VSCode: documentation on hover doesn't show complete function documentation - visual-studio-code

I'm learning a new API by writing some sample code in Visual Studio Code but documentation on hover cuts text abruptly and I don't want to use F12 ("go to function definition") each time to see the full documentation of a method in the header file; I suspect that VSCode doesn't like the #ref tag for some reason.
This is what the hover looks like:
This is the actual documentation in the header file of the method (MUCH longer):
Note: I installed an extension to show docs in the sidebar but the problem persists, so it must be something with VSCode itself I think

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