diff --git a/src/backend/tsearch/to_tsany.c b/src/backend/tsearch/to_tsany.c
index edeffacc2d..c0030ddaec 100644
--- a/src/backend/tsearch/to_tsany.c
+++ b/src/backend/tsearch/to_tsany.c
@@ -594,7 +594,8 @@ to_tsquery_byid(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	query = parse_tsquery(text_to_cstring(in),
 						  pushval_morph,
 						  PointerGetDatum(&data),
-						  0);
+						  0,
+						  NULL);
 
 	PG_RETURN_TSQUERY(query);
 }
@@ -630,7 +631,8 @@ plainto_tsquery_byid(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	query = parse_tsquery(text_to_cstring(in),
 						  pushval_morph,
 						  PointerGetDatum(&data),
-						  P_TSQ_PLAIN);
+						  P_TSQ_PLAIN,
+						  NULL);
 
 	PG_RETURN_POINTER(query);
 }
@@ -667,7 +669,8 @@ phraseto_tsquery_byid(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	query = parse_tsquery(text_to_cstring(in),
 						  pushval_morph,
 						  PointerGetDatum(&data),
-						  P_TSQ_PLAIN);
+						  P_TSQ_PLAIN,
+						  NULL);
 
 	PG_RETURN_TSQUERY(query);
 }
@@ -704,7 +707,8 @@ websearch_to_tsquery_byid(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	query = parse_tsquery(text_to_cstring(in),
 						  pushval_morph,
 						  PointerGetDatum(&data),
-						  P_TSQ_WEB);
+						  P_TSQ_WEB,
+						  NULL);
 
 	PG_RETURN_TSQUERY(query);
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/tsquery.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/tsquery.c
index a206926042..1097294d55 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/tsquery.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/tsquery.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #include "libpq/pqformat.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
+#include "nodes/miscnodes.h"
 #include "tsearch/ts_locale.h"
 #include "tsearch/ts_type.h"
 #include "tsearch/ts_utils.h"
@@ -58,10 +59,16 @@ typedef enum
 /*
  * get token from query string
  *
- * *operator is filled in with OP_* when return values is PT_OPR,
- * but *weight could contain a distance value in case of phrase operator.
- * *strval, *lenval and *weight are filled in when return value is PT_VAL
+ * All arguments except "state" are output arguments.
  *
+ * If return value is PT_OPR, then *operator is filled with an OP_* code
+ * and *weight will contain a distance value in case of phrase operator.
+ *
+ * If return value is PT_VAL, then *lenval, *strval, *weight, and *prefix
+ * are filled.
+ *
+ * If PT_ERR is returned then a soft error has occurred.  If state->escontext
+ * isn't already filled then this should be reported as a generic parse error.
  */
 typedef ts_tokentype (*ts_tokenizer) (TSQueryParserState state, int8 *operator,
 									  int *lenval, char **strval,
@@ -93,6 +100,9 @@ struct TSQueryParserStateData
 
 	/* state for value's parser */
 	TSVectorParseState valstate;
+
+	/* context object for soft errors - must match valstate's escontext */
+	Node	   *escontext;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -194,7 +204,7 @@ parse_phrase_operator(TSQueryParserState pstate, int16 *distance)
 				if (ptr == endptr)
 					return false;
 				else if (errno == ERANGE || l < 0 || l > MAXENTRYPOS)
-					ereport(ERROR,
+					ereturn(pstate->escontext, false,
 							(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
 							 errmsg("distance in phrase operator must be an integer value between zero and %d inclusive",
 									MAXENTRYPOS)));
@@ -301,10 +311,8 @@ gettoken_query_standard(TSQueryParserState state, int8 *operator,
 				}
 				else if (t_iseq(state->buf, ':'))
 				{
-					ereport(ERROR,
-							(errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
-							 errmsg("syntax error in tsquery: \"%s\"",
-									state->buffer)));
+					/* generic syntax error message is fine */
+					return PT_ERR;
 				}
 				else if (!t_isspace(state->buf))
 				{
@@ -320,12 +328,17 @@ gettoken_query_standard(TSQueryParserState state, int8 *operator,
 						state->state = WAITOPERATOR;
 						return PT_VAL;
 					}
+					else if (SOFT_ERROR_OCCURRED(state->escontext))
+					{
+						/* gettoken_tsvector reported a soft error */
+						return PT_ERR;
+					}
 					else if (state->state == WAITFIRSTOPERAND)
 					{
 						return PT_END;
 					}
 					else
-						ereport(ERROR,
+						ereturn(state->escontext, PT_ERR,
 								(errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
 								 errmsg("no operand in tsquery: \"%s\"",
 										state->buffer)));
@@ -354,6 +367,11 @@ gettoken_query_standard(TSQueryParserState state, int8 *operator,
 					*operator = OP_PHRASE;
 					return PT_OPR;
 				}
+				else if (SOFT_ERROR_OCCURRED(state->escontext))
+				{
+					/* parse_phrase_operator reported a soft error */
+					return PT_ERR;
+				}
 				else if (t_iseq(state->buf, ')'))
 				{
 					state->buf++;
@@ -438,6 +456,11 @@ gettoken_query_websearch(TSQueryParserState state, int8 *operator,
 						state->state = WAITOPERATOR;
 						return PT_VAL;
 					}
+					else if (SOFT_ERROR_OCCURRED(state->escontext))
+					{
+						/* gettoken_tsvector reported a soft error */
+						return PT_ERR;
+					}
 					else if (state->state == WAITFIRSTOPERAND)
 					{
 						return PT_END;
@@ -529,12 +552,12 @@ pushValue_internal(TSQueryParserState state, pg_crc32 valcrc, int distance, int
 	QueryOperand *tmp;
 
