diff --git a/include/asm/section.h b/include/asm/section.h
index d92aca67..c2fc531f 100644
--- a/include/asm/section.h
+++ b/include/asm/section.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ void sect_PCRelByte(struct Expression *expr, uint32_t pcShift);
 void sect_BinaryFile(char const *s, int32_t startPos);
 void sect_BinaryFileSlice(char const *s, int32_t start_pos, int32_t length);
 
+void sect_EndSection(void);
 void sect_PushSection(void);
 void sect_PopSection(void);
 
diff --git a/man/rgbasm.5 b/man/rgbasm.5
index c96ace2a..68548c7a 100644
--- a/man/rgbasm.5
+++ b/man/rgbasm.5
@@ -714,6 +714,11 @@ SECTION "OAM Data",WRAM0,ALIGN[8] ;\ align to 256 bytes
 SECTION "VRAM Data",ROMX,BANK[2],ALIGN[4] ;\ align to 16 bytes
 .Ed
 .El
+.Pp
+The current section can be ended without starting a new section by using
+.Ic ENDSECTION .
+This directive will clear the section context, so you can no longer write code until you start another section.
+It can be useful to avoid accidentally defining code or data in the wrong section.
 .Ss Section stack
 .Ic POPS
 and
@@ -785,7 +790,7 @@ The former is situated in ROM, where the code is stored, the latter in RAM, wher
 .Pp
 You cannot nest
 .Ic LOAD
-blocks, nor can you change the current section within them.
+blocks, nor can you change or stop the current section within them.
 .Pp
 .Ic LOAD
 blocks can use the
diff --git a/src/asm/charmap.c b/src/asm/charmap.c
index fc8bb2f2..8a989fa3 100644
--- a/src/asm/charmap.c
+++ b/src/asm/charmap.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ size_t charmap_ConvertNext(char const **input, uint8_t **output)
 								   *input);
 
 				if (codepointLen == 0)
-					error("Input string is not valid UTF-8!\n");
+					error("Input string is not valid UTF-8\n");
 
 				// OK because UTF-8 has no NUL in multi-byte chars
 				*input += codepointLen;
diff --git a/src/asm/fstack.c b/src/asm/fstack.c
index 4f12fc49..d5147fda 100644
--- a/src/asm/fstack.c
+++ b/src/asm/fstack.c
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ void fstk_Init(char const *mainPath, size_t maxDepth)
 	struct LexerState *state = lexer_OpenFile(mainPath);
 
 	if (!state)
-		fatalerror("Failed to open main file!\n");
+		fatalerror("Failed to open main file\n");
 	lexer_SetState(state);
 	char const *fileName = lexer_GetFileName();
 	size_t len = strlen(fileName);
diff --git a/src/asm/lexer.c b/src/asm/lexer.c
index d9072fc0..8a16f515 100644
--- a/src/asm/lexer.c
+++ b/src/asm/lexer.c
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ static struct KeywordMapping {
 	{"DW", T_POP_DW},
 	{"DL", T_POP_DL},
 	{"SECTION", T_POP_SECTION},
+	{"ENDSECTION", T_POP_ENDSECTION},
 	{"PURGE", T_POP_PURGE},
 
 	{"RSRESET", T_POP_RSRESET},
@@ -572,7 +573,7 @@ struct KeywordDictNode {
 	uint16_t children[0x60 - ' '];
 	struct KeywordMapping const *keyword;
 // Since the keyword structure is invariant, the min number of nodes is known at compile time
-} keywordDict[370] = {0}; // Make sure to keep this correct when adding keywords!
+} keywordDict[377] = {0}; // Make sure to keep this correct when adding keywords!
 
