PowerShell
diff --git a/Rules/AvoidAlias.cs b/Rules/AvoidAlias.cs
@@ -143,14 +143,27 @@ public IEnumerable<DiagnosticRecord> AnalyzeScript(Ast ast, string fileName)
                     commandType: CommandTypes.Cmdlet | CommandTypes.Function | CommandTypes.Script);
                 if (cmdletNameIfCommandWasMissingGetPrefix != null)
                 {
-                    yield return new DiagnosticRecord(
-                        string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, Strings.AvoidUsingCmdletAliasesMissingGetPrefixError, commandName, commdNameWithGetPrefix),
-                        GetCommandExtent(cmdAst),
-                        GetName(),
-                        DiagnosticSeverity.Warning,
-                        fileName,
-                        commandName,
-                        suggestedCorrections: GetCorrectionExtent(cmdAst, commdNameWithGetPrefix));
+                    if (commandName.Equals("process", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    {
+                        yield return new DiagnosticRecord(
+                            Strings.InvalidSyntaxAroundProcessBlockError,
+                            GetCommandExtent(cmdAst),
+                            "InvalidSyntaxAroundProcessBlock",
+                            DiagnosticSeverity.ParseError,
+                            fileName,
+                            commandName);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        yield return new DiagnosticRecord(
+                            string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, Strings.AvoidUsingCmdletAliasesMissingGetPrefixError, commandName, commdNameWithGetPrefix),
+                            GetCommandExtent(cmdAst),
+                            GetName(),
+                            DiagnosticSeverity.Warning,
+                            fileName,
+                            commandName,
+                            suggestedCorrections: GetCorrectionExtent(cmdAst, commdNameWithGetPrefix));
+                    }
                 }
 
             }

diff --git a/Rules/Strings.Designer.cs b/Rules/Strings.Designer.cs
diff --git a/Rules/Strings.resx b/Rules/Strings.resx
@@ -1149,4 +1149,7 @@
   <data name="AvoidUsingDoubleQuotesForConstantStringError" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Use single quotes when a string is constant.</value>
   </data>
-</root>
+  <data name="InvalidSyntaxAroundProcessBlockError" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>When using an explicit process block, no preceding code is allowed, only begin, end and dynamicparams blocks.</value>
+  </data>
+</root>
diff --git a/Tests/Rules/AvoidUsingAlias.tests.ps1 b/Tests/Rules/AvoidUsingAlias.tests.ps1
@@ -117,5 +117,12 @@ Configuration MyDscConfiguration {
 
             $violations.Count | Should -Be $expectedViolations
         }
+
+        It 'Warn about incorrect syntax around process block' {
+            $scriptDefinition = { function foo { IShouldNotBeHere; process {} } }
+            $violations = Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -IncludeRule PSAvoidUsingCmdletAliases -ScriptDefinition "$scriptDefinition"
+            $violations.Count | Should -Be 1
+            $violations.Severity | Should -Be ([Microsoft.Windows.PowerShell.ScriptAnalyzer.Generic.DiagnosticSeverity]::ParseError)
+        }
     }
 }