diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 1c356a33be8b5..d9c0de633fca7 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -150,11 +150,13 @@ Deprecated or removed
     and the Base signal processing functions which used FFTs are now in DSP.jl ([#21956]).
 
   * The `corrected` positional argument to `cov` has been deprecated in favor of
-    a keyword argument with the same name (#21709).
+    a keyword argument with the same name ([#21709]).
 
-  * Omitting a space between the condition and `?` in a ternary expression has been deprecated.
+  * Omitting spaces around the `?` and the `:` tokens in a ternary expression has been deprecated.
     Ternaries must now include some amount of whitespace, e.g. `x ? a : b` rather than
-    `x? a : b` ([#22523]).
+    `x?a:b` ([#22523] and [#22712]).
+
+  * `?` can no longer be used as an identifier name ([#22712])
 
   * The method `replace(s::AbstractString, pat, r, count)` with `count <= 0` is deprecated
     in favor of `replace(s::AbstractString, pat, r, typemax(Int))` ([#22325]).
@@ -994,4 +996,6 @@ Command-line option changes
 [#22310]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22310
 [#22523]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22523
 [#22532]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22532
+[#22709]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22709
+[#22712]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22712
 [#22732]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22732
diff --git a/base/docs/helpdb/Base.jl b/base/docs/helpdb/Base.jl
index 1dcd95a8a6870..783c959340391 100644
--- a/base/docs/helpdb/Base.jl
+++ b/base/docs/helpdb/Base.jl
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ the byte representation is different.
 
 This would create a 25-by-30000 `BitArray`, linked to the file associated with stream `s`.
 """
-Mmap.mmap(io, ::BitArray, dims = ?, offset = ?)
+Mmap.mmap(io, ::BitArray, dims, offset)
 
