diff --git a/rust/kcl-lib/src/execution/mod.rs b/rust/kcl-lib/src/execution/mod.rs
index 8523fc272..231a338d5 100644
--- a/rust/kcl-lib/src/execution/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/kcl-lib/src/execution/mod.rs
@@ -2072,8 +2072,8 @@ notPipeSub = 1 |> identity(!%))";
             // a runtime error instead.
             parse_execute(code11).await.unwrap_err(),
             KclError::Syntax(KclErrorDetails::new(
-                "Unexpected token: |>".to_owned(),
-                vec![SourceRange::new(44, 46, ModuleId::default())],
+                "There was an unexpected !. Try removing it.".to_owned(),
+                vec![SourceRange::new(56, 57, ModuleId::default())],
             ))
         );
 
diff --git a/rust/kcl-lib/src/parsing/parser.rs b/rust/kcl-lib/src/parsing/parser.rs
index 20c24250d..8f0deda50 100644
--- a/rust/kcl-lib/src/parsing/parser.rs
+++ b/rust/kcl-lib/src/parsing/parser.rs
@@ -3141,7 +3141,7 @@ fn binding_name(i: &mut TokenSlice) -> ModalResult<Node<Identifier>> {
 
 /// Either a positional or keyword function call.
 fn fn_call_pos_or_kw(i: &mut TokenSlice) -> ModalResult<Expr> {
-    alt((fn_call_kw.map(Box::new).map(Expr::CallExpressionKw),)).parse_next(i)
+    fn_call_kw.map(Box::new).map(Expr::CallExpressionKw).parse_next(i)
 }
 
 fn labelled_fn_call(i: &mut TokenSlice) -> ModalResult<Expr> {
@@ -3270,7 +3270,22 @@ fn fn_call_kw(i: &mut TokenSlice) -> ModalResult<Node<CallExpressionKw>> {
     )?;
     ignore_whitespace(i);
     opt(comma_sep).parse_next(i)?;
-    let end = close_paren.parse_next(i)?.end;
+    let end = match close_paren.parse_next(i) {
+        Ok(tok) => tok.end,
+        Err(e) => {
+            if let Some(tok) = i.next_token() {
+                return Err(ErrMode::Cut(
+                    CompilationError::fatal(
+                        SourceRange::from(&tok),
+                        format!("There was an unexpected {}. Try removing it.", tok.value),
+                    )
+                    .into(),
+                ));
+            } else {
+                return Err(e);
+            }
+        }
+    };
 
     // Validate there aren't any duplicate labels.
     let mut counted_labels = IndexMap::with_capacity(args.len());
@@ -3391,8 +3406,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn kw_call_as_operand() {
         let tokens = crate::parsing::token::lex("f(x = 1)", ModuleId::default()).unwrap();
         let tokens = tokens.as_slice();
-        let op = operand.parse(tokens).unwrap();
-        println!("{op:#?}");
+        operand.parse(tokens).unwrap();
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -4432,8 +4446,8 @@ z(-[["#,
         assert_err(
             r#"z
 (--#"#,
-            "Unexpected token: (",
-            [2, 3],
+            "There was an unexpected -. Try removing it.",
+            [3, 4],
         );
     }
 
@@ -5188,14 +5202,32 @@ bar = 1
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_sensible_error_when_unexpected_token_in_fn_call() {
+        let program_source = "1
+|> extrude(
+  length=depth,
+})";
+        let expected_src_start = program_source.find("}").expect("Program should have an extraneous }");
+        let tokens = crate::parsing::token::lex(program_source, ModuleId::default()).unwrap();
+        ParseContext::init();
+        let err = program.parse(tokens.as_slice()).unwrap_err();
+        let cause = err
+            .inner()
+            .cause
+            .as_ref()
+            .expect("Found an error, but there was no cause. Add a cause.");
+        assert_eq!(cause.message, "There was an unexpected }. Try removing it.",);
+        assert_eq!(cause.source_range.start(), expected_src_start);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_sensible_error_when_using_keyword_as_arg_label() {
         for (i, program) in ["pow(2, fn = 8)"].into_iter().enumerate() {
             let tokens = crate::parsing::token::lex(program, ModuleId::default()).unwrap();
             let err = match fn_call_kw.parse(tokens.as_slice()) {
                 Err(e) => e,
-                Ok(ast) => {
-                    eprintln!("{ast:#?}");
+                Ok(_ast) => {
                     panic!("Expected this to error but it didn't");
                 }
             };