diff --git a/src/Perl6/Grammar.nqp b/src/Perl6/Grammar.nqp
index 7ae49682e3a..9ef2fdf4df5 100644
--- a/src/Perl6/Grammar.nqp
+++ b/src/Perl6/Grammar.nqp
@@ -1434,8 +1434,10 @@ grammar Perl6::Grammar is HLL::Grammar does STD {
                     if $m<ctx> eq '(' {
                         $/.CURSOR.'!clear_highwater'();
                         $/.CURSOR.'!cursor_pos'($m_pos);
-                        $/.CURSOR.sorry("Word '$_' interpreted as '$_" ~ "()' function call; please use whitespace " ~
-                            ($needparens ?? 'around the parens' !! 'instead of parens'));
+                        $/.CURSOR.typed_sorry('X::Syntax::IfAsFunction',
+                                word => $_,
+                                :$needparens,
+                        );
                         $/.CURSOR.'!cursor_pos'($pos);
                         $/.CURSOR.panic("Unexpected block in infix position (two terms in a row)");
                     }
diff --git a/src/core/Exception.pm b/src/core/Exception.pm
index e627f37615e..103bc80d4c4 100644
--- a/src/core/Exception.pm
+++ b/src/core/Exception.pm
@@ -754,6 +754,15 @@ my class X::Syntax::UnlessElse does X::Syntax {
     method message() { '"unless" does not take "else", please rewrite using "if"' }
 }
 
+my class X::Syntax::IfAsFunction does X::Syntax {
+    has $.word;
+    has $.needparens;
+    method message {
+        "Word '$.word' interpreted as '{$.word}()' function call; please use whitespace "
+            ~ ($.needparens ?? 'around the parens' !! 'instead of parens')
+    }
+}
+
 my class X::Syntax::Malformed::Elsif does X::Syntax {
     has $.what = 'else if';
     method message() { qq{In Perl 6, please use "elsif' instead of "$.what"} }