diff --git a/man/remind.1 b/man/remind.1
index 9a45e248..0ab05ee5 100644
--- a/man/remind.1
+++ b/man/remind.1
@@ -1153,6 +1153,78 @@ Note that \fIduration\fR is specified either in hours and minutes as a
 duration of 00:00 or 0, then \fBRemind\fR behaves exactly as if no
 \fBDURATION\fR at all had been present.
 
+.PP
+.SH SYNTACTIC SUGAR FOR REM
+.PP
+The REM command has syntactic sugar to let you express common
+reminders.  The following pairs of reminders are equivalent:
+.PP
+.nf
+    REM First Monday April MSG Foo
+    REM Mon 1 April        MSG Foo
+
+    REM Second Monday May  MSG Bar
+    REM Mon 8 May          MSG Bar
+
+    REM Third Monday MSG Third Monday of every month
+    REM Mon 15 MSG Third Monday of every month
+
+    REM Fourth Sunday June 2025 MSG Fourth Sunday in June 2025
+    REM Sun 22 June 2025 MSG Fourth Sunday in June 2025
+
+    REM Last Monday MSG Last Monday of every month
+    REM Mon 1 --7 MSG Last Monday of every month
+
+    REM Last Monday April MSG Last Monday of every April
+    REM Mon 1 May --7 MSG  Last Monday of every April
+
+    REM Last Monday December 2025 MSG Last Monday of Dec 2025
+    REM Monday 1 Jan 2026 --7 MSG Last Monday of Dec 2025
+.fi
+.PP
+Note that \fBLast\fR effectively adjusts the month and year, if necessary, to
+make the reminder trigger on the correct date.
+.PP
+The keyword \fBIN\fR is completely ignored, so you can write (for example):
+.PP
+.nf
+    REM Second Monday in May MSG foo
+    REM Last Monday in December 2025 MSG Bar
+.fi
+.PP
+An alternate form of \fIback\fR makes writing reminders easier.
+The following pairs of reminders are equivalent:
+.PP
+.nf
+    REM ~~1 MSG Last day of every month
+    REM 1 --1 MSG Last day of every month
+
+    REM May ~~1 MSG Last day of May
+    REM 1 June --1 MSG Last day of May
+
+    REM Dec 2025 ~~1 MSG Last day of December 2025
+    REM 1 Jan 2026 --1 MSG Last day of December 2025
+
+    REM Apr ~1 OMIT SAT SUN MSG Last workday of April
+    REM 1 May -1 OMIT SAT SUN MSG Last workday of April
+
+    REM Apr ~~7 MSG Seventh-last day of April
+    REM 1 May --7 MSG Seventh-last day of April
+
+    REM Apr ~2 OMIT SAT SUN MSG Second-last workday of April
+    REM 1 May -2 OMIT SAT SUN MSG Second-last workday of April
+.fi
+.PP
+Note that the First/Second/Third/Fourth/Last keywords and the ~ and ~~ form
+of \fIback\fR imply a value for the day of the month; as such, they cannot
+be combined with a day.  Additionally, First/Second/Third/Fourth/Last
+must have at least one weekday name.  The following are illegal:
+.PP
+.nf
+    REM First Monday 3 June MSG Huh?
+    REM April 3 ~~1 MSG What?
+    REM Second June MSG Where's the weekday???
+.fi
 .PP
 .SH THE SUBSTITUTION FILTER
 .PP
diff --git a/src/dorem.c b/src/dorem.c
index ae63ecdf..42ee3dbd 100644
--- a/src/dorem.c
+++ b/src/dorem.c
@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ int ParseRem(ParsePtr s, Trigger *trig, TimeTrig *tim, int save_in_globals)
     tim->delta = DefaultTDelta;
     tim->rep   = NO_REP;
     tim->duration = NO_TIME;
+    trig->need_wkday = 0;
+    trig->adj_for_last = 0;
+
     if (save_in_globals) {
 	LastTriggerTime = NO_TIME;
     }
@@ -250,6 +253,25 @@ int ParseRem(ParsePtr s, Trigger *trig, TimeTrig *tim, int save_in_globals)
 	/* Figure out what we've got */
 	FindToken(DBufValue(&buf), &tok);
 	switch(tok.type) {
+        case T_In:
+            /* Completely ignored */
+	    DBufFree(&buf);
+            break;
+
+        case T_Ordinal:
+            DBufFree(&buf);
+            if (trig->d != NO_DAY)     return E_DAY_TWICE;
+            if (tok.val < 0) {
+                if (trig->back != NO_BACK) return E_BACK_TWICE;
+                trig->back = -7;
+                trig->d = 1;
+                trig->adj_for_last = 1;
+            } else {
+                trig->d = 1 + 7 * tok.val;
+            }
+            trig->need_wkday = 1;
+            break;
+
 	case T_Date:
 	    DBufFree(&buf);
 	    if (trig->d != NO_DAY) return E_DAY_TWICE;
@@ -379,6 +401,15 @@ int ParseRem(ParsePtr s, Trigger *trig, TimeTrig *tim, int save_in_globals)
 	    trig->back = tok.val;
 	    break;
 
