diff --git a/compiler/parse/index.js b/compiler/parse/index.js
index 06c288e833..03b02e3697 100644
--- a/compiler/parse/index.js
+++ b/compiler/parse/index.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export default function parse ( template ) {
 		},
 
 		acornError ( err ) {
-			parser.error( err.message.replace( /\(\d+:\d+\)$/, '' ), err.pos );
+			parser.error( err.message.replace( / \(\d+:\d+\)$/, '' ), err.pos );
 		},
 
 		error ( message, index = this.index ) {
diff --git a/test/parser/error-illegal-expression/error.json b/test/parser/error-illegal-expression/error.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30993d29e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parser/error-illegal-expression/error.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+	"message": "Assigning to rvalue",
+	"loc": {
+		"line": 1,
+		"column": 2
+	},
+	"pos": 2
+}
diff --git a/test/parser/error-illegal-expression/input.html b/test/parser/error-illegal-expression/input.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b020c7526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parser/error-illegal-expression/input.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{{42 = nope}}
diff --git a/test/parser/error-unexpected-end-of-input/error.json b/test/parser/error-unexpected-end-of-input/error.json
index e171d2a2e8..bfd44de077 100644
--- a/test/parser/error-unexpected-end-of-input/error.json
+++ b/test/parser/error-unexpected-end-of-input/error.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
 	"message": "Unexpected end of input",
 	"loc": {
-		"line": 1,
-		"column": 5
+		"line": 2,
+		"column": 0
 	},
-	"pos": 5
+	"pos": 6
 }