diff --git a/build/gen_stub.php b/build/gen_stub.php
index bc81b033f14..b17fbda6bf1 100755
--- a/build/gen_stub.php
+++ b/build/gen_stub.php
@@ -5585,19 +5585,21 @@ function replaceClassSynopses(
             $replacedXml = preg_replace(
                 [
                     "/REPLACED-ENTITY-([A-Za-z0-9._{}%-]+?;)/",
-                    '/<phpdoc:(classref|exceptionref)\s+xmlns:phpdoc=\"([^"]+)"\s+xmlns="([^"]+)"\s+xml:id="([^"]+)"\s*>/i',
-                    '/<phpdoc:(classref|exceptionref)\s+xmlns:phpdoc=\"([^"]+)"\s+xmlns="([^"]+)"\s+xmlns:xi="([^"]+)"\s+xml:id="([^"]+)"\s*>/i',
-                    '/<phpdoc:(classref|exceptionref)\s+xmlns:phpdoc=\"([^"]+)"\s+xmlns="([^"]+)"\s+xmlns:xlink="([^"]+)"\s+xmlns:xi="([^"]+)"\s+xml:id="([^"]+)"\s*>/i',
-                    '/<phpdoc:(classref|exceptionref)\s+xmlns:phpdoc=\"([^"]+)"\s+xmlns:xlink="([^"]+)"\s+xmlns:xi="([^"]+)"\s+xmlns="([^"]+)"\s+xml:id="([^"]+)"\s*>/i',
-                    '/<phpdoc:(classref|exceptionref)\s+xmlns=\"([^"]+)\"\s+xmlns:xlink="([^"]+)"\s+xmlns:xi="([^"]+)"\s+xmlns:phpdoc="([^"]+)"\s+xml:id="([^"]+)"\s*>/i',
+                    '/<reference\s+role="(\w+)"\s+xmlns="([^"]+)"\s+xml:id="([^"]+)"\s*>/i',
+                    '/<reference\s+role="(\w+)"\s+xmlns="([^"]+)"\s+xmlns:xi="([^"]+)"\s+xml:id="([^"]+)"\s*>/i',
+                    '/<reference\s+role="(\w+)"\s+xmlns="([^"]+)"\s+xmlns:xlink="([^"]+)"\s+xmlns:xi="([^"]+)"\s+xml:id="([^"]+)"\s*>/i',
+                    '/<reference\s+role="(\w+)"\s+xmlns:xlink="([^"]+)"\s+xmlns:xi="([^"]+)"\s+xmlns="([^"]+)"\s+xml:id="([^"]+)"\s*>/i',
+                    '/<reference\s+xmlns=\"([^"]+)\"\s+xmlns:xlink="([^"]+)"\s+xmlns:xi="([^"]+)"\s+role="(\w+)"\s+xml:id="([^"]+)"\s*>/i',
+                    '/<reference\s+xmlns=\"([^"]+)\"\s+xmlns:xlink="([^"]+)"\s+xmlns:xi="([^"]+)"\s+xml:id="([^"]+)"\s+role="(\w+)"\s*>/i',
                 ],
                 [
                     "&$1",
-                    "<phpdoc:$1 xml:id=\"$4\" xmlns:phpdoc=\"$2\" xmlns=\"$3\">",
-                    "<phpdoc:$1 xml:id=\"$5\" xmlns:phpdoc=\"$2\" xmlns=\"$3\" xmlns:xi=\"$4\">",
-                    "<phpdoc:$1 xml:id=\"$6\" xmlns:phpdoc=\"$2\" xmlns=\"$3\" xmlns:xlink=\"$4\" xmlns:xi=\"$5\">",
-                    "<phpdoc:$1 xml:id=\"$6\" xmlns:phpdoc=\"$2\" xmlns=\"$5\" xmlns:xlink=\"$3\" xmlns:xi=\"$4\">",
-                    "<phpdoc:$1 xml:id=\"$6\" xmlns:phpdoc=\"$5\" xmlns=\"$2\" xmlns:xlink=\"$3\" xmlns:xi=\"$4\">",
+                    "<reference xml:id=\"$3\" role=\"$1\" xmlns=\"$2\">",
+                    "<reference xml:id=\"$4\" role=\"$1\" xmlns=\"$2\" xmlns:xi=\"$3\">",
+                    "<reference xml:id=\"$5\" role=\"$1\" xmlns=\"$2\" xmlns:xlink=\"$3\" xmlns:xi=\"$4\">",
+                    "<reference xml:id=\"$5\" role=\"$1\" xmlns=\"$4\" xmlns:xlink=\"$2\" xmlns:xi=\"$2\">",
+                    "<reference xml:id=\"$5\" role=\"$4\" xmlns=\"$1\" xmlns:xlink=\"$2\" xmlns:xi=\"$3\">",
+                    "<reference xml:id=\"$4\" role=\"$5\" xmlns=\"$1\" xmlns:xlink=\"$2\" xmlns:xi=\"$3\">",
                 ],
                 $replacedXml
             );