diff --git a/Grammar/python.gram b/Grammar/python.gram
index 3e7475a..decc578 100644
--- a/Grammar/python.gram
+++ b/Grammar/python.gram
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@
     # Soft keywords need to also be ignored because they can be parsed as NAME NAME
    | !(NAME STRING | SOFT_KEYWORD) a=disjunction b=expression_without_invalid {
         RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR_KNOWN_RANGE(a, b, "invalid syntax. Perhaps you forgot a comma?") }
-   | a=disjunction 'if' b=disjunction !'else' { RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR_KNOWN_RANGE(a, b, "expected 'else' after 'if' expression") }
+   | a=disjunction 'if' b=disjunction !('else'|':') { RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR_KNOWN_RANGE(a, b, "expected 'else' after 'if' expression") }
 
 invalid_named_expression:
     | a=expression ':=' expression {