 	if (distance >= MAXSTRPOS)
-		ereport(ERROR,
+		ereturn(state->escontext,,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_PROGRAM_LIMIT_EXCEEDED),
 				 errmsg("value is too big in tsquery: \"%s\"",
 						state->buffer)));
 	if (lenval >= MAXSTRLEN)
-		ereport(ERROR,
+		ereturn(state->escontext,,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_PROGRAM_LIMIT_EXCEEDED),
 				 errmsg("operand is too long in tsquery: \"%s\"",
 						state->buffer)));
@@ -562,7 +585,7 @@ pushValue(TSQueryParserState state, char *strval, int lenval, int16 weight, bool
 	pg_crc32	valcrc;
 
 	if (lenval >= MAXSTRLEN)
-		ereport(ERROR,
+		ereturn(state->escontext,,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_PROGRAM_LIMIT_EXCEEDED),
 				 errmsg("word is too long in tsquery: \"%s\"",
 						state->buffer)));
@@ -686,11 +709,17 @@ makepol(TSQueryParserState state,
 				return;
 			case PT_ERR:
 			default:
-				ereport(ERROR,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
-						 errmsg("syntax error in tsquery: \"%s\"",
-								state->buffer)));
+				/* don't overwrite a soft error saved by gettoken function */
+				if (!SOFT_ERROR_OCCURRED(state->escontext))
+					errsave(state->escontext,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
+							 errmsg("syntax error in tsquery: \"%s\"",
+									state->buffer)));
+				return;
 		}
+		/* detect soft error in pushval or recursion */
+		if (SOFT_ERROR_OCCURRED(state->escontext))
+			return;
 	}
 
 	cleanOpStack(state, opstack, &lenstack, OP_OR /* lowest */ );
@@ -769,6 +798,8 @@ findoprnd(QueryItem *ptr, int size, bool *needcleanup)
 
 
 /*
+ * Parse the tsquery stored in "buf".
+ *
  * Each value (operand) in the query is passed to pushval. pushval can
  * transform the simple value to an arbitrarily complex expression using
  * pushValue and pushOperator. It must push a single value with pushValue,
@@ -778,12 +809,19 @@ findoprnd(QueryItem *ptr, int size, bool *needcleanup)
  *
  * opaque is passed on to pushval as is, pushval can use it to store its
  * private state.
+ *
+ * The pushval function can record soft errors via escontext.
+ * Callers must check SOFT_ERROR_OCCURRED to detect that.
+ *
+ * A bitmask of flags (see ts_utils.h) and an error context object
+ * can be provided as well.  If a soft error occurs, NULL is returned.
  */
 TSQuery
 parse_tsquery(char *buf,
 			  PushFunction pushval,
 			  Datum opaque,
-			  int flags)
+			  int flags,
+			  Node *escontext)
 {
 	struct TSQueryParserStateData state;
 	int			i;
@@ -791,6 +829,7 @@ parse_tsquery(char *buf,
 	int			commonlen;
 	QueryItem  *ptr;
 	ListCell   *cell;
+	bool		noisy;
 	bool		needcleanup;
 	int			tsv_flags = P_TSV_OPR_IS_DELIM | P_TSV_IS_TSQUERY;
 
