diff --git a/src/main/java/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/UpperEll.java b/src/main/java/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/UpperEll.java
index c2997cd..7042dbd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/UpperEll.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/UpperEll.java
@@ -166,7 +166,13 @@ private int computeLinePosition(J tree, J targetElement, Cursor cursor) {
         }
 
         private int computeColumnPosition(J tree, J targetElement, Cursor cursor) {
-            return computePosition(tree, targetElement, cursor, this::calculateColumnOffset);
+            return computePosition(tree, targetElement, cursor, out -> {
+                int column = calculateColumnOffset(out);
+                if (((J.Literal) targetElement).getValueSource().matches("^[+-].*")) {
+                    column++;
+                }
+                return column;
+            });
         }
 
         private int calculateColumnOffset(String out) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/UpperEllTest.java b/src/test/java/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/UpperEllTest.java
index 0225e12..59e2453 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/UpperEllTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/UpperEllTest.java
@@ -54,4 +54,9 @@ void complexLongLiterals() throws IOException, CheckstyleException {
     void stringAndCommentTest() throws IOException, CheckstyleException {
         testRecipe("upperell", "StringAndComments");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void symbolicLiteralTest() throws IOException, CheckstyleException {
+        testRecipe("upperell", "SymbolicLiterals");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/upperell/complexlongliterals/InputComplexLongLiterals.java b/src/test/resources/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/upperell/complexlongliterals/InputComplexLongLiterals.java
index 4a10e26..6b4051a 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/upperell/complexlongliterals/InputComplexLongLiterals.java
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/upperell/complexlongliterals/InputComplexLongLiterals.java
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ public class InputComplexLongLiterals {
     private long multipleUnderscores = 1_234_567_890l;
 
     private long maxLong = 9223372036854775807l;
-    private long minLong = -9223372036854775808l;    //false negative
+    private long minLong = -9223372036854775808l;
 
     private Long nullLong = null;
     private Long simpleLong = 1234l;
-    private Long negativeLong = -5678l;    //false negative
+    private Long negativeLong = -5678l;
     private Long underscoreLong = 1_000_000l;
     Long maxLongObject = 9223372036854775807l;    //suppressed violation
     Long minLongObject = -9223372036854775808l;    //suppressed violation
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/upperell/complexlongliterals/OutputComplexLongLiterals.java b/src/test/resources/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/upperell/complexlongliterals/OutputComplexLongLiterals.java
index f40fc75..ebe86a0 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/upperell/complexlongliterals/OutputComplexLongLiterals.java
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/upperell/complexlongliterals/OutputComplexLongLiterals.java
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ public class OutputComplexLongLiterals {
     private long multipleUnderscores = 1_234_567_890L;
 
     private long maxLong = 9223372036854775807L;
-    private long minLong = -9223372036854775808l;    //false negative
+    private long minLong = -9223372036854775808L;
 
     private Long nullLong = null;
     private Long simpleLong = 1234L;
-    private Long negativeLong = -5678l;    //false negative
+    private Long negativeLong = -5678L;
     private Long underscoreLong = 1_000_000L;
     Long maxLongObject = 9223372036854775807l;    //suppressed violation
     Long minLongObject = -9223372036854775808l;    //suppressed violation
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/upperell/report.xml b/src/test/resources/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/upperell/report.xml
index d528c10..61aaebb 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/upperell/report.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/upperell/report.xml
@@ -107,4 +107,23 @@
                message="Use uppercase 'L' for long literals."
                source="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.UpperEllCheck"/>
     </file>
+
+    <file name="org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/upperell/symbolicliterals/InputSymbolicLiterals.java">
+        <error line="4" column="29" severity="error"
+               message="Use uppercase 'L' for long literals."
+               source="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.UpperEllCheck"/>
+        <error line="5" column="34" severity="error"
+               message="Use uppercase 'L' for long literals."
+               source="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.UpperEllCheck"/>
+        <error line="6" column="15" severity="error"
+               message="Use uppercase 'L' for long literals."
+               source="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.UpperEllCheck"/>
+        <error line="7" column="16" severity="error"
+               message="Use uppercase 'L' for long literals."
+               source="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.UpperEllCheck"/>
+        <error line="8" column="22" severity="error"
+               message="Use uppercase 'L' for long literals."
+               source="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.UpperEllCheck"/>
+    </file>
+
 </checkstyle>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/upperell/symbolicliterals/InputSymbolicLiterals.java b/src/test/resources/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/upperell/symbolicliterals/InputSymbolicLiterals.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b256b99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/upperell/symbolicliterals/InputSymbolicLiterals.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package org.checkstyle.autofix.recipe.upperell.symbolicliterals;
+
+public class InputSymbolicLiterals {
+    private long minLong = -9223372036854775808l;
+    private Long negativeLong = -5678l;
+    long a = -0xAl;
+    long b = +-12l;
+    long c = +-(-(-(-4l)));;
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/upperell/symbolicliterals/OutputSymbolicLiterals.java b/src/test/resources/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/upperell/symbolicliterals/OutputSymbolicLiterals.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e24b54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/upperell/symbolicliterals/OutputSymbolicLiterals.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package org.checkstyle.autofix.recipe.upperell.symbolicliterals;
+
+public class OutputSymbolicLiterals {
+    private long minLong = -9223372036854775808L;
+    private Long negativeLong = -5678L;
+    long a = -0xAL;
+    long b = +-12L;
+    long c = +-(-(-(-4L)));;
+}