diff --git a/src/Errors/SyntaxError.php b/src/Errors/SyntaxError.php
index 9a4a36e..18023e2 100644
--- a/src/Errors/SyntaxError.php
+++ b/src/Errors/SyntaxError.php
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 class SyntaxError extends ParallelLintError
 {
+    const IN_ON_REGEX = '~ in %s on line [0-9]+$~';
+
     /** @var Blame */
     private $blame;
 
@@ -29,8 +31,22 @@ public function getLine()
      */
     public function getNormalizedMessage($translateTokens = false)
     {
-        $message = preg_replace('~^(Parse|Fatal) error: (syntax error, )?~', '', $this->message);
-        $message = preg_replace('~ in ' . preg_quote(basename($this->filePath)) . ' on line [0-9]+$~', '', $message);
+        $message  = preg_replace('~^(?:Parse|Fatal) error: (?:syntax error, )?~', '', $this->message);
+        $baseName = basename($this->filePath);
+        $regex    = sprintf(self::IN_ON_REGEX, preg_quote($baseName, '~'));
+        $message  = preg_replace($regex, '', $message, -1, $count);
+
+        if ($count === 0 && strpos($baseName, '\\') !== false) {
+            $baseName = ltrim(strrchr($this->filePath, '\\'), '\\');
+            $regex    = sprintf(self::IN_ON_REGEX, preg_quote($baseName, '~'));
+            $message  = preg_replace($regex, '', $message, -1, $count);
+        }
+
+        if ($count === 0) {
+            $regex   = sprintf(self::IN_ON_REGEX, preg_quote($this->filePath, '~'));
+            $message = preg_replace($regex, '', $message);
+        }
+
         $message = ucfirst($message);
 
         if ($translateTokens) {
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Errors/SyntaxErrorGetNormalizeMessageTest.php b/tests/Unit/Errors/SyntaxErrorGetNormalizeMessageTest.php
index 6e3a88e..8eb47aa 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Errors/SyntaxErrorGetNormalizeMessageTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Errors/SyntaxErrorGetNormalizeMessageTest.php
@@ -7,17 +7,119 @@
 
 class SyntaxErrorGetNormalizeMessageTest extends UnitTestCase
 {
-    public function testInWordInErrorMessage()
+    const FILEPATH_MSG_TEMPLATE = "Parse error: unexpected 'Foo' (T_STRING) in %s on line 2";
+    const FILEPATH_MSG_EXPECTED = "Unexpected 'Foo' (T_STRING)";
+
+    /**
+     * Test retrieving a normalized error message.
+     *
+     * @dataProvider dataMessageNormalization
+     *
+     * @param string $message  The message input to run the test with.
+     * @param string $expected The expected method return value.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testMessageNormalizationWithoutTokenTranslation($message, $expected)
+    {
+        $error = new SyntaxError('test.php', $message);
+        $this->assertSame($expected, $error->getNormalizedMessage());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Data provider.
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function dataMessageNormalization()
+    {
+        return array(
+            'Strip leading and trailing information - fatal error' => array(
+                'message'  => "Fatal error: 'break' not in the 'loop' or 'switch' context in test.php on line 2",
+                'expected' => "'break' not in the 'loop' or 'switch' context",
+            ),
+            'Strip leading and trailing information - parse error' => array(
+                'message'  => "Parse error: unexpected 'Foo' (T_STRING) in test.php on line 2",
+                'expected' => "Unexpected 'Foo' (T_STRING)", // Also verifies ucfirst() call is being made.
+            ),
+            'Strip trailing information, not leading - deprecation' => array(
+                'message'  => "Deprecated: The (real) cast is deprecated, use (float) instead in test.php on line 2",
+                'expected' => "Deprecated: The (real) cast is deprecated, use (float) instead",
+            ),
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test retrieving a normalized error message with token translation.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testMessageNormalizationWithTokenTranslation()
     {
-        $message = 'Fatal error: \'break\' not in the \'loop\' or \'switch\' context in test.php on line 2';
+        $message  = 'Parse error: unexpected T_FILE, expecting T_STRING in test.php on line 2';
+        $expected = 'Unexpected __FILE__ (T_FILE), expecting T_STRING';
+
         $error = new SyntaxError('test.php', $message);
-        $this->assertSame('\'break\' not in the \'loop\' or \'switch\' context', $error->getNormalizedMessage());
+        $this->assertSame($expected, $error->getNormalizedMessage(true));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test retrieving a normalized error message with variations for the file path.
+     *
+     * @dataProvider dataFilePathHandling
+     *
+     * @param string $filePath The file path input to run the test with.
+     * @param string $fileName The file name which is expected to be in the error message.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testFilePathHandling($filePath, $fileName)
+    {
+        $message = sprintf(self::FILEPATH_MSG_TEMPLATE, $fileName);
+        $error   = new SyntaxError($filePath, $message);
+        $this->assertSame(self::FILEPATH_MSG_EXPECTED, $error->getNormalizedMessage());
     }
 
-    public function testInWordInErrorMessageAndInFileName()
+    /**
+     * Data provider.
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function dataFilePathHandling()
     {
-        $message = 'Fatal error: \'break\' not in the \'loop\' or \'switch\' context in test in file.php on line 2';
-        $error = new SyntaxError('test in file.php', $message);
-        $this->assertSame('\'break\' not in the \'loop\' or \'switch\' context', $error->getNormalizedMessage());
+        return array(
+            'Plain file name' => array(
+                'filePath' => 'test.php',
+                'fileName' => 'test.php',
+            ),
+            'File name containing spaces' => array(
+                'filePath' => 'test in file.php',
+                'fileName' => 'test in file.php',
+            ),
+            'File name containing regex delimiter' => array(
+                'filePath' => 'test~file.php',
+                'fileName' => 'test~file.php',
+            ),
+            'Full file path, linux slashes' => array(
+                'filePath' => 'path/to/subdir/file.php',
+                'fileName' => 'file.php',
+            ),
+            'File path, windows slashes' => array(
+                'filePath' => 'path\to\subdir\file.php',
+                'fileName' => 'file.php',
+            ),
+            'Absolute file path, windows slashes' => array(
+                'filePath' => 'C:\path\to\subdir\file.php',
+                'fileName' => 'C:\path\to\subdir\file.php',
+            ),
+            'Relative file path, windows slashes' => array(
+                'filePath' => '.\subdir\file.php',
+                'fileName' => '.\subdir\file.php',
+            ),
+            'Phar file name' => array(
+                'filePath' => 'phar://031.phar.php/a.php',
+                'fileName' => 'phar://031.phar.php/a.php',
+            ),
+        );
     }
 }