diff --git a/src/test/ui/parser/issue-68890-2.rs b/src/test/ui/parser/issue-68890-2.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4bf56f0b0c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/parser/issue-68890-2.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+type X = (?'a) +;
+//~^ ERROR `?` may only modify trait bounds, not lifetime bounds
+//~| ERROR expected trait bound, not lifetime bound
diff --git a/src/test/ui/parser/issue-68890-2.stderr b/src/test/ui/parser/issue-68890-2.stderr
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index 00000000000..d6196eb1506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/parser/issue-68890-2.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+error: `?` may only modify trait bounds, not lifetime bounds
+  --> $DIR/issue-68890-2.rs:1:11
+   |
+LL | type X = (?'a) +;
+   |           ^
+
+error: expected trait bound, not lifetime bound
+  --> $DIR/issue-68890-2.rs:1:11
+   |
+LL | type X = (?'a) +;
+   |           ^^^
+
+error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
+