diff --git a/src/parser.jl b/src/parser.jl
index 4203c40e..e02b2127 100644
--- a/src/parser.jl
+++ b/src/parser.jl
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ function parse_range(ps::ParseState)
             end
             n_colons += 1
             bump(ps, n_colons == 1 ? EMPTY_FLAGS : TRIVIA_FLAG)
-            had_newline = peek(ps, skip_newlines=false) == K"NewlineWs"
+            had_newline = peek(ps) == K"NewlineWs"
             t = peek_token(ps)
             if is_closing_token(ps, kind(t))
                 # 1: }    ==>  (call-i 1 : (error))
@@ -824,7 +824,8 @@ function parse_range(ps::ParseState)
             end
             if had_newline
                 # Error message for people coming from python
-                # 1:\n2 ==> (call-i 1 : (error))
+                # 1:\n2   ==> (call-i 1 : (error))
+                # (1:\n2) ==> (call-i 1 : 2)
                 emit_diagnostic(ps, whitespace=true,
                                 error="line break after `:` in range expression")
                 bump_invisible(ps, K"error")
diff --git a/test/parser.jl b/test/parser.jl
index 4a50b0c8..be7ed72d 100644
--- a/test/parser.jl
+++ b/test/parser.jl
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ tests = [
         "1:2:3"     => "(call-i 1 : 2 3)"
         "a:b:c:d:e" => "(call-i (call-i a : b c) : d e)"
         "a :< b"    => "(call-i a (error : <) b)"
+        "1:\n2"     => "(call-i 1 : (error))"
     ],
     JuliaSyntax.parse_range => [
         "a..b"       => "(call-i a .. b)"
@@ -561,6 +562,9 @@ tests = [
         # Generators
         "(x for a in as)"       =>  "(generator x (= a as))"
         "(x \n\n for a in as)"  =>  "(generator x (= a as))"
+        # Range parsing in parens
+        "(1:\n2)" => "(call-i 1 : 2)"
+        "(1:2)" => "(call-i 1 : 2)"
     ],
     JuliaSyntax.parse_atom => [
         ":foo"   => "(quote foo)"