diff --git a/lib/yard/handlers/ruby/alias_handler.rb b/lib/yard/handlers/ruby/alias_handler.rb
index ca08af1fe..fe07de8f8 100644
--- a/lib/yard/handlers/ruby/alias_handler.rb
+++ b/lib/yard/handlers/ruby/alias_handler.rb
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ class YARD::Handlers::Ruby::AliasHandler < YARD::Handlers::Ruby::Base
   process do
     names = []
     if statement.type == :alias
-      names = statement.map {|o| o.jump(:ident, :op, :kw, :const).source }
+      names = statement.map {|o| o.jump(:ident, :op, :kw, :const, :string_content).source }
     elsif statement.call?
       statement.parameters(false).each do |obj|
         case obj.type
-        when :symbol_literal, :dyna_symbol
+        when :symbol_literal
           names << obj.jump(:ident, :op, :kw, :const).source
-        when :string_literal
+        when :string_literal, :dyna_symbol
           names << obj.jump(:string_content).source
         end
       end
diff --git a/lib/yard/handlers/ruby/constant_handler.rb b/lib/yard/handlers/ruby/constant_handler.rb
index ded5bfeb9..d90504c6b 100644
--- a/lib/yard/handlers/ruby/constant_handler.rb
+++ b/lib/yard/handlers/ruby/constant_handler.rb
@@ -20,11 +20,7 @@ class YARD::Handlers::Ruby::ConstantHandler < YARD::Handlers::Ruby::Base
 
   def process_constant(statement)
     name = statement[0].source
-    value = if statement[1].type == :dyna_symbol
-              statement[1].first.source.intern.inspect
-            else
-              statement[1].source
-            end
+    value = statement[1].source
     obj = P(namespace, name)
     if obj.is_a?(NamespaceObject) && obj.namespace == namespace
       raise YARD::Parser::UndocumentableError, "constant for existing #{obj.type} #{obj}"
diff --git a/lib/yard/parser/ruby/ruby_parser.rb b/lib/yard/parser/ruby/ruby_parser.rb
index 8a189e87b..e5b073495 100644
--- a/lib/yard/parser/ruby/ruby_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/yard/parser/ruby/ruby_parser.rb
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ def add_token(token, data)
         undef on_bodystmt
         undef on_top_const_ref
         undef on_const_path_ref
+        undef on_dyna_symbol
 
         def on_program(*args)
           args.first
@@ -410,6 +411,16 @@ def on_rbracket(tok)
           visit_ns_token(:rbracket, tok, false)
         end
 
+        def on_dyna_symbol(sym)
+          rng = if sym.source_range.size == 0 # rubocop:disable Style/ZeroLengthPredicate
+                  (sym.source_range.begin - 3)...sym.source_range.end
+                else
+                  (sym.source_range.begin - 2)..(sym.source_range.end + 1)
+                end
+          AstNode.new(:dyna_symbol, [sym], :line => lineno..lineno,
+            :listline => lineno..lineno, :listchar => rng, :char => rng)
+        end
+
         def on_top_const_ref(*args)
           type = :top_const_ref
           node = AstNode.node_class_for(type).new(type, args)
@@ -481,7 +492,8 @@ def on_lambda(*args)
         end
 
         def on_string_content(*args)
-          AstNode.new(:string_content, args, :listline => lineno..lineno, :listchar => charno..charno)
+          chr_rng = args.empty? ? charno...charno : charno..charno
+          AstNode.new(:string_content, args, :listline => lineno..lineno, :listchar => chr_rng)
         end
 
         def on_rescue(exc, *args)
diff --git a/spec/handlers/constant_handler_spec.rb b/spec/handlers/constant_handler_spec.rb
index 85c9e7cc8..8d2643e24 100644
--- a/spec/handlers/constant_handler_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/handlers/constant_handler_spec.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     expect(obj.constants[0].value).to eq "42"
     expect(obj.constants[1].docstring).to eq 'Special constant (empty symbol)'
     expect(obj.constants[1].name).to eq :EMPTY
-    expect(obj.constants[1].value).to eq ':""'
+    expect(obj.constants[1].value).to eq ":''"
   end
 
   it "turns Const = Struct.new('Name', :sym) into class Const with attr :sym" do
diff --git a/spec/templates/helpers/method_helper_spec.rb b/spec/templates/helpers/method_helper_spec.rb
index 978d325d1..eec71d7b2 100644
--- a/spec/templates/helpers/method_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/templates/helpers/method_helper_spec.rb
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ class TestFmtConst
       foo, bar, baz = %w(Foo Bar Baz).map do |c|
         Registry.at("TestFmtConst::#{c}").value
       end
-      expect(format_constant(foo)).to eq ":&quot;&quot;"
+      expect(format_constant(foo)).to eq ":&#39;&#39;"
       expect(format_constant(bar)).to eq ':BAR'
-      expect(format_constant(baz)).to eq ":&quot;B+z&quot;"
+      expect(format_constant(baz)).to eq ":&#39;B+z&#39;"
     end
   end
 end