 """
     sizeof(T)
@@ -2151,7 +2151,7 @@ julia> pop!(d, "e", 4)
 4
 ```
 """
-pop!(collection,key,?)
+pop!(collection,key,default)
 
 """
     pop!(collection) -> item
diff --git a/base/grisu/bignum.jl b/base/grisu/bignum.jl
index 734dbefca1f1a..2f1d67ce292ed 100644
--- a/base/grisu/bignum.jl
+++ b/base/grisu/bignum.jl
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function generateshortestdigits!(num,den,minus,plus,is_even,buffer)
         in_delta_room_minus = is_even ?
             Bignums.lessequal(num,minus) : Bignums.less(num,minus)
         in_delta_room_plus = is_even ?
-            Bignums.pluscompare(num,plus,den) >= 0: Bignums.pluscompare(num,plus,den) > 0
+            Bignums.pluscompare(num,plus,den) >= 0 : Bignums.pluscompare(num,plus,den) > 0
         if !in_delta_room_minus && !in_delta_room_plus
             Bignums.times10!(num)
             Bignums.times10!(minus)
diff --git a/base/libgit2/repository.jl b/base/libgit2/repository.jl
index 3cf3295c55f90..84e7c70681665 100644
--- a/base/libgit2/repository.jl
+++ b/base/libgit2/repository.jl
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ function reset!(repo::GitRepo, obj::Nullable{<:GitObject}, pathspecs::AbstractSt
     @check ccall((:git_reset_default, :libgit2), Cint,
                  (Ptr{Void}, Ptr{Void}, Ptr{StrArrayStruct}),
                  repo.ptr,
-                 isnull(obj) ? C_NULL: Base.get(obj).ptr,
+                 isnull(obj) ? C_NULL : Base.get(obj).ptr,
                  collect(pathspecs))
     return head_oid(repo)
 end
diff --git a/base/linalg/matmul.jl b/base/linalg/matmul.jl
index 0fce02cbb699f..553ec886a3933 100644
--- a/base/linalg/matmul.jl
+++ b/base/linalg/matmul.jl
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ end
 # blas.jl defines matmul for floats; other integer and mixed precision
 # cases are handled here
 
-lapack_size(t::Char, M::AbstractVecOrMat) = (size(M, t=='N' ? 1:2), size(M, t=='N' ? 2:1))
+lapack_size(t::Char, M::AbstractVecOrMat) = (size(M, t=='N' ? 1 : 2), size(M, t=='N' ? 2 : 1))
 
 function copy!(B::AbstractVecOrMat, ir_dest::UnitRange{Int}, jr_dest::UnitRange{Int}, tM::Char, M::AbstractVecOrMat, ir_src::UnitRange{Int}, jr_src::UnitRange{Int})
     if tM == 'N'
diff --git a/base/linalg/special.jl b/base/linalg/special.jl
index d57ff0f23520a..e7ba87788d40b 100644
--- a/base/linalg/special.jl
+++ b/base/linalg/special.jl
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ end
 
 convert(::Type{Tridiagonal}, A::Bidiagonal{T}) where {T} =
     Tridiagonal(A.uplo == 'U' ? zeros(T, size(A.dv,1)-1) : A.ev, A.dv,
-                A.uplo == 'U' ? A.ev:zeros(T, size(A.dv,1)-1))
+                A.uplo == 'U' ? A.ev : zeros(T, size(A.dv,1)-1))
 
 function convert(::Type{Bidiagonal}, A::SymTridiagonal)
     if !iszero(A.ev)
diff --git a/base/parse.jl b/base/parse.jl
index 03d460d0585b8..543429ce142d9 100644
--- a/base/parse.jl
+++ b/base/parse.jl
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ function parse(str::AbstractString, pos::Int; greedy::Bool=true, raise::Bool=tru
     bstr = String(str)
     ex, pos = ccall(:jl_parse_string, Any,
                     (Ptr{UInt8}, Csize_t, Int32, Int32),
-                    bstr, sizeof(bstr), pos-1, greedy ? 1:0)
+                    bstr, sizeof(bstr), pos-1, greedy ? 1 : 0)
     if raise && isa(ex,Expr) && ex.head === :error
         throw(ParseError(ex.args[1]))
     end
diff --git a/base/version.jl b/base/version.jl
index 08938b3f48af9..e7268f9a9fe21 100644
--- a/base/version.jl
+++ b/base/version.jl
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ function banner(io::IO = STDOUT)
             commit_string = "$(branch)/$(commit) (fork: $(distance) commits, $(days) $(unit))"
         end
     end
-    commit_date = !isempty(GIT_VERSION_INFO.date_string) ? " ($(GIT_VERSION_INFO.date_string))": ""
+    commit_date = !isempty(GIT_VERSION_INFO.date_string) ? " ($(GIT_VERSION_INFO.date_string))" : ""
 
     if have_color
         c = text_colors
diff --git a/doc/src/manual/control-flow.md b/doc/src/manual/control-flow.md
index e06586239edd1..f44be2f49ac18 100644
--- a/doc/src/manual/control-flow.md
+++ b/doc/src/manual/control-flow.md
@@ -187,7 +187,9 @@ a ? b : c
 
 The expression `a`, before the `?`, is a condition expression, and the ternary operation evaluates
 the expression `b`, before the `:`, if the condition `a` is `true` or the expression `c`, after
-the `:`, if it is `false`.
+the `:`, if it is `false`. Note that the spaces around `?` and `:` are mandatory: an expression
+like `a?b:c` is not a valid ternary expression (but a newline is acceptable after both the `?` and
+the `:`).
 
 The easiest way to understand this behavior is to see an example. In the previous example, the
 `println` call is shared by all three branches: the only real choice is which literal string to
diff --git a/src/julia-parser.scm b/src/julia-parser.scm
index 49c5e6cfd40c1..28496f5d239cd 100644
--- a/src/julia-parser.scm
+++ b/src/julia-parser.scm
@@ -736,11 +736,20 @@
     (cond ((eq? (peek-token s) '?)
            (begin (if (not (ts:space? s))
                       (syntax-deprecation s (string (deparse ex) "?") (string (deparse ex) " ?")))
-                  (take-token s)
+                  (take-token s) ; take the ?
+                  (let ((t (with-whitespace-newline (without-range-colon (peek-token s)))))
+                    (if (not (ts:space? s))
+                        (syntax-deprecation s (string (deparse ex) " ?" (deparse t)) (string (deparse ex) " ? " (deparse t)))))
                   (let ((then (without-range-colon (parse-eq* s))))
-                    (if (not (eq? (take-token s) ':))
-                        (error "colon expected in \"?\" expression")
-                        (list 'if ex then (parse-eq* s))))))
+                    (if (not (eq? (peek-token s) ':))
+                        (error "colon expected in \"?\" expression"))
+                    (if (not (ts:space? s))
+                        (syntax-deprecation s (string (deparse ex) " ? " (deparse then) ":") (string (deparse ex) " ? " (deparse then) " :")))
+                    (take-token s) ; take the :
+                    (let ((t (with-whitespace-newline (peek-token s))))
+                      (if (not (ts:space? s))
+                          (syntax-deprecation s (string (deparse ex) " ? " (deparse then) " :" t) (string (deparse ex) " ? " (deparse then) " : " t))))
+                    (list 'if ex then (parse-eq* s)))))
           (else ex))))
 
 (define (parse-arrow s) (parse-RtoL s parse-or         is-prec-arrow? (eq? t '-->) parse-arrow))
@@ -1996,8 +2005,10 @@
      (read (open-input-string (string #\" s #\"))))))
 
 (define-macro (check-identifier ex)
-  `(if (or (syntactic-op? ,ex) (eq? ,ex '....))
-       (error (string "invalid identifier name \"" ,ex "\""))))
+  `(begin (if (or (syntactic-op? ,ex) (eq? ,ex '....))
+              (error (string "invalid identifier name \"" ,ex "\"")))
+          (if (eq? ,ex '?)
+              (syntax-deprecation s "`?` used as an identifier" "")))) ; merge with above check in v1.0
 
 ;; parse numbers, identifiers, parenthesized expressions, lists, vectors, etc.
 (define (parse-atom s (checked #t))
diff --git a/test/enums.jl b/test/enums.jl
index 243650b27c643..ea4169af7b8aa 100644
--- a/test/enums.jl
+++ b/test/enums.jl
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ end
 @test Integer(_zerobi) == 1
 
 # can't use non-identifiers as enum members
-@test_throws ArgumentError eval(:(@enum(Test2, ?)))
+@test_throws ArgumentError eval(:(@enum Test2  x ? 1 : 2))
 @test_throws ArgumentError eval(:(@enum Test22 1=2))
 
 # other Integer types of enum members