diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index aefdb6a142ac8..b5eb728f1cc8d 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -6,18 +6,14 @@ New language features
 
   * An *exception stack* is maintained on each task to make exception handling more robust and enable root cause analysis using `catch_stack` ([#28878]).
 
-
 Language changes
 ----------------
 
-  * the constructor `BigFloat(::BigFloat)` now respects the global precision setting and always
-    returns a `BigFloat` with precision equal to `precision(BigFloat)` ([#29127]). The optional
-    `precision` argument to override the global setting is now a keyword instead of positional
-    argument ([#29157]).
   * Parser inputs ending with a comma are now consistently treated as incomplete.
     Previously they were sometimes parsed as tuples, depending on whitespace ([#28506]).
-  * `Regex` and `TimeZone` now behave like scalars when used in broadcasting ([#29913], [#30159]).
-  * `Char` now behaves like a read-only 0-dimensional array ([#29819]).
+  * Big integer literals and command syntax (backticks) are now parsed with the name of
+    the macro (`@int128_str`, `@uint128_str`, `@big_str`, `@cmd`) qualified to refer
+    to the `Core` module ([#29968]).
 
 New library functions
 ---------------------
@@ -26,7 +22,6 @@ New library functions
   * `isnothing(::Any)` function, to check whether something is a `Nothing`, returns a `Bool` ([#29679]).
   * `getpid(::Process)` method ([#24064]).
 
-
 Standard library changes
 ------------------------
 
@@ -38,6 +33,12 @@ Standard library changes
   * `edit` can now be called on a module to edit the file that defines it ([#29636]).
   * `diff` now supports arrays of arbitrary dimensionality and can operate over any dimension ([#29827]).
   * `sprandn` now supports result types like `ComplexF64` or `Float32` ([#30083]).
+  * The constructor `BigFloat(::BigFloat)` now respects the global precision setting and always
+    returns a `BigFloat` with precision equal to `precision(BigFloat)` ([#29127]). The optional
+    `precision` argument to override the global setting is now a keyword instead of positional
+    argument ([#29157]).
+  * `Regex` and `TimeZone` now behave like scalars when used in broadcasting ([#29913], [#30159]).
+  * `Char` now behaves like a read-only 0-dimensional array ([#29819]).
 
 Compiler/Runtime improvements
 -----------------------------
diff --git a/base/boot.jl b/base/boot.jl
index 613cc686685c6..03b389b0f7e1f 100644
--- a/base/boot.jl
+++ b/base/boot.jl
@@ -457,6 +457,14 @@ end
 atdoc     = (source, mod, str, expr) -> Expr(:escape, expr)
 atdoc!(λ) = global atdoc = λ
 
+# macros for big integer syntax
+macro int128_str end
+macro uint128_str end
+macro big_str end
+
+# macro for command syntax
+macro cmd end
+
 
 # simple stand-alone print definitions for debugging
 abstract type IO end
diff --git a/base/sysimg.jl b/base/sysimg.jl
index e110b5c4b55a9..8e0dd138b9cea 100644
--- a/base/sysimg.jl
+++ b/base/sysimg.jl
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ convert(::Type{T}, arg)  where {T<:VecElement} = T(arg)
 convert(::Type{T}, arg::T) where {T<:VecElement} = arg
 
