--- pythonrun.orig.c	2006-08-21 22:20:59.000000000 +0200
+++ pythonrun.c	2007-01-17 13:07:06.720421900 +0100
@@ -1458,8 +1458,15 @@ err_input(perrdetail *err)
 		else if (err->token == DEDENT)
 			msg = "unexpected unindent";
 		else {
+			char buf[50];
 			errtype = PyExc_SyntaxError;
-			msg = "invalid syntax";
+			if(err->expected != -1) {
+				snprintf(buf, 48, "invalid syntax - %.16s expected\0",
+					_PyParser_TokenNames[err->expected]);
+				msg = buf;
+			} else {
+				msg = "invalid syntax";
+			}
 		}
 		break;
 	case E_TOKEN: