diff --git a/src/Lean/Elab/Syntax.lean b/src/Lean/Elab/Syntax.lean
index 70ddf2bc33..db8632b8e1 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Elab/Syntax.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Elab/Syntax.lean
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ def expandNotationItemIntoPattern (stx : Syntax) : CommandElabM Syntax :=
 /-- Try to derive a `SimpleDelab` from a notation.
     The notation must be of the form `notation ... => c var_1 ... var_n`
     where `c` is a declaration in the current scope and the `var_i` are a permutation of the LHS vars. -/
-def mkSimpleDelab (vars : Array Syntax) (pat qrhs : Syntax) : OptionT CommandElabM Syntax := do
+def mkSimpleDelab (attrKind : Syntax) (vars : Array Syntax) (pat qrhs : Syntax) : OptionT CommandElabM Syntax := do
   match qrhs with
   | `($c:ident $args*) =>
     let [(c, [])] ← resolveGlobalName c.getId | failure
@@ -466,16 +466,16 @@ def mkSimpleDelab (vars : Array Syntax) (pat qrhs : Syntax) : OptionT CommandEla
     guard <| args.allDiff
     -- replace head constant with fresh (unused) antiquotation so we're not dependent on the exact pretty printing of the head
     let qrhs ← `($(mkAntiquotNode (mkIdent "c")) $args*)
-    `(@[appUnexpander $(mkIdent c):ident] def unexpand : Lean.PrettyPrinter.Unexpander := fun
+    `(@[$attrKind:attrKind appUnexpander $(mkIdent c):ident] def unexpand : Lean.PrettyPrinter.Unexpander := fun
        | `($qrhs) => `($pat)
        | _        => throw ())
   | `($c:ident)        =>
     let [(c, [])] ← resolveGlobalName c.getId | failure
-    `(@[appUnexpander $(mkIdent c):ident] def unexpand : Lean.PrettyPrinter.Unexpander := fun _ => `($pat))
+    `(@[$attrKind:attrKind appUnexpander $(mkIdent c):ident] def unexpand : Lean.PrettyPrinter.Unexpander := fun _ => `($pat))
   | _                  => failure
 
 private def expandNotationAux (ref : Syntax)
-    (currNamespace : Name) (attrKind : AttributeKind) (prec? : Option Syntax) (name? : Option Syntax) (prio? : Option Syntax) (items : Array Syntax) (rhs : Syntax) : CommandElabM Syntax := do
+    (currNamespace : Name) (attrKind : Syntax) (prec? : Option Syntax) (name? : Option Syntax) (prio? : Option Syntax) (items : Array Syntax) (rhs : Syntax) : CommandElabM Syntax := do
   let prio ← liftMacroM <| evalOptPrio prio?
   -- build parser
   let syntaxParts ← items.mapM expandNotationItemIntoSyntaxItem
@@ -493,22 +493,19 @@ private def expandNotationAux (ref : Syntax)
      So, we must include current namespace when we create a pattern for the following `macro_rules` commands. -/
   let fullName := currNamespace ++ name
   let pat := Syntax.node fullName patArgs
-  let stxDecl ← match attrKind with
-    | AttributeKind.global => `(syntax $[: $prec?]? (name := $(mkIdent name)) (priority := $(quote prio):numLit) $[$syntaxParts]* : $cat)
-    | AttributeKind.scoped => `(scoped syntax $[: $prec? ]? (name := $(mkIdent name)) (priority := $(quote prio):numLit) $[$syntaxParts]* : $cat)
-    | AttributeKind.local  => `(local syntax $[: $prec? ]? (name := $(mkIdent name)) (priority := $(quote prio):numLit) $[$syntaxParts]* : $cat)
+  let stxDecl ← `($attrKind:attrKind syntax $[: $prec?]? (name := $(mkIdent name)) (priority := $(quote prio):numLit) $[$syntaxParts]* : $cat)
   let macroDecl ← `(macro_rules | `($pat) => `($qrhs))
-  match (← mkSimpleDelab vars pat qrhs |>.run) with
+  match (← mkSimpleDelab attrKind vars pat qrhs |>.run) with
   | some delabDecl => mkNullNode #[stxDecl, macroDecl, delabDecl]
   | none           => mkNullNode #[stxDecl, macroDecl]
 
 @[builtinCommandElab «notation»] def expandNotation : CommandElab :=
   adaptExpander fun stx => do
-    let attrKind ← toAttributeKind stx[0]
-    let stx := stx.setArg 0 mkAttrKindGlobal
+    -- trigger scoped checks early and only once
+    let _ ← toAttributeKind stx[0]
     let currNamespace ← getCurrNamespace
     match stx with
-    | `(notation $[: $prec? ]? $[(name := $name?)]? $[(priority := $prio?)]? $items* => $rhs) =>
+    | `($attrKind:attrKind notation $[: $prec? ]? $[(name := $name?)]? $[(priority := $prio?)]? $items* => $rhs) =>
       expandNotationAux stx currNamespace attrKind prec? name? prio? items rhs
     | _ => throwUnsupportedSyntax
 
diff --git a/tests/lean/localNotationPP.lean b/tests/lean/localNotationPP.lean
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e0b3fd805
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lean/localNotationPP.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+axiom n : Type → Type
+section
+local notation "ℕ" x => n x
+end
+#check n Nat -- should *not* be `ℕ Nat : Type`
diff --git a/tests/lean/localNotationPP.lean.expected.out b/tests/lean/localNotationPP.lean.expected.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7061084127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lean/localNotationPP.lean.expected.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+n Nat : Type