 # init core docsystem
-import Core: @doc, @__doc__, WrappedException
+import Core: @doc, @__doc__, WrappedException, @int128_str, @uint128_str, @big_str, @cmd
 if isdefined(Core, :Compiler)
     import Core.Compiler.CoreDocs
     Core.atdoc!(CoreDocs.docm)
diff --git a/src/julia-parser.scm b/src/julia-parser.scm
index f4e7b661a86ff..b9f80af1b5dd7 100644
--- a/src/julia-parser.scm
+++ b/src/julia-parser.scm
@@ -408,10 +408,10 @@
             ((eq? pred char-bin?) (fix-uint-neg neg (sized-uint-literal n s 1)))
             (is-float32-literal   (numchk n s) (float n))
             (n (if (and (integer? n) (> n 9223372036854775807))
-                   `(macrocall @int128_str (null) ,s)
+                   `(macrocall (core @int128_str) (null) ,s)
                    n))
-            ((within-int128? s) `(macrocall @int128_str (null) ,s))
-            (else `(macrocall @big_str (null) ,s))))))
+            ((within-int128? s) `(macrocall (core @int128_str) (null) ,s))
+            (else `(macrocall (core @big_str) (null) ,s))))))
 
 (define (fix-uint-neg neg n)
   (if neg
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@
           ((<= l 16)  (numchk n s) (uint16 n))
           ((<= l 32)  (numchk n s) (uint32 n))
           ((<= l 64)  (numchk n s) (uint64 n))
-          ((<= l 128) `(macrocall @uint128_str (null) ,s))
+          ((<= l 128) `(macrocall (core @uint128_str) (null) ,s))
           (else       (error "Hex or binary literal too large for UInt128")))))
 
 (define (sized-uint-oct-literal n s)
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@
                 (else             (uint64 n)))
           (begin (if (equal? s "0o") (numchk n s))
                  (if (oct-within-uint128? s)
-                     `(macrocall @uint128_str (null) ,s)
+                     `(macrocall (core @uint128_str) (null) ,s)
                      (error "Octal literal too large for UInt128"))))))
 
 (define (strip-leading-0s s)
@@ -471,9 +471,9 @@
       (>= 0 (compare-num-strings s "170141183460469231731687303715884105727"))))
 
 (define (large-number? t)
-  (and (pair? t)
-       (eq? (car t) 'macrocall)
-       (memq (cadr t) '(@int128_str @uint128_str @big_str))))
+  (and (pair? t) (eq? (car t) 'macrocall)
+       (pair? (cadr t)) (eq? (car (cadr t)) 'core)
+       (memq (cadadr t) '(@int128_str @uint128_str @big_str))))
 
 ;; skip to end of comment, starting at #:  either #...<eol> or #= .... =#.
 (define (skip-comment port)
@@ -996,10 +996,10 @@
   (if (eq? op '-)
       (if (large-number? num)
           (if (eqv? (cadddr num) "-170141183460469231731687303715884105728")
-              `(macrocall @big_str (null) "170141183460469231731687303715884105728")
+              `(macrocall (core @big_str) (null) "170141183460469231731687303715884105728")
               `(,(car num) ,(cadr num) ,(caddr num) ,(string.tail (cadddr num) 1)))
           (if (= num -9223372036854775808)
-              `(macrocall @int128_str (null) "9223372036854775808")
+              `(macrocall (core @int128_str) (null) "9223372036854775808")
               (- num)))
       num))
 
@@ -2340,7 +2340,7 @@
           ;; command syntax
           ((eqv? t #\`)
            (take-token s)
-           `(macrocall @cmd ,(line-number-node s) ,(parse-raw-literal s #\`)))
+           `(macrocall (core @cmd) ,(line-number-node s) ,(parse-raw-literal s #\`)))
 
           ((or (string? t) (number? t) (large-number? t)) (take-token s))
 
diff --git a/test/syntax.jl b/test/syntax.jl
index e0729116069e1..fea8b74e94840 100644
--- a/test/syntax.jl
+++ b/test/syntax.jl
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ end
 @test :(x`s\`"\x\$\\`) == :(@x_cmd "s`\"\\x\\\$\\")
 
 # Check multiline command literals
-@test :(@cmd "multiline\ncommand\n") == :```
+@test Expr(:macrocall, GlobalRef(Core, Symbol("@cmd")), LineNumberNode(@__LINE__, Symbol(@__FILE__)), "multiline\ncommand\n") == :```
 multiline
 command
 ```