diff --git a/data/diagnostics.css b/data/diagnostics.css
index 515802ec..7136a80b 100644
--- a/data/diagnostics.css
+++ b/data/diagnostics.css
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@
 .warning   { color: purple; }
 .error     { color: red; }
 .note      { color: cyan; }
+/* Semantic values in Bison's parser traces.  */
+.value     { color: green; }
diff --git a/data/skeletons/c.m4 b/data/skeletons/c.m4
index 5987232d..fcf58a84 100644
--- a/data/skeletons/c.m4
+++ b/data/skeletons/c.m4
@@ -544,8 +544,10 @@ m4_if(b4_skeleton, ["yacc.c"],
     YYPRINT (yyo, yytoknum[yytype], *yyvaluep);
 # endif
 ]])dnl
-  b4_symbol_actions([printer])[
-}
+b4_percent_code_get([[pre-printer]])dnl
+  b4_symbol_actions([printer])
+b4_percent_code_get([[post-printer]])dnl
+[}
 
 
 /*---------------------------.
diff --git a/data/skeletons/lalr1.java b/data/skeletons/lalr1.java
index 62ae80da..5a77c692 100644
--- a/data/skeletons/lalr1.java
+++ b/data/skeletons/lalr1.java
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ b4_output_begin([b4_parser_file_name])[
 ]])[
 ]b4_user_pre_prologue[
 ]b4_user_post_prologue[
-]b4_percent_code_get([[imports]])
-[/**
+]b4_percent_code_get([[imports]])[
+/**
  * A Bison parser, automatically generated from <tt>]m4_bpatsubst(b4_file_name, [^"\(.*\)"$], [\1])[</tt>.
  *
  * @@author LALR (1) parser skeleton written by Paolo Bonzini.
diff --git a/src/parse-gram.y b/src/parse-gram.y
index 1c2199dc..263db619 100644
--- a/src/parse-gram.y
+++ b/src/parse-gram.y
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@
   #define YYTYPE_INT8 int_fast8_t
   #define YYTYPE_UINT16 uint_fast16_t
   #define YYTYPE_UINT8 uint_fast8_t
+
+  /* Add style to semantic values in traces.  */
+  static void tron (FILE *yyo);
+  static void troff (FILE *yyo);
 }
 
 %define api.header.include {"parse-gram.h"}
@@ -202,12 +206,15 @@
 %token TAG_ANY         "<*>"
 %token TAG_NONE        "<>"
 
+ /* Experimental feature, don't rely on it.  */
+%code pre-printer  {tron (yyo);}
+%code post-printer {troff (yyo);}
+
 %type <unsigned char> CHAR
 %printer { fputs (char_name ($$), yyo); } <unsigned char>
 
 %type <char*> "{...}" "%?{...}" "%{...%}" EPILOGUE STRING
-%printer { fputs (quotearg_style (c_quoting_style, $$), yyo); } STRING
-%printer { fprintf (yyo, "{\n%s\n}", $$); } <char*>
+%printer { fputs ($$, yyo); }  <char*>
 
 %type <uniqstr>
   BRACKETED_ID ID ID_COLON
@@ -1054,3 +1061,13 @@ current_lhs (symbol *sym, location loc, named_ref *ref)
   free (current_lhs_named_ref);
   current_lhs_named_ref = ref;
 }
+
+static void tron (FILE *yyo)
+{
+  begin_use_class ("value", yyo);
+}
+
+static void troff (FILE *yyo)
+{
+  end_use_class ("value", yyo);
+}