diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index 01b3a047d1d..c58b69252fc 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -26580,7 +26580,7 @@ namespace ts {
         switch (name.parent.kind) {
             case SyntaxKind.ImportSpecifier:
             case SyntaxKind.ExportSpecifier:
-                return true;
+                return isIdentifier(name);
             default:
                 return isDeclarationName(name);
         }
diff --git a/src/harness/fourslash.ts b/src/harness/fourslash.ts
index bf5f46de248..79ddf0ace40 100644
--- a/src/harness/fourslash.ts
+++ b/src/harness/fourslash.ts
@@ -2876,6 +2876,15 @@ Actual: ${stringify(fullActual)}`);
             }
         }
 
+        public verifyNoDocumentHighlights(startRange: Range) {
+            this.goToRangeStart(startRange);
+            const documentHighlights = this.getDocumentHighlightsAtCurrentPosition([this.activeFile.fileName]);
+            const numHighlights = ts.length(documentHighlights);
+            if (numHighlights > 0) {
+                this.raiseError(`verifyNoDocumentHighlights failed - unexpectedly got ${numHighlights} highlights`);
+            }
+        }
+
         private verifyDocumentHighlights(expectedRanges: Range[], fileNames: string[] = [this.activeFile.fileName]) {
             const documentHighlights = this.getDocumentHighlightsAtCurrentPosition(fileNames) || [];
 
@@ -4284,6 +4293,10 @@ namespace FourSlashInterface {
             this.state.verifyDocumentHighlightsOf(startRange, ranges);
         }
 
+        public noDocumentHighlights(startRange: FourSlash.Range) {
+            this.state.verifyNoDocumentHighlights(startRange);
+        }
+
         public completionEntryDetailIs(entryName: string, text: string, documentation?: string, kind?: string, tags?: ts.JSDocTagInfo[]) {
             this.state.verifyCompletionEntryDetails(entryName, text, documentation, kind, tags);
         }
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/documentHighlightInExport1.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/documentHighlightInExport1.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16b5261c5e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/documentHighlightInExport1.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts'/>
+
+// @Filename: file1.ts
+//// class [|C|] {}
+//// [|export|] { [|C|] [|as|] [|D|] };
+
+const [classRange, exportKeywordRange, propertyNameRange, asKeywordRange, nameRange] = test.ranges();
+verify.noDocumentHighlights(exportKeywordRange);
+verify.documentHighlightsOf(propertyNameRange, [classRange, propertyNameRange, nameRange]);
+verify.noDocumentHighlights(asKeywordRange);
+verify.documentHighlightsOf(nameRange, [nameRange]);