diff --git a/src/PhpDoc/TypeNodeResolver.php b/src/PhpDoc/TypeNodeResolver.php
index 84862b88a7..0ed2af0adf 100644
--- a/src/PhpDoc/TypeNodeResolver.php
+++ b/src/PhpDoc/TypeNodeResolver.php
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ private function resolveIdentifierTypeNode(IdentifierTypeNode $typeNode, NameSco
 				return new IntersectionType([new ObjectWithoutClassType(), new CallableType()]);
 
 			case 'never':
+			case 'noreturn':
 				$type = $this->tryResolvePseudoTypeClassType($typeNode, $nameScope);
 
 				if ($type !== null) {
@@ -340,7 +341,6 @@ private function resolveIdentifierTypeNode(IdentifierTypeNode $typeNode, NameSco
 			case 'never-return':
 			case 'never-returns':
 			case 'no-return':
-			case 'noreturn':
 				return new NeverType(true);
 
 			case 'list':
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/NodeScopeResolverTest.php b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/NodeScopeResolverTest.php
index 4d36b44222..a575ad12e5 100644
--- a/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/NodeScopeResolverTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/NodeScopeResolverTest.php
@@ -1114,6 +1114,7 @@ public function dataFileAsserts(): iterable
 		yield from $this->gatherAssertTypes(__DIR__ . '/data/callable-string.php');
 
 		yield from $this->gatherAssertTypes(__DIR__ . '/data/bug-8225.php');
+		yield from $this->gatherAssertTypes(__DIR__ . '/data/bug-8242.php');
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/data/bug-8242.php b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/data/bug-8242.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c14ddc1f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/data/bug-8242.php
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace {
+	/**
+	 * @return NoReturn
+	 */
+	function f1() {
+		throw new \LogicException();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return \NoReturn
+	 */
+	function f2() {
+		return new NoReturn;
+	}
+
+	\PHPStan\Testing\assertType('*NEVER*', f1());
+	\PHPStan\Testing\assertType('NoReturn', f2());
+}
+
+namespace NoReturnDefined {
+	class NoReturn {}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return NoReturn
+	 */
+	function f1() {
+		return new NoReturn;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return \NoReturn
+	 */
+	function f2() {
+		return new \NoReturn;
+	}
+
+	\PHPStan\Testing\assertType('NoReturnDefined\\NoReturn', f1());
+	\PHPStan\Testing\assertType('NoReturn', f2());
+}
+
+namespace NoReturnUndefined {
+	/**
+	 * @return NoReturn
+	 */
+	function f1() {
+		throw new \LogicException();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return NoReturn
+	 */
+	function f2() {
+		throw new \LogicException();
+	}
+
+	\PHPStan\Testing\assertType('*NEVER*', f1());
+	\PHPStan\Testing\assertType('*NEVER*', f2());
+}