diff --git a/macros.pybytecompile b/macros.pybytecompile
index 7bd555b..b58fff4 100644
--- a/macros.pybytecompile
+++ b/macros.pybytecompile
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 # Which unfortunately makes the definition more complicated than it should be
 
 # Usage:
-#    %py_byte_compile <interpereter> <path>
+#    %%py_byte_compile <interpereter> <path>
 # Example:
-#    %py_byte_compile %{__python3} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/spam/plugins/
+#    %%py_byte_compile %%{__python3} %%{buildroot}%%{_datadir}/spam/plugins/
 
 # This will terminate build on SyntaxErrors, if you want to avoid that,
 # use it in a subshell like this:
-#    (%{py_byte_compile <interpereter> <path>}) || :
+#    (%%{py_byte_compile <interpereter> <path>}) || :
 
 # Setting PYTHONHASHSEED=0 disables Python hash seed randomization
 # This should help with byte-compilation reproducibility: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1686078
diff --git a/macros.python-srpm b/macros.python-srpm
index efe2bba..4957492 100644
--- a/macros.python-srpm
+++ b/macros.python-srpm
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 # a specific version (e.g. 34 in Fedora EPEL7)
 %python3_pkgversion 3
 
-# Set to /bin/true to avoid %ifdefs and %{? in specfiles
+# Set to /bin/true to avoid %%ifdefs and %%{? in specfiles
 %__python3_other /bin/true
 %py3_other_build /bin/true
 %py3_other_install /bin/true
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
 # Creates Python 2 dist tag(s) after converting names to canonical format
 #   Needs to first put all arguments into a list, because invoking a different
-#   macro (%py_dist_name) overwrites them
+#   macro (%%py_dist_name) overwrites them
 %py2_dist() %{lua:\
         args = {}\
         arg = 1\
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 
 # Creates Python 3 dist tag(s) after converting names to canonical format
 #   Needs to first put all arguments into a list, because invoking a different
-#   macro (%py_dist_name) overwrites them
+#   macro (%%py_dist_name) overwrites them
 %py3_dist() %{lua:\
         python3_pkgversion = rpm.expand("%python3_pkgversion");\
         args = {}\
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@
 # Macro to replace overly complicated references to PyPI source files.
 # Expands to the pythonhosted URL for a package
 # Accepts zero to three arguments:
-# 1:  The PyPI project name, defaulting to %srcname if it is defined, then
-#     %pypi_name if it is defined, then just %name.
-# 2:  The PYPI version, defaulting to %version with tildes stripped.
+# 1:  The PyPI project name, defaulting to %%srcname if it is defined, then
+#     %%pypi_name if it is defined, then just %%name.
+# 2:  The PYPI version, defaulting to %%version with tildes stripped.
 # 3:  The file extension, defaulting to "tar.gz".  (A period will be added
 #     automatically.)
-# Requires %__pypi_url and %__pypi_default_extension to be defined.
+# Requires %%__pypi_url and %%__pypi_default_extension to be defined.
 %__pypi_url https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/
 %__pypi_default_extension tar.gz
 
diff --git a/python-rpm-macros.spec b/python-rpm-macros.spec
index 2a5f6fa..55681ec 100644
--- a/python-rpm-macros.spec
+++ b/python-rpm-macros.spec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ elseif posix.stat('macros.python-srpm') then
 end
 }
 Version:        %{__default_python3_version}
-Release:        37%{?dist}
+Release:        38%{?dist}
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_rpmconfigdir}/redhat
 install -m 644 compileall2.py %{buildroot}%{_rpmconfigdir}/redhat/
 
 
+%check
+# no macros in comments
+! grep -E '^#[^%%]*%%[^%%]' %{buildroot}%{rpmmacrodir}/macros.*
+
+
 %files
 %{rpmmacrodir}/macros.python
 %{rpmmacrodir}/macros.pybytecompile
@@ -102,6 +107,10 @@ install -m 644 compileall2.py %{buildroot}%{_rpmconfigdir}/redhat/
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Apr 27 2021 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 3.9-38
+- Escape %% symbols in macro files comments
+- Fixes: rhbz#1953910
+
 * Wed Apr 07 2021 Karolina Surma <ksurma@redhat.com> - 3.9-37
 - Use sysconfig.get_path() to get %%python3_sitelib and %%python3_sitearch
 - Fixes: rhbz#1946972