diff --git a/Sources/SwiftParser/Patterns.swift b/Sources/SwiftParser/Patterns.swift
index 9c7395afbaa..9b3d12988e6 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftParser/Patterns.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftParser/Patterns.swift
@@ -175,10 +175,12 @@ extension Parser {
       && !self.currentToken.isAtStartOfLine
       && lookahead.canParseType()
     {
-      // Recovery if the user forgot to add ':'
-      let result = self.parseResultType()
+      let (unexpectedBeforeColon, colon) = self.expect(.colon)
+      let result = self.parseType()
+
       type = RawTypeAnnotationSyntax(
-        colon: self.missingToken(.colon),
+        unexpectedBeforeColon,
+        colon: colon,
         type: result,
         arena: self.arena
       )
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftParserDiagnostics/ParseDiagnosticsGenerator.swift b/Sources/SwiftParserDiagnostics/ParseDiagnosticsGenerator.swift
index 913e5109dba..40c474f59e2 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftParserDiagnostics/ParseDiagnosticsGenerator.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftParserDiagnostics/ParseDiagnosticsGenerator.swift
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ public class ParseDiagnosticsGenerator: SyntaxAnyVisitor {
     } else if node.first?.as(TokenSyntax.self)?.tokenKind.isIdentifier == true,
       let previousToken = node.previousToken(viewMode: .sourceAccurate),
       previousToken.tokenKind.isIdentifier,
-      previousToken.parent?.is(DeclSyntax.self) == true
+      previousToken.parent?.is(DeclSyntax.self) == true || previousToken.parent?.is(IdentifierPatternSyntax.self) == true
     {
       // If multiple identifiers are used for a declaration name, offer to join them together.
       let tokens =
diff --git a/Tests/SwiftParserTest/translated/RecoveryTests.swift b/Tests/SwiftParserTest/translated/RecoveryTests.swift
index eee8a0d36ad..ac9a93d1294 100644
--- a/Tests/SwiftParserTest/translated/RecoveryTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SwiftParserTest/translated/RecoveryTests.swift
@@ -813,9 +813,9 @@ final class RecoveryTests: XCTestCase {
     assertParse(
       #"""
       struct SS 1️⃣SS : Multi {
-        private var a 2️⃣b 3️⃣: Int = ""
+        private var a 2️⃣b : Int = ""
         func f() {
-          var c 4️⃣d = 5
+          var c 3️⃣d = 5
           let _ = 0
         }
       }
@@ -828,16 +828,24 @@ final class RecoveryTests: XCTestCase {
         ),
         DiagnosticSpec(
           locationMarker: "2️⃣",
-          message: "expected ':' in type annotation",
-          fixIts: ["insert ':'"]
+          message: "found an unexpected second identifier in pattern; is there an accidental break?",
+          fixIts: ["join the identifiers together", "join the identifiers together with camel-case"]
         ),
-        DiagnosticSpec(locationMarker: "3️⃣", message: #"unexpected code ': Int = ""' before function"#),
         DiagnosticSpec(
-          locationMarker: "4️⃣",
+          locationMarker: "3️⃣",
           message: "expected ':' in type annotation",
           fixIts: ["insert ':'"]
         ),
-      ]
+      ],
+      fixedSource: #"""
+        struct SSSS : Multi {
+          private var ab : Int = ""
+          func f() {
+            var c: d = 5
+            let _ = 0
+          }
+        }
+        """#
     )
   }
 
@@ -869,6 +877,24 @@ final class RecoveryTests: XCTestCase {
     )
   }
 
+  func testRecovery64c() {
+    assertParse(
+      """
+      private var a 1️⃣b : Int = ""
+      """,
+      diagnostics: [
+        DiagnosticSpec(
+          locationMarker: "1️⃣",
+          message: "found an unexpected second identifier in pattern; is there an accidental break?",
+          fixIts: ["join the identifiers together", "join the identifiers together with camel-case"]
+        )
+      ],
+      fixedSource: """
+        private var ab : Int = ""
+        """
+    )
+  }
+
   func testRecovery65() {
     assertParse(
       """