@@ -808,15 +847,19 @@ parse_tsquery(char *buf,
 	else
 		state.gettoken = gettoken_query_standard;
 
+	/* emit nuisance NOTICEs only if not doing soft errors */
+	noisy = !(escontext && IsA(escontext, ErrorSaveContext));
+
 	/* init state */
 	state.buffer = buf;
 	state.buf = buf;
 	state.count = 0;
 	state.state = WAITFIRSTOPERAND;
 	state.polstr = NIL;
+	state.escontext = escontext;
 
 	/* init value parser's state */
-	state.valstate = init_tsvector_parser(state.buffer, tsv_flags);
+	state.valstate = init_tsvector_parser(state.buffer, tsv_flags, escontext);
 
 	/* init list of operand */
 	state.sumlen = 0;
@@ -829,11 +872,15 @@ parse_tsquery(char *buf,
 
 	close_tsvector_parser(state.valstate);
 
+	if (SOFT_ERROR_OCCURRED(escontext))
+		return NULL;
+
 	if (state.polstr == NIL)
 	{
-		ereport(NOTICE,
-				(errmsg("text-search query doesn't contain lexemes: \"%s\"",
-						state.buffer)));
+		if (noisy)
+			ereport(NOTICE,
+					(errmsg("text-search query doesn't contain lexemes: \"%s\"",
+							state.buffer)));
 		query = (TSQuery) palloc(HDRSIZETQ);
 		SET_VARSIZE(query, HDRSIZETQ);
 		query->size = 0;
@@ -841,7 +888,7 @@ parse_tsquery(char *buf,
 	}
 
 	if (TSQUERY_TOO_BIG(list_length(state.polstr), state.sumlen))
-		ereport(ERROR,
+		ereturn(escontext, NULL,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_PROGRAM_LIMIT_EXCEEDED),
 				 errmsg("tsquery is too large")));
 	commonlen = COMPUTESIZE(list_length(state.polstr), state.sumlen);
@@ -889,7 +936,7 @@ parse_tsquery(char *buf,
 	 * If there are QI_VALSTOP nodes, delete them and simplify the tree.
 	 */
 	if (needcleanup)
-		query = cleanup_tsquery_stopwords(query);
+		query = cleanup_tsquery_stopwords(query, noisy);
 
 	return query;
 }
@@ -908,8 +955,13 @@ Datum
 tsqueryin(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
 	char	   *in = PG_GETARG_CSTRING(0);
+	Node	   *escontext = fcinfo->context;
 
-	PG_RETURN_TSQUERY(parse_tsquery(in, pushval_asis, PointerGetDatum(NULL), 0));
+	PG_RETURN_TSQUERY(parse_tsquery(in,
+									pushval_asis,
+									PointerGetDatum(NULL),
+									0,
+									escontext));
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/tsquery_cleanup.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/tsquery_cleanup.c
index b77a7878dc..94030a75d5 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/tsquery_cleanup.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/tsquery_cleanup.c
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ calcstrlen(NODE *node)
  * Remove QI_VALSTOP (stopword) nodes from TSQuery.
  */
 TSQuery
-cleanup_tsquery_stopwords(TSQuery in)
+cleanup_tsquery_stopwords(TSQuery in, bool noisy)
 {
 	int32		len,
 				lenstr,
@@ -403,8 +403,9 @@ cleanup_tsquery_stopwords(TSQuery in)
 	root = clean_stopword_intree(maketree(GETQUERY(in)), &ladd, &radd);
 	if (root == NULL)
 	{
-		ereport(NOTICE,
-				(errmsg("text-search query contains only stop words or doesn't contain lexemes, ignored")));
+		if (noisy)
+			ereport(NOTICE,
+					(errmsg("text-search query contains only stop words or doesn't contain lexemes, ignored")));
 		out = palloc(HDRSIZETQ);
 		out->size = 0;
 		SET_VARSIZE(out, HDRSIZETQ);
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/tsvector.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/tsvector.c
index 04c6f33537..0b430d3c47 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/tsvector.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/tsvector.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "postgres.h"
 
