diff --git a/conf/config.neon b/conf/config.neon
index 454e77f2c8..f10b154d1a 100644
--- a/conf/config.neon
+++ b/conf/config.neon
@@ -314,13 +314,13 @@ parametersSchema:
 		anyOf(
 			string(),
 			structure([
-				message: string()
-				path: string()
+				messages: listOf(string())
+				?path: string()
 				?reportUnmatched: bool()
 			]),
 			structure([
-				messages: listOf(string())
-				path: string()
+				message: string()
+				?path: string()
 				?reportUnmatched: bool()
 			]),
 			structure([
diff --git a/src/DependencyInjection/ValidateIgnoredErrorsExtension.php b/src/DependencyInjection/ValidateIgnoredErrorsExtension.php
index 2a16d820d8..756d1a7bd2 100644
--- a/src/DependencyInjection/ValidateIgnoredErrorsExtension.php
+++ b/src/DependencyInjection/ValidateIgnoredErrorsExtension.php
@@ -101,35 +101,28 @@ public function getRegistry(): OperatorTypeSpecifyingExtensionRegistry
 				),
 			),
 		);
-		$errors = [];
 
+		$errors = [];
 		foreach ($ignoreErrors as $ignoreError) {
-			try {
-				if (is_array($ignoreError)) {
-					if (isset($ignoreError['count'])) {
-						continue; // ignoreError coming from baseline will be correct
-					}
-					$ignoreMessage = $ignoreError['message'];
-				} else {
-					$ignoreMessage = $ignoreError;
-				}
-
-				Strings::match('', $ignoreMessage);
-				$validationResult = $ignoredRegexValidator->validate($ignoreMessage);
-				$ignoredTypes = $validationResult->getIgnoredTypes();
-				if (count($ignoredTypes) > 0) {
-					$errors[] = $this->createIgnoredTypesError($ignoreMessage, $ignoredTypes);
+			if (is_array($ignoreError)) {
+				if (isset($ignoreError['count'])) {
+					continue; // ignoreError coming from baseline will be correct
 				}
-
-				if ($validationResult->hasAnchorsInTheMiddle()) {
-					$errors[] = $this->createAnchorInTheMiddleError($ignoreMessage);
+				if (isset($ignoreError['messages'])) {
+					$ignoreMessages = $ignoreError['messages'];
+				} else {
+					$ignoreMessages = [$ignoreError['message']];
 				}
+			} else {
+				$ignoreMessages = [$ignoreError];
+			}
 
-				if ($validationResult->areAllErrorsIgnored()) {
-					$errors[] = sprintf("Ignored error %s has an unescaped '%s' which leads to ignoring all errors. Use '%s' instead.", $ignoreMessage, $validationResult->getWrongSequence(), $validationResult->getEscapedWrongSequence());
+			foreach ($ignoreMessages as $ignoreMessage) {
+				$error = $this->validateMessage($ignoredRegexValidator, $ignoreMessage);
+				if ($error === null) {
+					continue;
 				}
-			} catch (RegexpException $e) {
-				$errors[] = $e->getMessage();
+				$errors[] = $error;
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -140,6 +133,29 @@ public function getRegistry(): OperatorTypeSpecifyingExtensionRegistry
 		throw new InvalidIgnoredErrorPatternsException($errors);
 	}
 
+	private function validateMessage(IgnoredRegexValidator $ignoredRegexValidator, string $ignoreMessage): ?string
+	{
+		try {
+			Strings::match('', $ignoreMessage);
+			$validationResult = $ignoredRegexValidator->validate($ignoreMessage);
+			$ignoredTypes = $validationResult->getIgnoredTypes();
+			if (count($ignoredTypes) > 0) {
+				return $this->createIgnoredTypesError($ignoreMessage, $ignoredTypes);
+			}
+
+			if ($validationResult->hasAnchorsInTheMiddle()) {
+				return $this->createAnchorInTheMiddleError($ignoreMessage);
+			}
+
+			if ($validationResult->areAllErrorsIgnored()) {
+				return sprintf("Ignored error %s has an unescaped '%s' which leads to ignoring all errors. Use '%s' instead.", $ignoreMessage, $validationResult->getWrongSequence(), $validationResult->getEscapedWrongSequence());
+			}
+		} catch (RegexpException $e) {
+			return $e->getMessage();
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @param array<string, string> $ignoredTypes
 	 */
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/DependencyInjection/IgnoreErrorsTest.php b/tests/PHPStan/DependencyInjection/IgnoreErrorsTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b767c6b7d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/DependencyInjection/IgnoreErrorsTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types = 1);
+
+namespace PHPStan\DependencyInjection;
+
+use PHPStan\Testing\PHPStanTestCase;
+
+class IgnoreErrorsTest extends PHPStanTestCase
+{
+
+	public function testIgnoreErrors(): void
+	{
+		$this->assertCount(10, self::getContainer()->getParameter('ignoreErrors'));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string[]
+	 */
+	public static function getAdditionalConfigFiles(): array
+	{
+		return [
+			__DIR__ . '/ignoreErrors.neon',
+		];
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/DependencyInjection/ignoreErrors.neon b/tests/PHPStan/DependencyInjection/ignoreErrors.neon
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e24eaaf807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/DependencyInjection/ignoreErrors.neon
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+parameters:
+	ignoreErrors:
+		- "#error#"
+		-
+			message: '#error#'
+			reportUnmatched: false
+		-
+			message: '#error#'
+			path: '/dir/*'
+		-
+			message: '#error#'
+			path: '/dir/*'
+			reportUnmatched: false
+		-
+			messages:
+				- '#error#'
+			path: '/dir/*'
+		-
+			messages:
+				- '#error#'
+			path: '/dir/*'
+			reportUnmatched: false
+		-
+			message: '#error#'
+			paths:
+				- '/dir/*'
+		-
+			message: '#error#'
+			paths:
+				- '/dir/*'
+			reportUnmatched: false
+		-
+			messages:
+				- '#error#'
+			paths:
+				- '/dir/*'
+		-
+			messages:
+				- '#error#'
+			paths:
+				- '/dir/*'
+			reportUnmatched: false