diff --git a/spec/declaration/enum_spec.lua b/spec/declaration/enum_spec.lua
index 18556a04b..e3c6a10ce 100644
--- a/spec/declaration/enum_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/declaration/enum_spec.lua
@@ -104,4 +104,11 @@ describe("enum declaration", function()
    ]], {
       { y = 2, msg = "syntax error: this syntax is no longer valid; declare nested enum inside a record" },
    }))
+
+   it("accepts enum as soft keyword", util.check([[
+      local enum = 2
+      local t = {
+         enum = enum,
+      }
+   ]]))
 end)
diff --git a/spec/declaration/record_spec.lua b/spec/declaration/record_spec.lua
index d787e0b58..3c58abed7 100644
--- a/spec/declaration/record_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/declaration/record_spec.lua
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ for i, name in ipairs({"records", "arrayrecords"}) do
          { y = 2, msg = "syntax error: this syntax is no longer valid; declare nested record inside a record" },
       }))
 
+      it("accepts record as soft keyword", util.check([[
+         local record = 2
+         local t = {
+            record = record,
+         }
+      ]]))
+
       it("can be declared with 'global type'", util.check([[
          global type Point = record ]]..pick(i, "", "{Point}")..[[
             x: number
diff --git a/tl.lua b/tl.lua
index fbe13ac6a..3884c19c0 100644
--- a/tl.lua
+++ b/tl.lua
@@ -1480,14 +1480,19 @@ end
 
 local function parse_table_value(ps, i)
    local next_word = ps.tokens[i].tk
-   local e
    if next_word == "record" then
-      i = failskip(ps, i, "syntax error: this syntax is no longer valid; declare nested record inside a record", skip_record)
-   elseif next_word == "enum" then
+      local skip_i, e = skip(ps, i, skip_record)
+      if e then
+         fail(ps, i, "syntax error: this syntax is no longer valid; declare nested record inside a record")
+         return skip_i, new_node(ps.tokens, i, "error_node")
+      end
+   elseif next_word == "enum" and ps.tokens[i + 1].kind == "string" then
       i = failskip(ps, i, "syntax error: this syntax is no longer valid; declare nested enum inside a record", skip_enum)
-   else
-      i, e = parse_expression(ps, i)
+      return i, new_node(ps.tokens, i - 1, "error_node")
    end
+
+   local e
+   i, e = parse_expression(ps, i)
    if not e then
       e = new_node(ps.tokens, i - 1, "error_node")
    end
@@ -3022,7 +3027,7 @@ local function parse_type_constructor(ps, i, node_name, type_name, parse_body)
 end
 
 local function skip_type_declaration(ps, i)
-   return (parse_type_declaration(ps, i - 1, "local_type"))
+   return parse_type_declaration(ps, i - 1, "local_type")
 end
 
 local function parse_local(ps, i)
diff --git a/tl.tl b/tl.tl
index 76df6a0cf..427fd14af 100644
--- a/tl.tl
+++ b/tl.tl
@@ -1450,9 +1450,9 @@ local function verify_kind(ps: ParseState, i: integer, kind: TokenKind, node_kin
    return fail(ps, i, "syntax error, expected " .. kind)
 end
 
-local type SkipFunction = function(ParseState, integer): integer
+local type SkipFunction = function(ParseState, integer): integer, Node
 
-local function skip(ps: ParseState, i: integer, skip_fn: SkipFunction): integer
+local function skip(ps: ParseState, i: integer, skip_fn: SkipFunction): integer, Node
    local err_ps: ParseState = {
       filename = ps.filename,
       tokens = ps.tokens,
@@ -1480,14 +1480,19 @@ end
 
 local function parse_table_value(ps: ParseState, i: integer): integer, Node, integer
    local next_word = ps.tokens[i].tk
-   local e: Node
    if next_word == "record" then
-      i = failskip(ps, i, "syntax error: this syntax is no longer valid; declare nested record inside a record", skip_record)
-   elseif next_word == "enum" then
+      local skip_i, e = skip(ps, i, skip_record)
+      if e then
+         fail(ps, i, "syntax error: this syntax is no longer valid; declare nested record inside a record")
+         return skip_i, new_node(ps.tokens, i, "error_node")
+      end
+   elseif next_word == "enum" and ps.tokens[i + 1].kind == "string" then
       i = failskip(ps, i, "syntax error: this syntax is no longer valid; declare nested enum inside a record", skip_enum)
-   else
-      i, e = parse_expression(ps, i)
+      return i, new_node(ps.tokens, i - 1, "error_node")
    end
+
+   local e: Node
+   i, e = parse_expression(ps, i)
    if not e then
       e = new_node(ps.tokens, i - 1, "error_node")
    end
@@ -2083,7 +2088,7 @@ do
             local key: Node
             i = i + 1
             if ps.tokens[i].kind ~= "identifier" then
-               local skipped = skip(ps, i, parse_type)
+               local skipped = skip(ps, i, parse_type as SkipFunction)
                if skipped > i + 1 then
                   fail(ps, i, "syntax error, cannot declare a type here (missing 'local' or 'global'?)")
                   return skipped, failstore(tkop, e1)
@@ -2725,7 +2730,7 @@ parse_record_body = function(ps: ParseState, i: integer, def: Type, node: Node,
          i = i + 1
       elseif ps.tokens[i].tk == "{" then
          if def.typename == "arrayrecord" then
-            i = failskip(ps, i, "duplicated declaration of array element type in record", parse_type)
+            i = failskip(ps, i, "duplicated declaration of array element type in record", parse_type as SkipFunction)
          else
             i = i + 1
             local t: Type
@@ -2958,7 +2963,7 @@ local function parse_variable_declarations(ps: ParseState, i: integer, node_name
          return failskip(ps, i + 1, "syntax error: this syntax is no longer valid; use '" .. scope .. " enum " .. asgn.vars[1].tk .. "'", skip_enum)
       elseif next_word == "functiontype" then
          local scope = node_name == "local_declaration" and "local" or "global"
-         return failskip(ps, i + 1, "syntax error: this syntax is no longer valid; use '" .. scope .. " type " .. asgn.vars[1].tk .. " = function('...", parse_function_type)
+         return failskip(ps, i + 1, "syntax error: this syntax is no longer valid; use '" .. scope .. " type " .. asgn.vars[1].tk .. " = function('...", parse_function_type as SkipFunction)
       end
 
       i, asgn = parse_assignment_expression_list(ps, i, asgn)
@@ -3021,8 +3026,8 @@ local function parse_type_constructor(ps: ParseState, i: integer, node_name: Nod
    return i, asgn
 end
 
-local function skip_type_declaration(ps: ParseState, i: integer): integer
-   return (parse_type_declaration(ps, i - 1, "local_type"))
+local function skip_type_declaration(ps: ParseState, i: integer): integer, Node
+   return parse_type_declaration(ps, i - 1, "local_type")
 end
 
 local function parse_local(ps: ParseState, i: integer): integer, Node