+	case T_BackAdj:
+	    DBufFree(&buf);
+	    if (trig->back != NO_BACK) return E_BACK_TWICE;
+	    if (trig->d != NO_DAY) return E_DAY_TWICE;
+	    trig->back = tok.val;
+            trig->d = 1;
+            trig->adj_for_last = 1;
+	    break;
+
 	case T_Once:
 	    DBufFree(&buf);
 	    if (trig->once != NO_ONCE) return E_ONCE_TWICE;
@@ -480,6 +511,24 @@ int ParseRem(ParsePtr s, Trigger *trig, TimeTrig *tim, int save_in_globals)
 	}
     }
 
+    if (trig->need_wkday && trig->wd == NO_WD) {
+        Eprint("Weekday name(s) required");
+        return E_PARSE_ERR;
+    }
+
+    /* Adjust month and possibly year */
+    if (trig->adj_for_last) {
+        if (trig->m != NO_MON) {
+            trig->m++;
+            if (trig->m >= 12) {
+                trig->m = 0;
+                if (trig->y != NO_YR) {
+                    trig->y++;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        trig->adj_for_last = 0;
+    }
 
     /* Check for some warning conditions */
     if (!s->nonconst_expr) {
diff --git a/src/token.c b/src/token.c
index dc1fa9cc..f14fe94e 100644
--- a/src/token.c
+++ b/src/token.c
@@ -43,30 +43,34 @@ Token TokArray[] = {
     { "at",		2,	T_At,		0 },
     { "august",		3,	T_Month,	7 },
     { "banner",		3,	T_Banner,	0 },
-    { "before",	3,	T_Skip,	BEFORE_SKIP },
+    { "before",	        3,	T_Skip,	        BEFORE_SKIP },
     { "cal",		3,	T_RemType,	CAL_TYPE },
     { "clear-omit-context", 5,   T_Clr,         0 },
-    { "debug",          5,      T_Debug,       0 },
+    { "debug",          5,      T_Debug,        0 },
     { "december",	3,	T_Month,       11 },
     { "do",     	2,	T_IncludeR,	0 },
-    { "dumpvars",       4,      T_Dumpvars,    0 },
+    { "dumpvars",       4,      T_Dumpvars,     0 },
     { "duration",       3,      T_Duration,     0 },
-    { "else",		4,	T_Else,	0 },
+    { "else",		4,	T_Else,	        0 },
     { "endif",		5,	T_EndIf,	0 },
-    { "errmsg",         6,      T_ErrMsg,      0 },
+    { "errmsg",         6,      T_ErrMsg,       0 },
     { "exit",		4,	T_Exit,		0 },
     { "february",	3,	T_Month,	1 },
+    { "first",          5,      T_Ordinal,      0 },
     { "flush",		5,	T_Flush,	0 },
+    { "fourth",         6,      T_Ordinal,      3 },
     { "friday",		3,	T_WkDay,	4 },
     { "from",		4,	T_Scanfrom,	FROM_TYPE },
     { "fset",		4,	T_Fset,		0 },
     { "if",		2,	T_If,		0 },
     { "iftrig",		6,	T_IfTrig,	0 },
+    { "in",             2,      T_In,           0 },
     { "include",	3,	T_Include,	0 },
     { "includecmd",     10,     T_IncludeCmd,   0 },
     { "january",	3,	T_Month,	0 },
