--- a/libinterp/corefcn/help.cc
+++ b/libinterp/corefcn/help.cc
@@ -641,8 +641,8 @@
 
   pair_type ("parfor",
     "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
-@deftypefn  {Keyword} {} for @var{i} = @var{range}\n\
-@deftypefnx {Keyword} {} for (@var{i} = @var{range}, @var{maxproc})\n\
+@deftypefn  {Keyword} {} parfor @var{i} = @var{range}\n\
+@deftypefnx {Keyword} {} parfor (@var{i} = @var{range}, @var{maxproc})\n\
 Begin a for loop that may execute in parallel.\n\
 \n\
 @example\n\

--- a/test/for.tst
+++ b/test/for.tst
@@ -108,3 +108,18 @@
 %!   'foo';
 %! endfor
 %! assert (i, 5);
+
+%!test
+%! parfor i = 1
+%!   __printf_assert__ ("%d", i);
+%! end  # "end" is part of test, check not using "endparfor"
+%! __printf_assert__ ("\n");
+%! assert (__prog_output_assert__ ("1"));
+
+%!test
+%! parfor i = 1:4
+%!   __printf_assert__ ("%d", i);
+%! endparfor
+%! __printf_assert__ ("\n");
+%! assert (__prog_output_assert__ ("1234"));
+

--- a/test/jit.tst
+++ b/test/jit.tst
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@
 %! endfor
 %! assert (i, 100);
 
+## Also test parfor keyword
+%!testif HAVE_LLVM
+%! parfor i=1:1e6
+%!   if (i == 100)
+%!     break;
+%!   endif
+%! endparfor
+%! assert (i, 100);
+
 %!testif HAVE_LLVM
 %! inc = 1e-5;
 %! result = 0;