diff --git a/lib/liquid/block_body.rb b/lib/liquid/block_body.rb
index 6d356e9..79582b8 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/block_body.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/block_body.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ module Liquid
                   return yield tag_name, markup
                 end
               else
-                raise SyntaxError.new(options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.tag_termination".freeze, :token => token, :tag_end => TagEnd.inspect))
+                raise_missing_tag_terminator(token, options)
               end
             when token.start_with?(VARSTART)
               new_var = create_variable(token, options)
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ module Liquid
         markup = token.is_a?(Token) ? token.child(content.first) : content.first
         return Variable.new(markup, options)
       end
+      raise_missing_variable_terminator(token, options)
+    end
+
+    def raise_missing_tag_terminator(token, options)
+      raise SyntaxError.new(options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.tag_termination".freeze, :token => token, :tag_end => TagEnd.inspect))
+    end
+
+    def raise_missing_variable_terminator(token, options)
       raise SyntaxError.new(options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.variable_termination".freeze, :token => token, :tag_end => VariableEnd.inspect))
     end
   end
diff --git a/performance/profile.rb b/performance/profile.rb
index 57b6187..1feba24 100644
--- a/performance/profile.rb
+++ b/performance/profile.rb
@@ -8,10 +8,17 @@ profiler.run
 [:cpu, :object].each do |profile_type|
   puts "Profiling in #{profile_type.to_s} mode..."
   results = StackProf.run(mode: profile_type) do
-    100.times do
+    200.times do
       profiler.run
     end
   end
+
+  if profile_type == :cpu && graph_filename = ENV['GRAPH_FILENAME']
+    File.open(graph_filename, 'w') do |f|
+      StackProf::Report.new(results).print_graphviz(nil, f)
+    end
+  end
+
   StackProf::Report.new(results).print_text(false, 20)
   File.write(ENV['FILENAME'] + "." + profile_type.to_s, Marshal.dump(results)) if ENV['FILENAME']
 end