diff --git a/src/parser/mod.rs b/src/parser/mod.rs
index 0c29474..270dd5a 100644
--- a/src/parser/mod.rs
+++ b/src/parser/mod.rs
@@ -400,8 +400,9 @@ impl Parser {
                 Tok::Eq | Tok::Colon if depth == 0 => {
                     let mut shape = vec!["let".to_string(), name.clone()];
                     if parenthesized && params.is_empty() {
-                        // `def greet():` takes no arguments, which Pyfun spells `()`.
-                        params.push("()".to_string());
+                        // `def greet():` takes no arguments: Pyfun gives it one it
+                        // ignores (`let greet _ = …`), called as `greet ()`.
+                        params.push("_".to_string());
                     }
                     shape.extend(params);
                     return Some(ParseError {
diff --git a/tests/roundtrip.rs b/tests/roundtrip.rs
index 653a20d..dd40c4c 100644
--- a/tests/roundtrip.rs
+++ b/tests/roundtrip.rs
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ fn def_is_answered_with_the_let_spelling() {
             "def area(w: int, h: int) -> int:\n  w * h",
             "write `let area w h = …`",
         ),
-        ("def greet():\n  print \"hi\"", "write `let greet () = …`"),
+        ("def greet():\n  print \"hi\"", "write `let greet _ = …`"),
         ("let f x =\n  def g y = y + 1\n  g x", "write `let g y = …`"),
     ] {
         let err = parse(source).unwrap_err();
@@ -791,6 +791,9 @@ fn def_is_answered_with_the_let_spelling() {
             err.message()
         );
     }
+    // Every suggested spelling parses.
+    assert!(parse("let area w h = w * h").is_ok());
+    assert!(parse("let greet _ =\n  print \"hi\"").is_ok());
     // `def` is still an ordinary identifier: a function the program calls `def`.
     assert!(parse("let def x = x + 1\nprint (def 2)").is_ok());
 }