diff --git a/crates/squawk_parser/src/grammar.rs b/crates/squawk_parser/src/grammar.rs
index 49eb0959..5e7a0710 100644
--- a/crates/squawk_parser/src/grammar.rs
+++ b/crates/squawk_parser/src/grammar.rs
@@ -12909,6 +12909,19 @@ fn copy_option_list(p: &mut Parser<'_>) {
     m.complete(p, COPY_OPTION_LIST);
 }
 
+fn opt_copy_force_target(p: &mut Parser<'_>) -> bool {
+    if p.eat(STAR) {
+        return true;
+    }
+    if name_ref(p).is_none() {
+        return false;
+    }
+    while !p.at(EOF) && p.eat(COMMA) {
+        name_ref(p);
+    }
+    true
+}
+
 fn opt_copy_option_item(p: &mut Parser<'_>) -> bool {
     let m = p.start();
     let parsed = match p.current() {
@@ -12933,19 +12946,20 @@ fn opt_copy_option_item(p: &mut Parser<'_>) -> bool {
                 NOT_KW => {
                     p.bump_any();
                     p.expect(NULL_KW);
-                    if !p.eat(STAR) {
-                        name_ref_list(p);
-                    }
-                    true
+                    opt_copy_force_target(p)
                 }
-                QUOTE_KW | NULL_KW => {
+                NULL_KW => {
                     p.bump_any();
-                    if !p.eat(STAR) {
-                        name_ref_list(p);
-                    }
-                    true
+                    opt_copy_force_target(p)
+                }
+                QUOTE_KW => {
+                    p.bump_any();
+                    opt_copy_force_target(p)
+                }
+                _ => {
+                    p.error("expected NOT, QUOTE, or NULL");
+                    false
                 }
-                _ => false,
             }
         }
         _ => false,
diff --git a/crates/squawk_parser/tests/data/err/copy.sql b/crates/squawk_parser/tests/data/err/copy.sql
index bef9ad68..c18ed700 100644
--- a/crates/squawk_parser/tests/data/err/copy.sql
+++ b/crates/squawk_parser/tests/data/err/copy.sql
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 -- missing a couple commas
 copy x (i y) from '/tmp/input.file' (on_error ignore  log_verbosity verbose);
+
+-- legacy force option requires a target
+copy t from 's' with force;
+copy t from 's' with force null;
+copy t from 's' with force zzz;
diff --git a/crates/squawk_parser/tests/snapshots/tests__copy_err.snap b/crates/squawk_parser/tests/snapshots/tests__copy_err.snap
index d2940655..45726f2d 100644
--- a/crates/squawk_parser/tests/snapshots/tests__copy_err.snap
+++ b/crates/squawk_parser/tests/snapshots/tests__copy_err.snap
@@ -44,6 +44,68 @@ SOURCE_FILE
         VERBOSE_KW "verbose"
       R_PAREN ")"
     SEMICOLON ";"
+  WHITESPACE "\n\n"
+  COMMENT "-- legacy force option requires a target"
+  WHITESPACE "\n"
+  COPY
+    COPY_KW "copy"
+    WHITESPACE " "
+    PATH
+      PATH_SEGMENT
+        NAME_REF
+          IDENT "t"
+    WHITESPACE " "
+    FROM_KW "from"
+    WHITESPACE " "
+    LITERAL
+      STRING "'s'"
+    WHITESPACE " "
+    WITH_KW "with"
+    WHITESPACE " "
+    FORCE_KW "force"
+    SEMICOLON ";"
+  WHITESPACE "\n"
+  COPY
+    COPY_KW "copy"
+    WHITESPACE " "
+    PATH
+      PATH_SEGMENT
+        NAME_REF
+          IDENT "t"
+    WHITESPACE " "
+    FROM_KW "from"
+    WHITESPACE " "
+    LITERAL
+      STRING "'s'"
+    WHITESPACE " "
+    WITH_KW "with"
+    WHITESPACE " "
+    FORCE_KW "force"
+    WHITESPACE " "
+    NULL_KW "null"
+    SEMICOLON ";"
+  WHITESPACE "\n"
+  COPY
+    COPY_KW "copy"
+    WHITESPACE " "
+    PATH
+      PATH_SEGMENT
+        NAME_REF
+          IDENT "t"
+    WHITESPACE " "
+    FROM_KW "from"
+    WHITESPACE " "
+    LITERAL
+      STRING "'s'"
+    WHITESPACE " "
+    WITH_KW "with"
+    WHITESPACE " "
+    FORCE_KW "force"
+  WHITESPACE " "
+  ERROR
+    IDENT "zzz"
+  EMPTY_STMT
+    SEMICOLON ";"
   WHITESPACE "\n"
 ---
 error[syntax-error]: expected COMMA
@@ -54,3 +116,19 @@ error[syntax-error]: expected COMMA
   ╭▸ 
 2 │ copy x (i y) from '/tmp/input.file' (on_error ignore  log_verbosity verbose);
   ╰╴                                                    ━
+error[syntax-error]: expected NOT, QUOTE, or NULL
+  ╭▸ 
+5 │ copy t from 's' with force;
+  ╰╴                          ━
+error[syntax-error]: expected name
+  ╭▸ 
+6 │ copy t from 's' with force null;
+  ╰╴                               ━
+error[syntax-error]: expected NOT, QUOTE, or NULL
+  ╭▸ 
+7 │ copy t from 's' with force zzz;
+  ╰╴                          ━
+error[syntax-error]: expected command, found IDENT
+  ╭▸ 
+7 │ copy t from 's' with force zzz;
+  ╰╴                           ━