diff --git a/src/runtime/shell/Builtin.rs b/src/runtime/shell/Builtin.rs
index 9be291a1f006..320725e32d2b 100644
--- a/src/runtime/shell/Builtin.rs
+++ b/src/runtime/shell/Builtin.rs
@@ -799,8 +799,8 @@ impl Builtin {
                 }
             }
             None if redirect.duplicate_out() => {
-                // `2>&1` (stderr=true,dup_out=true) → stderr := stdout
-                // `1>&2` (stdout=true,dup_out=true) → stdout := stderr
+                // `2>&1` (stdout=true,dup_out=true) → stderr := stdout
+                // `1>&2` (stderr=true,dup_out=true) → stdout := stderr
                 let me = Self::of_mut(interp, cmd);
                 if redirect.stdout() {
                     me.stderr = me.stdout.dup_ref();
diff --git a/src/shell_parser/parse.rs b/src/shell_parser/parse.rs
index 40d6f5bd000c..eb8062c06b8c 100644
--- a/src/shell_parser/parse.rs
+++ b/src/shell_parser/parse.rs
@@ -586,8 +586,8 @@ pub mod ast {
             const STDOUT        = 1 << 1;
             const STDERR        = 1 << 2;
             const APPEND        = 1 << 3;
-            /// 1>&2 === stdout=true and duplicate_out=true
-            /// 2>&1 === stderr=true and duplicate_out=true
+            /// 2>&1 === stdout=true and duplicate_out=true
+            /// 1>&2 === stderr=true and duplicate_out=true
             const DUPLICATE_OUT = 1 << 4;
         }
     }
@@ -1571,10 +1571,26 @@ impl<'bump> Parser<'bump> {
 
         let mut name_and_args = bun_alloc::ArenaVec::new_in(self.alloc);
         name_and_args.push(name);
-        while let Some(arg) = self.parse_atom()? {
-            name_and_args.push(arg);
+        let mut parsed_redirect = ParsedRedirect::default();
+        let mut has_redirect = false;
+        loop {
+            if let Some(arg) = self.parse_atom()? {
+                name_and_args.push(arg);
+                continue;
+            }
+            if self.check(TokenTag::Redirect) {
+                if has_redirect {
+                    self.add_error(format_args!(
+                        "Multiple redirects are not supported yet. Please open a GitHub issue."
+                    ))?;
+                    return Err(ParseError::Unsupported.into());
+                }
+                parsed_redirect = self.parse_redirect()?;
+                has_redirect = true;
+                continue;
+            }
+            break;
         }
-        let parsed_redirect = self.parse_redirect()?;
 
         Ok(ast::CmdOrAssigns::Cmd(ast::Cmd {
             assigns: assigns.into_bump_slice(),
@@ -1596,6 +1612,11 @@ impl<'bump> Parser<'bump> {
         };
         let redirect_file: Option<ast::Redirect<'bump>> = 'redirect_file: {
             if has_redirect {
+                // `2>&1` / `1>&2` are complete on their own; the next word is an
+                // argument of the command, not a file operand.
+                if redirect.duplicate_out() {
+                    break 'redirect_file None;
+                }
                 if self.r#match(TokenTag::JSObjRef) {
                     let Token::JSObjRef(obj_ref) = self.prev() else {
                         unreachable!()
@@ -1606,9 +1627,6 @@ impl<'bump> Parser<'bump> {
                 let file = match self.parse_atom()? {
                     Some(f) => f,
                     None => {
-                        if redirect.duplicate_out() {
-                            break 'redirect_file None;
-                        }
                         self.add_error(format_args!("Redirection with no file"))?;
                         return Err(ParseError::Expected.into());
                     }
diff --git a/test/js/bun/shell/file-io.test.ts b/test/js/bun/shell/file-io.test.ts
index 5b10f0351a8e..2312435ce792 100644
--- a/test/js/bun/shell/file-io.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/bun/shell/file-io.test.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,25 @@ describe("IOWriter file output redirection", () => {
       .runAsTest("zero-length write should trigger onIOWriterChunk callback");
   });
 
+  describe("fd-dup redirect followed by a word", () => {
+    // `2>&1` has no file operand, so `b` must stay an argument of echo.
+    TestBuilder.command`echo a 2>&1 b`
+      .ensureTempDir()
+      .exitCode(0)
+      .stdout("a b\n")
+      .stderr("")
+      .doesNotExist("b")
+      .runAsTest("2>&1 does not consume the next word as a file");
+
+    TestBuilder.command`echo a 1>&2 b`
+      .ensureTempDir()
+      .exitCode(0)
+      .stdout("")
+      .stderr("a b\n")
+      .doesNotExist("b")
+      .runAsTest("1>&2 does not consume the next word as a file");
+  });
+
   describe("drainBufferedData edge cases", () => {
     TestBuilder.command`echo -n ${"x".repeat(1024 * 10)} > large.txt`
       .exitCode(0)
diff --git a/test/js/bun/shell/parse.test.ts b/test/js/bun/shell/parse.test.ts
index 2da7a674bc12..9ce256e832b3 100644
--- a/test/js/bun/shell/parse.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/bun/shell/parse.test.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,31 @@ describe("parse shell", () => {
     expect(result).toEqual(expected);
   });
 
+  test("fd-dup redirect does not consume the next word", () => {
+    // `2>&1` / `1>&2` are complete redirects; the following word is an
+    // argument of the command (bash: `echo a 2>&1 b` prints "a b").
+    const cmd = {
+      assigns: [],
+      name_and_args: [{ simple: { Text: "echo" } }, { simple: { Text: "a" } }, { simple: { Text: "b" } }],
+      redirect: redirect({ stdout: true, duplicate_out: true }),
+      redirect_file: null,
+    };
+    expect(JSON.parse(parse`echo a 2>&1 b`)).toEqual({ stmts: [{ exprs: [{ cmd }] }] });
+
+    const cmd2 = {
+      assigns: [],
+      name_and_args: [{ simple: { Text: "echo" } }, { simple: { Text: "a" } }, { simple: { Text: "b" } }],
+      redirect: redirect({ stderr: true, duplicate_out: true }),
+      redirect_file: null,
+    };
+    expect(JSON.parse(parse`echo a 1>&2 b`)).toEqual({ stmts: [{ exprs: [{ cmd: cmd2 }] }] });
+
+    // With the trailing word absent the redirect still stands on its own.
+    expect(JSON.parse(parse`echo a 2>&1`)).toEqual({
+      stmts: [{ exprs: [{ cmd: { ...cmd, name_and_args: cmd.name_and_args.slice(0, 2) } }] }],
+    });
+  });
+
   test("single atom", () => {
     expect(JSON.parse(parse`ls`)).toEqual({
       stmts: [
@@ -1066,5 +1091,9 @@ describe("parse shell invalid input", () => {
     await TestBuilder.command`echo (echo foo && echo hi)`.error("Unexpected token: `(`").run();
 
     await TestBuilder.command`echo foo >`.error("Redirection with no file").run();
+
+    await TestBuilder.command`echo a 2>&1 b > f`
+      .error("Multiple redirects are not supported yet. Please open a GitHub issue.")
+      .run();
   });
 });