diff --git a/drracket-tool-text-lib/drracket/private/syncheck/traversals.rkt b/drracket-tool-text-lib/drracket/private/syncheck/traversals.rkt
index 2c1448f78..1920f5f4a 100644
--- a/drracket-tool-text-lib/drracket/private/syncheck/traversals.rkt
+++ b/drracket-tool-text-lib/drracket/private/syncheck/traversals.rkt
@@ -1563,24 +1563,25 @@
 ;; add-id : id-set identifier -> void
 (define (add-id mapping id level-of-enclosing-module #:mods [mods dont-add-binder+mods])
   (when (original-enough? id)
-    (define shifted-id (syntax-shift-phase-level id level-of-enclosing-module))
-    (define old (free-id-table-ref mapping shifted-id '()))
-    (define no-span-id
-      (if (syntax-property shifted-id 'implicit-made-explicit)
-          (datum->syntax shifted-id
-                         (syntax-e shifted-id)
-                         (vector (syntax-source shifted-id)
-                                 (syntax-line shifted-id)
-                                 (syntax-column shifted-id)
-                                 (syntax-position shifted-id)
-                                 0)
-                         shifted-id)
-          shifted-id))
-    (define with-binder+mods
-      (if (equal? mods dont-add-binder+mods)
-          no-span-id
-          (binder+mods no-span-id mods)))
-    (free-id-table-set! mapping shifted-id (cons with-binder+mods old))))
+    (unless (syntax-property id 'identifier-as-keyword)
+      (define shifted-id (syntax-shift-phase-level id level-of-enclosing-module))
+      (define old (free-id-table-ref mapping shifted-id '()))
+      (define no-span-id
+        (if (syntax-property shifted-id 'implicit-made-explicit)
+            (datum->syntax shifted-id
+                           (syntax-e shifted-id)
+                           (vector (syntax-source shifted-id)
+                                   (syntax-line shifted-id)
+                                   (syntax-column shifted-id)
+                                   (syntax-position shifted-id)
+                                   0)
+                           shifted-id)
+            shifted-id))
+      (define with-binder+mods
+        (if (equal? mods dont-add-binder+mods)
+            no-span-id
+            (binder+mods no-span-id mods)))
+      (free-id-table-set! mapping shifted-id (cons with-binder+mods old)))))
 
 (define (original-enough? x)
   (or (syntax-original? x)
diff --git a/drracket-tool-text-lib/info.rkt b/drracket-tool-text-lib/info.rkt
index 0e0e70e3e..776bdfa52 100644
--- a/drracket-tool-text-lib/info.rkt
+++ b/drracket-tool-text-lib/info.rkt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 (define pkg-authors '(robby))
 
-(define version "1.4")
+(define version "1.5")
 
 (define license
   '(Apache-2.0 OR MIT))
diff --git a/drracket/scribblings/tools/tools.scrbl b/drracket/scribblings/tools/tools.scrbl
index b717dad24..217e00720 100644
--- a/drracket/scribblings/tools/tools.scrbl
+++ b/drracket/scribblings/tools/tools.scrbl
@@ -573,11 +573,14 @@ Check Syntax collects the values of the
 @indexed-racket['disappeared-use],
 @indexed-racket['disappeared-binding],
 @indexed-racket['identifiers-as-disappeared-uses?],
+@indexed-racket['identifer-as-keyword],
 @indexed-racket['sub-range-binders], and
 @indexed-racket['mouse-over-tooltips] and uses them to add
-additional arrows to the program text. These properties are
+control which arrows are added to the program text. These properties are
 intended for use when a macro discards or manufactures identifiers that,
-from the programmers perspective, should be binding each other.
+from the programmers perspective, should be binding each other, or when
+there are identifiers that are intended to be used more in the spirit of keywords,
+and thus should be ignored.
 
 For example, here is program with a macro that discards its arguments, but
 adds properties to the result syntax object so that the two occurrences of @racket[_a]
@@ -821,9 +824,15 @@ For example, here's a macro that shows the span of itself in a tooltip on mouseo
 
 (char-span (+ 1 2))}
 
+If the syntax property @racket['identifier-as-keyword] is any value
+except @racket[#f] and appears on an identifier, then Check Syntax
+ignores the identifier, not drawing any arrows to it.
+
 @history[#:changed "1.3" @list{
           Looks for @racket['sub-range-binders]
-          on binding identifiers (not just in expression positions).}]
+          on binding identifiers (not just in expression positions).}
+         #:changed "1.5" @list{
+          Looks for @racket['identifier-as-keyword] on identifiers.}]
 
 @section{Cooperating with Background Check Syntax}
 @section-index["online-check-syntax logger"]