     { "july",		3,	T_Month,	6 },
     { "june",		3,	T_Month,	5 },
+    { "last",           4,      T_Ordinal,      -1 },
     { "march",		3,	T_Month,	2 },
     { "may",		3,	T_Month,	4 },
     { "maybe-uncomputable", 5,  T_MaybeUncomputable, 0},
@@ -90,12 +94,14 @@ Token TokArray[] = {
     { "saturday",	3,	T_WkDay,	5 },
     { "scanfrom",	4,	T_Scanfrom,	SCANFROM_TYPE },
     { "sched",		5,	T_Sched,	0 },
+    { "second",         6,      T_Ordinal,      1 },
     { "september",	3,	T_Month,	8 },
     { "set",		3,	T_Set,		0 },
     { "skip",		3,	T_Skip,	SKIP_SKIP },
     { "special",        7,      T_RemType,      PASSTHRU_TYPE },
     { "sunday",		3,	T_WkDay,	6 },
     { "tag",            3,      T_Tag,          0 },
+    { "third",          5,      T_Ordinal,      2 },
     { "through",        7,      T_Through,      0 },
     { "thursday",	3,	T_WkDay,	3 },
     { "tuesday",	3,	T_WkDay,	1 },
@@ -325,6 +331,14 @@ void FindNumericToken(char const *s, Token *t)
 	t->type = T_Back;
 	t->val *= mult;
 	return;
+    } else if (*s == '~') {
+	s++;
+	if (*s == '~') { mult = -1; s++; }
+	PARSENUM(t->val, s);
+	if (*s) return;  /* Illegal token if followed by non-numeric char */
+	t->type = T_BackAdj;
+	t->val *= mult;
+	return;
     }
     return;  /* Unknown token type */
 }
diff --git a/src/types.h b/src/types.h
index 90b904c4..8c296e6b 100644
--- a/src/types.h
+++ b/src/types.h
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ typedef struct {
     int once;
     int scanfrom;
     int from;
+    int adj_for_last;            /* Adjust month/year for use of LAST */
+    int need_wkday;              /* Set if we *need* a weekday */
     int priority;
     int duration_days;           /* Duration converted to days to search */
     int eventstart;              /* Original event start (datetime) */
@@ -157,7 +159,8 @@ enum TokTypes
   T_AddOmit,
   T_WkDay,
   T_Month, T_Time, T_Date, T_DateTime,
-  T_Skip, T_At, T_RemType, T_Until, T_Year, T_Day, T_Rep, T_Delta, T_Back,
+  T_Skip, T_At, T_RemType, T_Until, T_Year, T_Day, T_Rep, T_Delta,
+  T_Back, T_BackAdj,
   T_Once,
   T_Empty,
   T_Comment,
@@ -175,7 +178,10 @@ enum TokTypes
   T_LongTime,
   T_OmitFunc,
   T_Through,
-  T_MaybeUncomputable
+  T_MaybeUncomputable,
+  T_Ordinal,
+  T_In,
+  T_LastBack
 };
 
 /* The structure of a token */
diff --git a/tests/test.cmp b/tests/test.cmp
index 8d189e70..a6018743 100644
--- a/tests/test.cmp
+++ b/tests/test.cmp
@@ -3836,6 +3836,63 @@ trig("Mon", "Tue", "Wed") => ../tests/test.rem(754): Trig = Monday, 18 February,
 1990-01-01
 ../tests/test.rem(754): Expired
 