 #include "libpq/pqformat.h"
+#include "nodes/miscnodes.h"
 #include "tsearch/ts_locale.h"
 #include "tsearch/ts_utils.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ Datum
 tsvectorin(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
 	char	   *buf = PG_GETARG_CSTRING(0);
+	Node	   *escontext = fcinfo->context;
 	TSVectorParseState state;
 	WordEntryIN *arr;
 	int			totallen;
@@ -201,7 +203,7 @@ tsvectorin(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	char	   *cur;
 	int			buflen = 256;	/* allocated size of tmpbuf */
 
-	state = init_tsvector_parser(buf, 0);
+	state = init_tsvector_parser(buf, 0, escontext);
 
 	arrlen = 64;
 	arr = (WordEntryIN *) palloc(sizeof(WordEntryIN) * arrlen);
@@ -210,14 +212,14 @@ tsvectorin(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	while (gettoken_tsvector(state, &token, &toklen, &pos, &poslen, NULL))
 	{
 		if (toklen >= MAXSTRLEN)
-			ereport(ERROR,
+			ereturn(escontext, (Datum) 0,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_PROGRAM_LIMIT_EXCEEDED),
 					 errmsg("word is too long (%ld bytes, max %ld bytes)",
 							(long) toklen,
 							(long) (MAXSTRLEN - 1))));
 
 		if (cur - tmpbuf > MAXSTRPOS)
-			ereport(ERROR,
+			ereturn(escontext, (Datum) 0,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_PROGRAM_LIMIT_EXCEEDED),
 					 errmsg("string is too long for tsvector (%ld bytes, max %ld bytes)",
 							(long) (cur - tmpbuf), (long) MAXSTRPOS)));
@@ -261,13 +263,17 @@ tsvectorin(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	close_tsvector_parser(state);
 
+	/* Did gettoken_tsvector fail? */
+	if (SOFT_ERROR_OCCURRED(escontext))
+		PG_RETURN_NULL();
+
 	if (len > 0)
 		len = uniqueentry(arr, len, tmpbuf, &buflen);
 	else
 		buflen = 0;
 
 	if (buflen > MAXSTRPOS)
-		ereport(ERROR,
+		ereturn(escontext, (Datum) 0,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_PROGRAM_LIMIT_EXCEEDED),
 				 errmsg("string is too long for tsvector (%d bytes, max %d bytes)", buflen, MAXSTRPOS)));
 
@@ -285,6 +291,7 @@ tsvectorin(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 		stroff += arr[i].entry.len;
 		if (arr[i].entry.haspos)
 		{
+			/* This should be unreachable because of MAXNUMPOS restrictions */
 			if (arr[i].poslen > 0xFFFF)
 				elog(ERROR, "positions array too long");
 
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/tsvector_parser.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/tsvector_parser.c
index e2460d393a..eeea93e622 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/tsvector_parser.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/tsvector_parser.c
@@ -20,9 +20,19 @@
 
 /*
  * Private state of tsvector parser.  Note that tsquery also uses this code to
- * parse its input, hence the boolean flags.  The two flags are both true or
- * both false in current usage, but we keep them separate for clarity.
+ * parse its input, hence the boolean flags.  The oprisdelim and is_tsquery
+ * flags are both true or both false in current usage, but we keep them
+ * separate for clarity.
+ *
+ * If oprisdelim is set, the following characters are treated as delimiters
+ * (in addition to whitespace): ! | & ( )
+ *
  * is_tsquery affects *only* the content of error messages.
+ *
+ * is_web can be true to further modify tsquery parsing.
+ *
+ * If escontext is an ErrorSaveContext node, then soft errors can be
+ * captured there rather than being thrown.
  */
 struct TSVectorParseStateData
 {
@@ -34,16 +44,17 @@ struct TSVectorParseStateData
 	bool		oprisdelim;		/* treat ! | * ( ) as delimiters? */
 	bool		is_tsquery;		/* say "tsquery" not "tsvector" in errors? */
 	bool		is_web;			/* we're in websearch_to_tsquery() */
+	Node	   *escontext;		/* for soft error reporting */
 };
 
 
 /*
- * Initializes parser for the input string. If oprisdelim is set, the
- * following characters are treated as delimiters in addition to whitespace:
- * ! | & ( )
+ * Initializes a parser state object for the given input string.
+ * A bitmask of flags (see ts_utils.h) and an error context object
+ * can be provided as well.
  */
 TSVectorParseState
-init_tsvector_parser(char *input, int flags)
+init_tsvector_parser(char *input, int flags, Node *escontext)
 {
 	TSVectorParseState state;
 
