diff --git a/docs/now/2026-09-23-published-a-keyword-is-a-legal-variable-name-the-parser-dropped-it-and.md b/docs/now/2026-09-23-published-a-keyword-is-a-legal-variable-name-the-parser-dropped-it-and.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# NOW -- A keyword is a legal variable name; the parser dropped it and emitted 'var ;' (published 2026-09-23)
+
+## A bee's work on #2703, published from `queen-2703` (Closes #2703)
+
+- The branch changes 1 file(s): `specs/compiler/parser.t27`.
+- `git diff --stat origin/master...queen-2703` reads: 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+- This entry is written by the publisher, not by the bee. A pull request must
+  add exactly one `docs/now/` entry and a bee has no way to know that: its brief
+  names a boundary file and acceptance criteria, and `docs/now/` is neither.
+- What this entry does NOT establish: that the work is correct. The gates on the
+  pull request judge that, and they are the same gates every other change meets.
diff --git a/specs/compiler/parser.t27 b/specs/compiler/parser.t27
index c52123396b..7c2d51600d 100644
--- a/specs/compiler/parser.t27
+++ b/specs/compiler/parser.t27
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ module Parsing {
         decl.extra_mutable = self.check(lexer::TokenKind::KwVar);
         self.advance();
 
-        if (self.check(lexer::TokenKind::Ident)) {
+        if (self.current.kind == lexer::TokenKind::Ident or self.current.kind == lexer::TokenKind::KwModule) {
             decl.name = self.current.lexeme;
             self.advance();
         }