diff --git a/spec/declaration/global_function_spec.lua b/spec/declaration/global_function_spec.lua
index 6496309f3..b5a89be85 100644
--- a/spec/declaration/global_function_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/declaration/global_function_spec.lua
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ describe("global function", function()
          ]]))
 
          describe("with function arguments", function()
-            it("has ambiguity without parentheses in function type return", mode.check_syntax_error([[
+            it("has no ambiguity without parentheses in function type return", mode.check([[
                ]] .. mode.fn .. [[ map<a, b>(f: function(a):b, xs: {a}): {b}
                   local r = {}
                   for i, x in ipairs(xs) do
@@ -144,12 +144,7 @@ describe("global function", function()
                end
 
                print(table.concat(map(quoted, {"red", "green", "blue"}), ", "))
-            ]], {
-               { y = 1, x = 47 + #mode.fn, msg = "syntax error" },
-               { y = 1 },
-               { y = 1 },
-               { y = 1 },
-            }))
+            ]]))
 
             it("has no ambiguity with parentheses in function type return", mode.check([[
                ]] .. mode.fn .. [[ map<a,b>(f: function(a):(b), xs: {a}): {b}
diff --git a/spec/declaration/local_function_spec.lua b/spec/declaration/local_function_spec.lua
index 49bda904f..b953747d0 100644
--- a/spec/declaration/local_function_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/declaration/local_function_spec.lua
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ describe("local function", function()
    ]]))
 
    describe("with function arguments", function()
-      it("has ambiguity without parentheses in function type return", util.check_syntax_error([[
-         local function map(f: function(a):b, xs: {a}): {b}
+      it("has no ambiguity without parentheses in function type return", util.check([[
+         local function map<a, b>(f: function(a):b, xs: {a}): {b}
             local r = {}
             for i, x in ipairs(xs) do
                r[i] = f(x)
@@ -182,12 +182,7 @@ describe("local function", function()
          end
 
          print(table.concat(map(quoted, {"red", "green", "blue"}), ", "))
-      ]], {
-         { y = 1, x = 49, msg = "syntax error" },
-         { y = 1 },
-         { y = 1 },
-         { y = 1 },
-      }))
+      ]]))
 
       it("has no ambiguity with parentheses in function type return", util.check([[
          local function map<a,b>(f: function(a):(b), xs: {a}): {b}
diff --git a/tl.lua b/tl.lua
index 5078b2690..3863e8679 100644
--- a/tl.lua
+++ b/tl.lua
@@ -1642,7 +1642,7 @@ local function parse_table_literal(ps, i)
    return parse_bracket_list(ps, i, node, "{", "}", "term", parse_table_item)
 end
 
-local function parse_trying_list(ps, i, list, parse_item)
+local function parse_trying_list(ps, i, list, parse_item, ret_lookahead)
    local try_ps = {
       filename = ps.filename,
       tokens = ps.tokens,
@@ -1658,12 +1658,14 @@ local function parse_trying_list(ps, i, list, parse_item)
    end
    i = tryi
    table.insert(list, item)
-   if ps.tokens[i].tk == "," then
-      while ps.tokens[i].tk == "," do
-         i = i + 1
-         i, item = parse_item(ps, i)
-         table.insert(list, item)
-      end
+   while ps.tokens[i].tk == "," and
+      (not ret_lookahead or
+      (not (ps.tokens[i + 1].kind == "identifier" and
+      ps.tokens[i + 2] and ps.tokens[i + 2].tk == ":"))) do
+
+      i = i + 1
+      i, item = parse_item(ps, i)
+      table.insert(list, item)
    end
    return i, list
 end
@@ -1866,7 +1868,7 @@ parse_type_list = function(ps, i, mode)
    end
 
    local prev_i = i
-   i = parse_trying_list(ps, i, list, parse_type)
+   i = parse_trying_list(ps, i, list, parse_type, mode == "rets")
    if i == prev_i and ps.tokens[i].tk ~= ")" then
       fail(ps, i - 1, "expected a type list")
    end
diff --git a/tl.tl b/tl.tl
index ff2fd4cfa..0abe1689b 100644
--- a/tl.tl
+++ b/tl.tl
@@ -1642,7 +1642,7 @@ local function parse_table_literal(ps: ParseState, i: integer): integer, Node
    return parse_bracket_list(ps, i, node, "{", "}", "term", parse_table_item)
 end
 
-local function parse_trying_list<T>(ps: ParseState, i: integer, list: {T}, parse_item: ParseItem<T>): integer, {T}
+local function parse_trying_list<T>(ps: ParseState, i: integer, list: {T}, parse_item: ParseItem<T>, ret_lookahead: boolean): integer, {T}
    local try_ps: ParseState = {
       filename = ps.filename,
       tokens = ps.tokens,
@@ -1658,12 +1658,14 @@ local function parse_trying_list<T>(ps: ParseState, i: integer, list: {T}, parse
    end
    i = tryi
    table.insert(list, item)
-   if ps.tokens[i].tk == "," then
-      while ps.tokens[i].tk == "," do
-         i = i + 1
-         i, item = parse_item(ps, i)
-         table.insert(list, item)
-      end
+   while ps.tokens[i].tk == ","
+   and (not ret_lookahead
+        or (not (ps.tokens[i + 1].kind == "identifier"
+                 and ps.tokens[i + 2] and ps.tokens[i + 2].tk == ":")))
+   do
+      i = i + 1
+      i, item = parse_item(ps, i)
+      table.insert(list, item)
    end
    return i, list
 end
@@ -1866,7 +1868,7 @@ parse_type_list = function(ps: ParseState, i: integer, mode: ParseTypeListMode):
    end
 
    local prev_i = i
-   i = parse_trying_list(ps, i, list, parse_type)
+   i = parse_trying_list(ps, i, list, parse_type, mode == "rets")
    if i == prev_i and ps.tokens[i].tk ~= ")" then
       fail(ps, i - 1, "expected a type list")
    end