diff --git a/lib/rules/selector-combinator-space-after/__tests__/index.js b/lib/rules/selector-combinator-space-after/__tests__/index.js
index eb05188292..a153b793a4 100644
--- a/lib/rules/selector-combinator-space-after/__tests__/index.js
+++ b/lib/rules/selector-combinator-space-after/__tests__/index.js
@@ -554,33 +554,9 @@ testRule({
 			code: 'a { > /*comment*/a, > /*comment*/.b{} }',
 			description: 'scss nesting and comment',
 		},
-	],
-
-	reject: [
 		{
-			code: 'a { >/*comment*/a {} }',
-			fixed: 'a { > /*comment*/a {} }',
-			description: 'scss nesting and comment',
-			message: messages.expectedAfter('>'),
-			line: 1,
-			column: 5,
-		},
-		{
-			code: 'a { >/*comment*/a, >/*comment*/.b{} }',
-			fixed: 'a { > /*comment*/a, > /*comment*/.b{} }',
-			description: 'scss nesting, comment and comma',
-			warnings: [
-				{
-					message: messages.expectedAfter('>'),
-					line: 1,
-					column: 5,
-				},
-				{
-					message: messages.expectedAfter('>'),
-					line: 1,
-					column: 20,
-				},
-			],
+			code: 'a ~, b {}',
+			description: 'scss trailing combinator',
 		},
 	],
 });
@@ -596,33 +572,9 @@ testRule({
 			code: 'a { >/*comment*/a, >/*comment*/.b {} }',
 			description: 'scss nesting and comment',
 		},
-	],
-
-	reject: [
 		{
-			code: 'a { > /*comment*/a {} }',
-			fixed: 'a { >/*comment*/a {} }',
-			description: 'scss nesting and comment',
-			message: messages.rejectedAfter('>'),
-			line: 1,
-			column: 5,
-		},
-		{
-			code: 'a { > /*comment*/a, > /*comment*/.b {} }',
-			fixed: 'a { >/*comment*/a, >/*comment*/.b {} }',
-			description: 'scss nesting, comment and comma',
-			warnings: [
-				{
-					message: messages.rejectedAfter('>'),
-					line: 1,
-					column: 5,
-				},
-				{
-					message: messages.rejectedAfter('>'),
-					line: 1,
-					column: 21,
-				},
-			],
+			code: 'a ~, b {}',
+			description: 'scss trailing combinator',
 		},
 	],
 });
diff --git a/lib/rules/selectorCombinatorSpaceChecker.js b/lib/rules/selectorCombinatorSpaceChecker.js
index c6731dc1bc..d8c73a846a 100644
--- a/lib/rules/selectorCombinatorSpaceChecker.js
+++ b/lib/rules/selectorCombinatorSpaceChecker.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
+const isStandardSyntaxCombinator = require('../utils/isStandardSyntaxCombinator');
 const isStandardSyntaxRule = require('../utils/isStandardSyntaxRule');
 const parseSelector = require('../utils/parseSelector');
 const report = require('../utils/report');
@@ -19,6 +20,11 @@ module.exports = function (opts) {
 
 		const fixedSelector = parseSelector(selector, opts.result, rule, (selectorTree) => {
 			selectorTree.walkCombinators((node) => {
+				// Ignore non-standard combinators
+				if (!isStandardSyntaxCombinator(node)) {
+					return;
+				}
+
 				// Ignore spaced descendant combinator
 				if (/\s/.test(node.value)) {
 					return;
diff --git a/lib/utils/__tests__/isStandardSyntaxCombinator.test.js b/lib/utils/__tests__/isStandardSyntaxCombinator.test.js
index ed73f96d59..65b71d3454 100644
--- a/lib/utils/__tests__/isStandardSyntaxCombinator.test.js
+++ b/lib/utils/__tests__/isStandardSyntaxCombinator.test.js
@@ -60,6 +60,26 @@ describe('isStandardSyntaxCombinator', () => {
 			expect(isStandardSyntaxCombinator(func)).toBeFalsy();
 		});
 	});
+	it('last node is combinator', () => {
+		rules('a ~, {}', (func) => {
+			expect(isStandardSyntaxCombinator(func)).toBeFalsy();
+		});
+	});
+	it('first node is combinator', () => {
+		rules('~ b {}', (func) => {
+			expect(isStandardSyntaxCombinator(func)).toBeFalsy();
+		});
+	});
+	it('last node (in first container) is combinator', () => {
+		rules('a ~, b {}', (func) => {
+			expect(isStandardSyntaxCombinator(func)).toBeFalsy();
+		});
+	});
+	it('first node (in second container) is combinator', () => {
+		rules('a, ~ b {}', (func) => {
+			expect(isStandardSyntaxCombinator(func)).toBeFalsy();
+		});
+	});
 });
 
 function rules(css, cb) {
diff --git a/lib/utils/isStandardSyntaxCombinator.js b/lib/utils/isStandardSyntaxCombinator.js
index 2a929510ca..2eba3d9677 100644
--- a/lib/utils/isStandardSyntaxCombinator.js
+++ b/lib/utils/isStandardSyntaxCombinator.js
@@ -7,6 +7,28 @@
  * @return {boolean} If `true`, the combinator is standard
  */
 module.exports = function (node) {
+	// if it's not a combinator, then it's not a standard combinator
+	if (node.type !== 'combinator') {
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	// Ignore reference combinators like `/deep/`
-	return node.type === 'combinator' && !node.value.startsWith('/') && !node.value.endsWith('/');
+	if (node.value.startsWith('/') || node.value.endsWith('/')) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	// ignore the combinators that are the first or last node in their container
+	if (node.parent !== undefined && node.parent !== null) {
+		let parent = node.parent;
+
+		if (node === parent.first) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		if (node === parent.last) {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true;
 };