diff --git a/parse.c b/parse.c
index cbe38eb..2dbefc3 100644
--- a/parse.c
+++ b/parse.c
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ char           *getstring(
  * but not
  * .include ^/name/ <name> name =name= :name:
  * .include :name: seems to be silently ignored.
+ *
+ * This should probably follow the exact same rules as .ASCII
+ * although that is not mentioned in the manual,
  */
 char           *getstring_fn(
     char *cp,
@@ -94,7 +97,6 @@ char           *getstring_fn(
 
     switch (*cp) {
     case '<':
-    case '=':
     case ':':
         return NULL;
     }
diff --git a/tests/RunTests b/tests/RunTests
index 7f96aaf..2645b3f 100755
--- a/tests/RunTests
+++ b/tests/RunTests
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ TESTS="test-asciz \
     test-jmp \
     test-locals \
     test-macro-comma \
+    test-psect \
     test-undef \
     test-word-comma"
 
diff --git a/tests/test-asciz.mac b/tests/test-asciz.mac
index 21ba652..bb71638 100644
--- a/tests/test-asciz.mac
+++ b/tests/test-asciz.mac
@@ -6,7 +6,15 @@ CR = 13.
 LF = 10.
 SOH = 1
 
-	.asciz <cr><lf>/<SOH>/		; 2 bytes and a string
-	.asciz /<cr><lf><SOH>/		; only a string
-	.asciz |<cr><lf><SOH>|		; the same string
-	.asciz <cr><lf><SOH>		; 3 bytes
+        .asciz <cr><lf>/<SOH>/          ; 2 bytes and a string
+        .asciz /<cr><lf><SOH>/          ; only a string
+        .asciz |<cr><lf><SOH>|          ; the same string
+        .ascii <cr><lf><SOH>            ; 3 bytes
+
+        .asciz ;ABC;/DEF/               ; ABCDEF, not recommended practice
+        .asciz /ABC/;DEF;               ; ABC, not recommended practice
+        .asciz /ABC/=DEF=               ; ABCDEF, not recommended practice
+        .asciz =DEF=                    ; syntax error: assignment
+        .asciz =###=                    ; syntax error: assignment
+        .asciz :SOH:                    ; syntax error: colon not allowed
+        .asciz :###:                    ; syntax error: colon not allowed
diff --git a/tests/test-include.mac b/tests/test-include.mac
index 9ee3b5e..0cf5393 100644
--- a/tests/test-include.mac
+++ b/tests/test-include.mac
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 
         .include <incl.mac>
         .include <incl.mac<
-        .include =incl.mac=
-        .include :incl.mac:
+        .include =incl.mac=             ; looks like assignment
+        .include :incl.mac:             ; looks like a label
diff --git a/tests/test-psect.mac b/tests/test-psect.mac
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..908a949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-psect.mac
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+;;;;;
+;
+; Contrary to what the manual says, flags in .PSECT directives
+; are merged. They do not need to be identical every time.
+;
+
+      .psect  $pdata
+      .iif P1, .psect  $pdata  ,ro,d,lcl,rel,con
+      .psect  $PDATA  ,D
+
+; and ends up with
+; $PDATA  000000    002   (RO,D,LCL,REL,CON)