+# The new syntactic sugar
+REM First Monday January MSG x
+../tests/test.rem(757): Trig = Monday, 6 January, 1992
+REM Second Tuesday in April MSG x
+../tests/test.rem(758): Trig = Tuesday, 9 April, 1991
+REM Third Wednesday in October MSG x
+../tests/test.rem(759): Trig = Wednesday, 16 October, 1991
+REM Fourth Friday in July MSG x
+../tests/test.rem(760): Trig = Friday, 26 July, 1991
+REM Last Tuesday in August MSG x
+../tests/test.rem(761): Trig = Tuesday, 27 August, 1991
+REM Last Sunday in December MSG x
+../tests/test.rem(762): Trig = Sunday, 29 December, 1991
+
+REM First Monday January 2000 MSG x
+../tests/test.rem(764): Trig = Monday, 3 January, 2000
+REM Second Tuesday in April 2000 MSG x
+../tests/test.rem(765): Trig = Tuesday, 11 April, 2000
+REM Third Wednesday in October 2000 MSG x
+../tests/test.rem(766): Trig = Wednesday, 18 October, 2000
+REM Fourth Friday in July 2000 MSG x
+../tests/test.rem(767): Trig = Friday, 28 July, 2000
+REM Last Tuesday in August 2000 MSG x
+../tests/test.rem(768): Trig = Tuesday, 29 August, 2000
+REM Last Sunday in December 2000 MSG x
+../tests/test.rem(769): Trig = Sunday, 31 December, 2000
+
+REM January ~~1 MSG y
+../tests/test.rem(771): Trig = Friday, 31 January, 1992
+REM February ~~1 MSG y
+../tests/test.rem(772): Trig = Thursday, 28 February, 1991
+REM February ~~2 MSG y
+../tests/test.rem(773): Trig = Wednesday, 27 February, 1991
+REM February ~~3 MSG y
+../tests/test.rem(774): Trig = Tuesday, 26 February, 1991
+REM February ~~8 MSG y
+../tests/test.rem(775): Trig = Thursday, 21 February, 1991
+REM February ~~20 MSG y
+../tests/test.rem(776): Trig = Monday, 10 February, 1992
+PUSH
+OMIT 31 March
+REM March ~1 MSG y
+../tests/test.rem(779): Trig = Saturday, 30 March, 1991
+REM March ~~1 MSG y
+../tests/test.rem(780): Trig = Sunday, 31 March, 1991
+POP
+REM Dec 2000 ~~1 MSG y
+../tests/test.rem(782): Trig = Sunday, 31 December, 2000
+REM Dec 2000 ~~2 MSG y
+../tests/test.rem(783): Trig = Saturday, 30 December, 2000
+REM Dec 2000 ~~3 MSG y
+../tests/test.rem(784): Trig = Friday, 29 December, 2000
+REM Dec 2000 ~~7 MSG y
+../tests/test.rem(785): Trig = Monday, 25 December, 2000
+REM Jan 2001 ~~1 MSG y
+../tests/test.rem(786): Trig = Wednesday, 31 January, 2001
+
 # Don't want Remind to queue reminders
 EXIT
 
diff --git a/tests/test.rem b/tests/test.rem
index 3aefbc67..6ada0f4a 100644
--- a/tests/test.rem
+++ b/tests/test.rem
@@ -753,6 +753,38 @@ ENDIF
 REM [trig("Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Sat")] MSG foo
 REM [trig("Mon", "Tue", "Wed")] MSG bar
 
+# The new syntactic sugar
+REM First Monday January MSG x
+REM Second Tuesday in April MSG x
+REM Third Wednesday in October MSG x
+REM Fourth Friday in July MSG x
+REM Last Tuesday in August MSG x
+REM Last Sunday in December MSG x
+
+REM First Monday January 2000 MSG x
+REM Second Tuesday in April 2000 MSG x
+REM Third Wednesday in October 2000 MSG x
+REM Fourth Friday in July 2000 MSG x
+REM Last Tuesday in August 2000 MSG x
+REM Last Sunday in December 2000 MSG x
+
+REM January ~~1 MSG y
+REM February ~~1 MSG y
+REM February ~~2 MSG y
+REM February ~~3 MSG y
+REM February ~~8 MSG y
+REM February ~~20 MSG y
+PUSH
+OMIT 31 March
+REM March ~1 MSG y
+REM March ~~1 MSG y
+POP
+REM Dec 2000 ~~1 MSG y
+REM Dec 2000 ~~2 MSG y
+REM Dec 2000 ~~3 MSG y
+REM Dec 2000 ~~7 MSG y
+REM Jan 2001 ~~1 MSG y
+
 # Don't want Remind to queue reminders
 EXIT