diff --git a/common/changes/@microsoft/tsdoc/octogonz-issue-148_2019-03-12-04-16.json b/common/changes/@microsoft/tsdoc/octogonz-issue-148_2019-03-12-04-16.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f172f0e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/@microsoft/tsdoc/octogonz-issue-148_2019-03-12-04-16.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "@microsoft/tsdoc",
+      "comment": "Fix an issue where tsdoc-param-tag-with-invalid-name was sometimes incorrectly reported certain identifiers (issue #148)",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@microsoft/tsdoc",
+  "email": "4673363+octogonz@users.noreply.github.com"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tsdoc/src/nodes/DocMemberIdentifier.ts b/tsdoc/src/nodes/DocMemberIdentifier.ts
index 6bdc1fea..92c41b0c 100644
--- a/tsdoc/src/nodes/DocMemberIdentifier.ts
+++ b/tsdoc/src/nodes/DocMemberIdentifier.ts
@@ -33,12 +33,16 @@ export class DocMemberIdentifier extends DocNode {
   private readonly _rightQuoteExcerpt: DocExcerpt | undefined;
 
   /**
-   * Returns true if the specified string is a valid TypeScript
-   * identifier.  If not, {@link DocMemberIdentifier.hasQuotes} will be
-   * required.
+   * Tests whether the input string can be used without quotes as a member identifier in a declaration reference.
+   * If not, {@link DocMemberIdentifier.hasQuotes} will be required.
+   *
+   * @remarks
+   * In order to be used without quotes, the string must follow the identifier syntax for ECMAScript / TypeScript,
+   * and it must not be one of the reserved words used for system selectors (such as `instance`, `static`,
+   * `constructor`, etc).
    */
   public static isValidIdentifier(identifier: string): boolean {
-    return !StringChecks.explainIfInvalidUnquotedIdentifier(identifier);
+    return !StringChecks.explainIfInvalidUnquotedMemberIdentifier(identifier);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/tsdoc/src/parser/NodeParser.ts b/tsdoc/src/parser/NodeParser.ts
index f0120cbb..ad2c0006 100644
--- a/tsdoc/src/parser/NodeParser.ts
+++ b/tsdoc/src/parser/NodeParser.ts
@@ -1377,7 +1377,7 @@ export class NodeParser {
       const identifierExcerpt: TokenSequence = tokenReader.extractAccumulatedSequence();
       const identifier: string = identifierExcerpt.toString();
 
-      const explanation: string | undefined = StringChecks.explainIfInvalidUnquotedIdentifier(identifier);
+      const explanation: string | undefined = StringChecks.explainIfInvalidUnquotedMemberIdentifier(identifier);
       if (explanation) {
         this._parserContext.log.addMessageForTokenSequence(
           TSDocMessageId.ReferenceUnquotedIdentifier,
diff --git a/tsdoc/src/parser/StringChecks.ts b/tsdoc/src/parser/StringChecks.ts
index 7e5a8c7c..e55e8357 100644
--- a/tsdoc/src/parser/StringChecks.ts
+++ b/tsdoc/src/parser/StringChecks.ts
@@ -164,6 +164,19 @@ export class StringChecks {
       return 'The identifier must not start with a number';
     }
 
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests whether the input string can be used without quotes as a member identifier in a declaration reference.
+   * If not, it should be enclosed in quotes.
+   */
+  public static explainIfInvalidUnquotedMemberIdentifier(identifier: string): string | undefined {
+    const explanation: string | undefined = StringChecks.explainIfInvalidUnquotedIdentifier(identifier);
+    if (explanation !== undefined) {
+      return explanation;
+    }
+
     if (StringChecks.isSystemSelector(identifier)) {
       // We do this to avoid confusion about the declaration reference syntax rules.
       // For example if someone were to see "MyClass.(static:instance)" it would be unclear which