@@ -56,12 +67,15 @@ init_tsvector_parser(char *input, int flags)
 	state->oprisdelim = (flags & P_TSV_OPR_IS_DELIM) != 0;
 	state->is_tsquery = (flags & P_TSV_IS_TSQUERY) != 0;
 	state->is_web = (flags & P_TSV_IS_WEB) != 0;
+	state->escontext = escontext;
 
 	return state;
 }
 
 /*
  * Reinitializes parser to parse 'input', instead of previous input.
+ *
+ * Note that bufstart (the string reported in errors) is not changed.
  */
 void
 reset_tsvector_parser(TSVectorParseState state, char *input)
@@ -122,23 +136,26 @@ do { \
 #define WAITPOSDELIM	7
 #define WAITCHARCMPLX	8
 
-#define PRSSYNTAXERROR prssyntaxerror(state)
+#define PRSSYNTAXERROR return prssyntaxerror(state)
 
-static void
+static bool
 prssyntaxerror(TSVectorParseState state)
 {
-	ereport(ERROR,
+	errsave(state->escontext,
 			(errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
 			 state->is_tsquery ?
 			 errmsg("syntax error in tsquery: \"%s\"", state->bufstart) :
 			 errmsg("syntax error in tsvector: \"%s\"", state->bufstart)));
+	/* In soft error situation, return false as convenience for caller */
+	return false;
 }
 
 
 /*
  * Get next token from string being parsed. Returns true if successful,
- * false if end of input string is reached.  On success, these output
- * parameters are filled in:
+ * false if end of input string is reached or soft error.
+ *
+ * On success, these output parameters are filled in:
  *
  * *strval		pointer to token
  * *lenval		length of *strval
@@ -149,7 +166,11 @@ prssyntaxerror(TSVectorParseState state)
  * *poslen		number of elements in *pos_ptr
  * *endptr		scan resumption point
  *
- * Pass NULL for unwanted output parameters.
+ * Pass NULL for any unwanted output parameters.
+ *
+ * If state->escontext is an ErrorSaveContext, then caller must check
+ * SOFT_ERROR_OCCURRED() to determine whether a "false" result means
+ * error or normal end-of-string.
  */
 bool
 gettoken_tsvector(TSVectorParseState state,
@@ -195,7 +216,7 @@ gettoken_tsvector(TSVectorParseState state,
 		else if (statecode == WAITNEXTCHAR)
 		{
 			if (*(state->prsbuf) == '\0')
-				ereport(ERROR,
+				ereturn(state->escontext, false,
 						(errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
 						 errmsg("there is no escaped character: \"%s\"",
 								state->bufstart)));
@@ -313,7 +334,7 @@ gettoken_tsvector(TSVectorParseState state,
 				WEP_SETPOS(pos[npos - 1], LIMITPOS(atoi(state->prsbuf)));
 				/* we cannot get here in tsquery, so no need for 2 errmsgs */
 				if (WEP_GETPOS(pos[npos - 1]) == 0)
-					ereport(ERROR,
+					ereturn(state->escontext, false,
 							(errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
 							 errmsg("wrong position info in tsvector: \"%s\"",
 									state->bufstart)));
diff --git a/src/include/tsearch/ts_utils.h b/src/include/tsearch/ts_utils.h
index 6fdd334fff..2297fb6cd5 100644
--- a/src/include/tsearch/ts_utils.h
+++ b/src/include/tsearch/ts_utils.h
@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@
 struct TSVectorParseStateData;	/* opaque struct in tsvector_parser.c */
 typedef struct TSVectorParseStateData *TSVectorParseState;
 
+/* flag bits that can be passed to init_tsvector_parser: */
 #define P_TSV_OPR_IS_DELIM	(1 << 0)
 #define P_TSV_IS_TSQUERY	(1 << 1)
 #define P_TSV_IS_WEB		(1 << 2)
 
-extern TSVectorParseState init_tsvector_parser(char *input, int flags);
+extern TSVectorParseState init_tsvector_parser(char *input, int flags,
+											   Node *escontext);
 extern void reset_tsvector_parser(TSVectorParseState state, char *input);
 extern bool gettoken_tsvector(TSVectorParseState state,
 							  char **strval, int *lenval,
@@ -58,13 +60,15 @@ typedef void (*PushFunction) (Datum opaque, TSQueryParserState state,
 													 * QueryOperand struct */
 							  bool prefix);
 
