diff --git a/src/complain.h b/src/complain.h
index 599afb97..41d0c566 100644
--- a/src/complain.h
+++ b/src/complain.h
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ void complain_init (void);
 
 typedef enum
   {
-    /**< Issue no warnings.  */
-    Wnone             = 0,
+    Wnone             = 0,       /**< Issue no warnings.  */
 
     Wmidrule_values   = 1 << warning_midrule_values,
     Wyacc             = 1 << warning_yacc,
diff --git a/src/parse-gram.y b/src/parse-gram.y
index 45484a73..52c85c8e 100644
--- a/src/parse-gram.y
+++ b/src/parse-gram.y
@@ -553,6 +553,9 @@ symbol_def:
 symbol_defs.1:
   symbol_def
 | symbol_defs.1 symbol_def
+  /* FIXME: cannot do that, results in infinite loop in LAC.
+| error                    { yyerrok; }
+  */
 ;
 
 
@@ -669,6 +672,12 @@ id:
     { $$ = symbol_from_uniqstr ($1, @1); }
 | CHAR
     {
+      if (current_class == nterm_sym)
+        {
+          gram_error (&@1,
+                      _("character literals cannot be non-terminals"));
+          YYERROR;
+        }
       $$ = symbol_get (char_name ($1), @1);
       symbol_class_set ($$, token_sym, @1, false);
       symbol_user_token_number_set ($$, $1, @1);
diff --git a/tests/input.at b/tests/input.at
index 84fd0944..4618d513 100644
--- a/tests/input.at
+++ b/tests/input.at
@@ -140,10 +140,12 @@ AT_DATA([input.y],
 [[%nterm expr "expression";
 %nterm term 123;
 %nterm fact 124 "factor";
+%nterm '+' '*';
+%nterm "number";
 %%
 expr: expr '+' term | term;
 term: term '*' fact | fact;
-fact: '0';
+fact: "number";
 ]])
 
 AT_BISON_CHECK([-fcaret input.y], [1], [],
@@ -168,6 +170,18 @@ input.y:3.13-15: error: non-terminals cannot be given an explicit number
 input.y:3.17-24: error: non-terminals cannot be given a string alias
  %nterm fact 124 "factor";
                  ^^^^^^^^
+input.y:4.1-6: warning: deprecated directive, use '%type' [-Wdeprecated]
+ %nterm '+' '*';
+ ^^^^^^
+input.y:4.8-10: error: character literals cannot be non-terminals
+ %nterm '+' '*';
+        ^^^
+input.y:5.1-6: warning: deprecated directive, use '%type' [-Wdeprecated]
+ %nterm "number";
+ ^^^^^^
+input.y:5.8-15: error: syntax error, unexpected string, expecting char or identifier or <tag>
+ %nterm "number";
+        ^^^^^^^^
 ]])
 
 AT_CLEANUP