 // Convert a char into its index into the dict
 static uint8_t dictIndex(char c)
diff --git a/src/asm/parser.y b/src/asm/parser.y
index 9c28a052..846a4d39 100644
--- a/src/asm/parser.y
+++ b/src/asm/parser.y
@@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ enum {
 %token	T_POP_EXPORT "EXPORT"
 %token	T_POP_DB "DB" T_POP_DS "DS" T_POP_DW "DW" T_POP_DL "DL"
 %token	T_POP_SECTION "SECTION" T_POP_FRAGMENT "FRAGMENT"
+%token	T_POP_ENDSECTION "ENDSECTION"
 %token	T_POP_RB "RB" T_POP_RW "RW" // There is no T_POP_RL, only T_Z80_RL
 %token	T_POP_MACRO "MACRO"
 %token	T_POP_ENDM "ENDM"
@@ -936,6 +937,7 @@ directive	: endc
 		| purge
 		| pops
 		| pushs
+		| endsection
 		| popo
 		| pusho
 		| opt
@@ -1056,6 +1058,9 @@ pops		: T_POP_POPS { sect_PopSection(); }
 pushs		: T_POP_PUSHS { sect_PushSection(); }
 ;
 
+endsection	: T_POP_ENDSECTION { sect_EndSection(); }
+;
+
 fail		: T_POP_FAIL string { fatalerror("%s\n", $2); }
 ;
 
diff --git a/src/asm/section.c b/src/asm/section.c
index dcdb4d2e..fd700744 100644
--- a/src/asm/section.c
+++ b/src/asm/section.c
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ void sect_EndUnion(void)
 void sect_CheckUnionClosed(void)
 {
 	if (unionStack)
-		error("Unterminated UNION construct!\n");
+		error("Unterminated UNION construct\n");
 }
 
 // Output an absolute byte
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ void sect_PopSection(void)
 		fatalerror("No entries in the section stack\n");
 
 	if (currentLoadSection)
-		fatalerror("Cannot change the section within a `LOAD` block!\n");
+		fatalerror("Cannot change the section within a `LOAD` block\n");
 
 	struct SectionStackEntry *entry = sectionStack;
 
@@ -981,6 +981,22 @@ void sect_PopSection(void)
 	free(entry);
 }
 
+void sect_EndSection(void)
+{
+	if (!currentSection)
+		fatalerror("Cannot end the section outside of a SECTION\n");
+
+	if (currentLoadSection)
+		fatalerror("Cannot end the section within a `LOAD` block\n");
+
+	if (unionStack)
+		fatalerror("Cannot end the section within a UNION\n");
+
+	// Reset the section scope
+	currentSection = NULL;
+	sym_SetCurrentSymbolScope(NULL);
+}
+
 bool sect_IsSizeKnown(struct Section const NONNULL(sect))
 {
 	// SECTION UNION and SECTION FRAGMENT can still grow
diff --git a/src/gfx/main.cpp b/src/gfx/main.cpp
index fcbfc85c..2e2aaf79 100644
--- a/src/gfx/main.cpp
+++ b/src/gfx/main.cpp
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static void registerInput(char const *arg) {
 		printUsage();
 		exit(1);
 	} else if (arg[0] == '\0') { // Empty input path
-		fprintf(stderr, "FATAL: input image path cannot be empty!\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "FATAL: input image path cannot be empty\n");
 		printUsage();
 		exit(1);
 	} else {
diff --git a/src/gfx/reverse.cpp b/src/gfx/reverse.cpp
index 969877a0..b85c6f1e 100644
--- a/src/gfx/reverse.cpp
+++ b/src/gfx/reverse.cpp
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ void reverse() {
 	auto const tiles = readInto(options.output);
 	uint8_t tileSize = 8 * options.bitDepth;
 	if (tiles.size() % tileSize != 0) {
-		fatal("Tile data size must be a multiple of %" PRIu8 " bytes! (Read %zu)", tileSize,
-		      tiles.size());
+		fatal("Tile data size (%zu bytes) is not a multiple of %" PRIu8 " bytes",
+		      tiles.size(), tileSize);
 	}
 
 	// By default, assume tiles are not deduplicated, and add the (allegedly) trimmed tiles
diff --git a/test/asm/endsection.asm b/test/asm/endsection.asm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2f9b360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/asm/endsection.asm
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+SECTION "test", ROM0
+	db 1
+ENDSECTION
+	db 2
diff --git a/test/asm/endsection.err b/test/asm/endsection.err
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64f1656c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/asm/endsection.err
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+error: endsection.asm(4):
+    Cannot output data outside of a SECTION
+error: Assembly aborted (1 error)!
diff --git a/test/asm/endsection.out b/test/asm/endsection.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b