diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index b14c57459..e70174724 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -3188,10 +3188,10 @@ static void linkBrackets(const Tokenizer * const tokenizer, std::stack<const Tok
     } else if (token->str()[0] == close) {
         if (links.empty()) {
             // Error, { and } don't match.
-            tokenizer->syntaxError(token, open);
+            tokenizer->unmatchedToken(token);
         }
         if (type.top()->str()[0] != open) {
-            tokenizer->syntaxError(type.top(), type.top()->str()[0]);
+            tokenizer->unmatchedToken(type.top());
         }
         type.pop();
 
@@ -3220,17 +3220,17 @@ void Tokenizer::createLinks()
 
     if (!links1.empty()) {
         // Error, { and } don't match.
-        syntaxError(links1.top(), '{');
+        unmatchedToken(links1.top());
     }
 
     if (!links2.empty()) {
         // Error, ( and ) don't match.
-        syntaxError(links2.top(), '(');
+        unmatchedToken(links2.top());
     }
 
     if (!links3.empty()) {
         // Error, [ and ] don't match.
-        syntaxError(links3.top(), '[');
+        unmatchedToken(links3.top());
     }
 }
 
@@ -7930,17 +7930,12 @@ void Tokenizer::syntaxError(const Token *tok) const
     throw InternalError(tok, "syntax error", InternalError::SYNTAX);
 }
 
-void Tokenizer::syntaxError(const Token *tok, char c) const
+void Tokenizer::unmatchedToken(const Token *tok) const
 {
     printDebugOutput(0);
-    if (mConfiguration.empty())
-        throw InternalError(tok,
-                            std::string("Invalid number of character '") + c + "' when no macros are defined.",
-                            InternalError::SYNTAX);
-    else
-        throw InternalError(tok,
-                            std::string("Invalid number of character '") + c + "' when these macros are defined: '" + mConfiguration + "'.",
-                            InternalError::SYNTAX);
+    throw InternalError(tok,
+                        "Unmatched '" + tok->str() + "'. Configuration: '" + mConfiguration + "'.",
+                        InternalError::SYNTAX);
 }
 
 void Tokenizer::syntaxErrorC(const Token *tok, const std::string &what) const
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.h b/lib/tokenize.h
index 3aa14a88a..f7bf3a306 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.h
+++ b/lib/tokenize.h
@@ -594,8 +594,8 @@ public:
     /** Syntax error */
     void syntaxError(const Token *tok) const;
 
-    /** Syntax error. Example: invalid number of ')' */
-    void syntaxError(const Token *tok, char c) const;
+    /** Syntax error. Unmatched character. */
+    void unmatchedToken(const Token *tok) const;
 
     /** Syntax error. C++ code in C file. */
     void syntaxErrorC(const Token *tok, const std::string &what) const;
diff --git a/samples/syntaxError/out.txt b/samples/syntaxError/out.txt
index 8f0626044..2617f34bf 100644
--- a/samples/syntaxError/out.txt
+++ b/samples/syntaxError/out.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-[samples\syntaxError\bad.c:2]: (error) Invalid number of character '{' when no macros are defined.
+[samples\syntaxError\bad.c:2]: (error) Unmatched '{'. Configuration: ''.
diff --git a/test/testgarbage.cpp b/test/testgarbage.cpp
index 869730285..8441e5331 100644
--- a/test/testgarbage.cpp
+++ b/test/testgarbage.cpp
@@ -284,6 +284,19 @@ private:
         return tokenizer.tokens()->stringifyList(false, false, false, true, false, 0, 0);
     }
 
+    std::string getSyntaxError(const char code[]) {
+        Tokenizer tokenizer(&settings, this);
+        std::istringstream istr(code);
+        try {
+            tokenizer.tokenize(istr, "test.cpp");
+        } catch (InternalError& e) {
+            if (e.id != "syntaxError")
+                return "";
+            return "[test.cpp:" + MathLib::toString(e.token->linenr()) + "] " + e.errorMessage;
+        }
+        return "";
+    }
+
     void wrong_syntax1() {
         {
             const char code[] ="TR(kvmpio, PROTO(int rw), ARGS(rw), TP_(aa->rw;))";
@@ -1007,23 +1020,34 @@ private:
                                "}\n"), InternalError);
 
         {
-            errout.str("");
             const char code[] = "{\n"
-                                "   a(\n"
+                                "   a(\n" // <- error
                                 "}\n"
                                 "{\n"
                                 "   b());\n"
                                 "}\n";
-            Tokenizer tokenizer(&settings, this);
-            std::istringstream istr(code);
-            try {
-                tokenizer.tokenize(istr, "test.cpp");
-                assertThrowFail(__FILE__, __LINE__);
-            } catch (InternalError& e) {
-                ASSERT_EQUALS("Invalid number of character '(' when no macros are defined.", e.errorMessage);
-                ASSERT_EQUALS("syntaxError", e.id);
-                ASSERT_EQUALS(2, e.token->linenr());
-            }
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2] Unmatched '('. Configuration: ''.", getSyntaxError(code));
+        }
+
+        {
+            const char code[] = "void f() {\n"
+                                "   int x = 3) + 0;\n" // <- error: unmatched )
+                                "}\n";
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2] Unmatched ')'. Configuration: ''.", getSyntaxError(code));
+        }
+
+        {
+            const char code[] = "void f() {\n"
+                                "   int x = (3] + 0;\n" // <- error: unmatched ]
+                                "}\n";
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2] Unmatched ']'. Configuration: ''.", getSyntaxError(code));
+        }
+
+        {
+            const char code[] = "void f() {\n" // <- error: unmatched {
+                                "   {\n"
+                                "}\n";
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:1] Unmatched '{'. Configuration: ''.", getSyntaxError(code));
         }
     }