diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index c82f5bf5..eed3ecb0 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 				"type": "npm",
 				"script": "compile:tests"
 			},
-			"args": ["issue_234_a"],
+			"args": ["issue_240"],
 			"env": {
 				"INCLUDE_DIR": "${workspaceFolder}"
 			}
diff --git a/language/linter.ts b/language/linter.ts
index 26e5424e..c95adda7 100644
--- a/language/linter.ts
+++ b/language/linter.ts
@@ -1049,10 +1049,13 @@ export default class Linter {
             callLoc = (callLoc.startsWith(`'`) && callLoc.endsWith(`'`) ? callLoc.substring(1, callLoc.length - 1) : callLoc);
 
             if (rules.NoExternalTo.includes(callLoc)) {
-              errors.push({
-                type: `NoExternalTo`,
-                offset: { position: localDef.range.start, end: localDef.range.end }
-              });
+              const possibleStatement = doc.getStatementByLine(localDef.position.line);
+              if (possibleStatement) {
+                errors.push({
+                  type: `NoExternalTo`,
+                  offset: { position: possibleStatement.range.start, end: possibleStatement.range.end },
+                });
+              }
             }
           }
         });
diff --git a/tests/suite/linter.js b/tests/suite/linter.js
index a02aa69a..4507a2b9 100644
--- a/tests/suite/linter.js
+++ b/tests/suite/linter.js
@@ -1807,8 +1807,10 @@ exports.linter24 = async () => {
 
   assert.strictEqual(errors.length, 1);
   assert.deepStrictEqual(errors[0], {
-    type: `NoExternalTo`, offset: { position: 8, end: 15 }
+    type: `NoExternalTo`, offset: { position: 95, end: 132 }
   });
+
+  assert.strictEqual(lines.substring(errors[0].offset.position, errors[0].offset.end), `Dcl-PR GetProfile  ExtPgm('QSYGETPH')`);
 }
 
 exports.linter25 = async () => {
@@ -1875,12 +1877,16 @@ exports.linter25 = async () => {
   assert.strictEqual(errors.length, 2);
 
   assert.deepStrictEqual(errors[0], {
-    type: `NoExternalTo`, offset: { position: 14, end: 21 }
+    type: `NoExternalTo`, offset: { position: 163, end: 200 }
   });
 
+  assert.strictEqual(lines.substring(errors[0].offset.position, errors[0].offset.end), `Dcl-PR GetProfile  ExtPgm('QSYGETPH')`);
+
   assert.deepStrictEqual(errors[1], {
-    type: `NoExternalTo`, offset: { position: 23, end: 25 }
+    type: `NoExternalTo`, offset: { position: 506, end: 544 }
   });
+
+  assert.strictEqual(lines.substring(errors[1].offset.position, errors[1].offset.end), `Dcl-Pr CloseProfile ExtPgm('QSYRLSPH')`);
 }
 
 exports.linter26 = async () => {
@@ -3259,3 +3265,55 @@ exports.issue_238 = async () => {
 
   assert.strictEqual(indentErrors.length, 0);
 }
+
+exports.issue_240 = async () => {
+  const lines = [
+    `**FREE`,
+    ``,
+    `///`,
+    `// -> ~~~~ <- This is where the error is reported`,
+    `// Comment line 2`,
+    `// Comment line 3`,
+    `// Comment line 4`,
+    `// Comment line 5`,
+    `// Comment line 6`,
+    `// Comment line 7`,
+    `// Comment line 8`,
+    `// Comment line 9`,
+    `// Comment line 10`,
+    `// Comment line 11`,
+    `// Comment line 12`,
+    `// Comment line 13`,
+    `// Comment line 14`,
+    `// Comment line 15`,
+    `// Comment line 16`,
+    `///`,
+    ``,
+    `dcl-pr QCMDEXC  extpgm('QCMDEXC');`,
+    `  cmd            char(32702)  options(*VARSIZE) const;`,
+    `  cmdLen         packed(15:5) const;`,
+    `  igc            char(3)      options(*NOPASS) const;`,
+    `end-pr;`,
+    ``,
+    `*inLR = *ON;`,
+    `return;`,
+  ].join(`\n`);
+
+  const parser = parserSetup();
+  const cache = await parser.getDocs(uri, lines);
+  const { errors } = Linter.getErrors({ uri, content: lines }, {
+    "NoExternalTo": [`QCMD`, `QP2TERM`, `QSH`, `SYSTEM`, `QCMDEXC`]
+  }, cache);
+
+  assert.strictEqual(errors.length, 1);
+
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(errors[0], {
+    type: `NoExternalTo`,
+    offset: {
+      position: 344,
+      end: 377,
+    }
+  });
+
+  assert.strictEqual(lines.substring(errors[0].offset.position, errors[0].offset.end), `dcl-pr QCMDEXC  extpgm('QCMDEXC')`);
+}
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