diff --git a/doc/astspec.txt b/doc/astspec.txt
index 45533c7d6f4..3ff99540b5f 100644
--- a/doc/astspec.txt
+++ b/doc/astspec.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ contains:
     NimNode = ref NimNodeObj
     NimNodeObj = object
       case kind: NimNodeKind           ## the node's kind
-      of nnkEmpty, nnkNilLit:
+      of nnkError, nnkEmpty, nnkNilLit:
         discard                        ## node contains no additional fields
       of nnkCharLit..nnkUInt64Lit:
         intVal: BiggestInt             ## the int literal
diff --git a/lib/core/macros.nim b/lib/core/macros.nim
index 6bd6e58812b..40d9efba1ff 100644
--- a/lib/core/macros.nim
+++ b/lib/core/macros.nim
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ template skipEnumValue(define: untyped, predecessor: untyped; gap = 1): untyped
 type
   NimNodeKind* = enum
     nnkError,  ## erroneous AST node
-    nnkEmpty,
-    nnkIdent, nnkSym,
+    nnkEmpty, nnkIdent, nnkSym,
     nnkType, nnkCharLit, nnkIntLit, nnkInt8Lit,
     nnkInt16Lit, nnkInt32Lit, nnkInt64Lit, nnkUIntLit, nnkUInt8Lit,
     nnkUInt16Lit, nnkUInt32Lit, nnkUInt64Lit, nnkFloatLit,
diff --git a/tests/lang_stmts/defer/tdefer_malformed_many_children.nim b/tests/lang_stmts/defer/tdefer_malformed_many_children.nim
index e0217bd0517..9e9c9d8ebf3 100644
--- a/tests/lang_stmts/defer/tdefer_malformed_many_children.nim
+++ b/tests/lang_stmts/defer/tdefer_malformed_many_children.nim
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ discard """
   description: "`defer` must have exactly one child node (macro input)."
   errormsg: "illformed AST"
   file: "macros.nim"
-  line: 619
+  line: 618
 """
 
 import std/macros