diff --git a/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c
index 30850b2..353043d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c
@@ -921,8 +921,14 @@ DefineDomain(CreateDomainStmt *stmt)
 
 				/*
 				 * Check constraints are handled after domain creation, as
-				 * they require the Oid of the domain
+				 * they require the Oid of the domain; at this point we can
+				 * only check that they're not marked NO INHERIT, because
+				 * that would be bogus.
 				 */
+				if (constr->is_no_inherit)
+					ereport(ERROR,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_OBJECT_DEFINITION),
+							 errmsg("CHECK constraints for domains cannot be marked NO INHERIT")));
 				break;
 
 				/*
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/gram.y b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
index 777da11..a84fb63 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/gram.y
+++ b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
@@ -2709,13 +2709,13 @@ ColConstraintElem:
 					n->indexspace = $4;
 					$$ = (Node *)n;
 				}
-			| CHECK opt_no_inherit '(' a_expr ')'
+			| CHECK '(' a_expr ')' opt_no_inherit
 				{
 					Constraint *n = makeNode(Constraint);
 					n->contype = CONSTR_CHECK;
 					n->location = @1;
-					n->is_no_inherit = $2;
-					n->raw_expr = $4;
+					n->is_no_inherit = $5;
+					n->raw_expr = $3;
 					n->cooked_expr = NULL;
 					$$ = (Node *)n;
 				}
@@ -2835,13 +2835,13 @@ TableConstraint:
 		;
 
 ConstraintElem:
-			CHECK opt_no_inherit '(' a_expr ')' ConstraintAttributeSpec
+			CHECK '(' a_expr ')' opt_no_inherit ConstraintAttributeSpec
 				{
 					Constraint *n = makeNode(Constraint);
 					n->contype = CONSTR_CHECK;
 					n->location = @1;
-					n->is_no_inherit = $2;
-					n->raw_expr = $4;
+					n->is_no_inherit = $5;
+					n->raw_expr = $3;
 					n->cooked_expr = NULL;
 					processCASbits($6, @6, "CHECK",
 								   NULL, NULL, &n->skip_validation,
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
index ec93149..412dfe6 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
@@ -1343,10 +1343,9 @@ pg_get_constraintdef_worker(Oid constraintId, bool fullCommand,
 				 * Note that simply checking for leading '(' and trailing ')'
 				 * would NOT be good enough, consider "(x > 0) AND (y > 0)".
 				 */
-				appendStringInfo(&buf, "CHECK %s(%s)",
-								 conForm->connoinherit ? "NO INHERIT " : "",
-								 consrc);
-
+				appendStringInfo(&buf, "CHECK (%s)%s",
+								 consrc,
+								 conForm->connoinherit ? " NO INHERIT" : "");
 				break;
 			}
 		case CONSTRAINT_TRIGGER: