** @default 15 */
+        $request->integer('foo', 10);
+    }
+}