+/* flag bits that can be passed to parse_tsquery: */
 #define P_TSQ_PLAIN		(1 << 0)
 #define P_TSQ_WEB		(1 << 1)
 
 extern TSQuery parse_tsquery(char *buf,
 							 PushFunction pushval,
 							 Datum opaque,
-							 int flags);
+							 int flags,
+							 Node *escontext);
 
 /* Functions for use by PushFunction implementations */
 extern void pushValue(TSQueryParserState state,
@@ -222,7 +226,7 @@ extern int32 tsCompareString(char *a, int lena, char *b, int lenb, bool prefix);
  * TSQuery Utilities
  */
 extern QueryItem *clean_NOT(QueryItem *ptr, int32 *len);
-extern TSQuery cleanup_tsquery_stopwords(TSQuery in);
+extern TSQuery cleanup_tsquery_stopwords(TSQuery in, bool noisy);
 
 typedef struct QTNode
 {
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/tstypes.out b/src/test/regress/expected/tstypes.out
index 92c1c6e10b..a8785cd708 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/tstypes.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/tstypes.out
@@ -89,6 +89,25 @@ SELECT $$'' '1' '2'$$::tsvector;  -- error, empty lexeme is not allowed
 ERROR:  syntax error in tsvector: "'' '1' '2'"
 LINE 1: SELECT $$'' '1' '2'$$::tsvector;
                ^
+-- Also try it with non-error-throwing API
+SELECT pg_input_is_valid('foo', 'tsvector');
+ pg_input_is_valid 
+-------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT pg_input_is_valid($$''$$, 'tsvector');
+ pg_input_is_valid 
+-------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT pg_input_error_message($$''$$, 'tsvector');
+     pg_input_error_message     
+--------------------------------
+ syntax error in tsvector: "''"
+(1 row)
+
 --Base tsquery test
 SELECT '1'::tsquery;
  tsquery 
@@ -372,6 +391,31 @@ SELECT '!!a & !!b'::tsquery;
  !!'a' & !!'b'
 (1 row)
 
+-- Also try it with non-error-throwing API
+SELECT pg_input_is_valid('foo', 'tsquery');
+ pg_input_is_valid 
+-------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT pg_input_is_valid('foo!', 'tsquery');
+ pg_input_is_valid 
+-------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT pg_input_error_message('foo!', 'tsquery');
+     pg_input_error_message      
+---------------------------------
+ syntax error in tsquery: "foo!"
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT pg_input_error_message('a <100000> b', 'tsquery');
+                                pg_input_error_message                                 
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ distance in phrase operator must be an integer value between zero and 16384 inclusive
+(1 row)
+
 --comparisons
 SELECT 'a' < 'b & c'::tsquery as "true";
  true 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/tstypes.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/tstypes.sql
index 61e8f49c91..b73dd1cb07 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/tstypes.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/tstypes.sql
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ SELECT '''w'':4A,3B,2C,1D,5 a:8';
 SELECT 'a:3A b:2a'::tsvector || 'ba:1234 a:1B';
 SELECT $$'' '1' '2'$$::tsvector;  -- error, empty lexeme is not allowed
 
+-- Also try it with non-error-throwing API
+SELECT pg_input_is_valid('foo', 'tsvector');
+SELECT pg_input_is_valid($$''$$, 'tsvector');
+SELECT pg_input_error_message($$''$$, 'tsvector');
+
 --Base tsquery test
 SELECT '1'::tsquery;
 SELECT '1 '::tsquery;
@@ -68,6 +73,12 @@ SELECT 'a & !!b'::tsquery;
 SELECT '!!a & b'::tsquery;
 SELECT '!!a & !!b'::tsquery;
 
+-- Also try it with non-error-throwing API
+SELECT pg_input_is_valid('foo', 'tsquery');
+SELECT pg_input_is_valid('foo!', 'tsquery');
+SELECT pg_input_error_message('foo!', 'tsquery');
+SELECT pg_input_error_message('a <100000> b', 'tsquery');
+
 --comparisons
 SELECT 'a' < 'b & c'::tsquery as "true";
 SELECT 'a' > 'b & c'::tsquery as "false";
