diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/nullness/ReturnMissingNullable.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/nullness/ReturnMissingNullable.java
index e470a1d4131..abab713c49c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/nullness/ReturnMissingNullable.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/nullness/ReturnMissingNullable.java
@@ -34,12 +34,15 @@
 import com.google.errorprone.dataflow.nullnesspropagation.Nullness;
 import com.google.errorprone.dataflow.nullnesspropagation.NullnessAnnotations;
 import com.google.errorprone.matchers.Description;
+import com.sun.source.tree.AssignmentTree;
 import com.sun.source.tree.ConditionalExpressionTree;
 import com.sun.source.tree.ExpressionTree;
 import com.sun.source.tree.MethodTree;
+import com.sun.source.tree.ParenthesizedTree;
 import com.sun.source.tree.ReturnTree;
 import com.sun.source.tree.StatementTree;
 import com.sun.source.tree.Tree;
+import com.sun.source.tree.TypeCastTree;
 import com.sun.source.util.SimpleTreeVisitor;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Symbol.MethodSymbol;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Type;
@@ -103,6 +106,10 @@ && getOnlyElement(statements) == returnTree
       // `@Nullable Void` is accurate but noisy, so some users won't want it.
       return NO_MATCH;
     }
+    if (returnType.isPrimitive()) {
+      // Buggy code, but adding @Nullable just makes it worse.
+      return NO_MATCH;
+    }
     if (beingConservative && state.getTypes().isArray(returnType)) {
       /*
        * Type-annotation syntax on arrays can be confusing, and this refactoring doesn't get it
@@ -123,20 +130,41 @@ && getOnlyElement(statements) == returnTree
       return NO_MATCH;
     }
 
-    return makeFix(state, methodTree, returnTree);
+    return describeMatch(returnTree, NullnessFixes.makeFix(state, methodTree));
   }
 
   // VisitorState will have the TreePath of the `return` statement. That's OK for our purposes.
   private static final SimpleTreeVisitor<Boolean, VisitorState> HAS_DEFINITELY_NULL_BRANCH =
       new SimpleTreeVisitor<Boolean, VisitorState>() {
+        @Override
+        public Boolean visitAssignment(AssignmentTree tree, VisitorState state) {
+          return visit(tree.getExpression(), state);
+        }
+
         @Override
         public Boolean visitConditionalExpression(
             ConditionalExpressionTree tree, VisitorState state) {
           return visit(tree.getTrueExpression(), state) || visit(tree.getFalseExpression(), state);
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public Boolean visitParenthesized(ParenthesizedTree tree, VisitorState state) {
+          return visit(tree.getExpression(), state);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Boolean visitTypeCast(TypeCastTree tree, VisitorState state) {
+          return visit(tree.getExpression(), state);
+        }
+
         @Override
         protected Boolean defaultAction(Tree tree, VisitorState state) {
+          /*
+           * This covers not only "Void" and "CAP#1 extends Void" but also the null literal. (It
+           * covers the null literal even through parenthesized expressions. Still, we end up
+           * needing special handling for parenthesized expressions for cases like `(foo ? bar :
+           * null)`.)
+           */
           return isVoid(getType(tree), state);
         }
       };
@@ -144,8 +172,4 @@ protected Boolean defaultAction(Tree tree, VisitorState state) {
   private static boolean isVoid(Type type, VisitorState state) {
     return type != null && state.getTypes().isSubtype(type, JAVA_LANG_VOID_TYPE.get(state));
   }
-
-  private Description makeFix(VisitorState state, Tree declaration, Tree matchedTree) {
-    return buildDescription(matchedTree).addFix(NullnessFixes.makeFix(state, declaration)).build();
-  }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/nullness/ReturnMissingNullableTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/nullness/ReturnMissingNullableTest.java
index 9ae2368209f..cb86401794c 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/nullness/ReturnMissingNullableTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/nullness/ReturnMissingNullableTest.java
@@ -64,6 +64,45 @@ public void testParenthesizedLiteralNullReturn() {
         .doTest();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testAssignmentOfLiteralNullReturn() {
+    createCompilationTestHelper()
+        .addSourceLines(
+            "com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/nullness/LiteralNullReturnTest.java",
+            "package com.google.errorprone.bugpatterns.nullness;",
+            "public class LiteralNullReturnTest {",
+            "  String cachedMessage;",
+            "  public String getMessage(boolean b) {",
+            "    if (b) {",
+            "      // BUG: Diagnostic contains: @Nullable",
+            "      return cachedMessage = null;",
+            "    } else {",
+            "      return \"negative\";",
+            "    }",
+            "  }",
+            "}")
+        .doTest();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCastLiteralNullReturn() {
+    createCompilationTestHelper()
+        .addSourceLines(
+            "com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/nullness/LiteralNullReturnTest.java",
+            "package com.google.errorprone.bugpatterns.nullness;",
+            "public class LiteralNullReturnTest {",
+            "  public String getMessage(boolean b) {",
+            "    if (b) {",
+            "      // BUG: Diagnostic contains: @Nullable",
+            "      return (String) null;",
+            "    } else {",
+            "      return \"negative\";",
+            "    }",
+            "  }",
+            "}")
+        .doTest();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testConditionalLiteralNullReturn() {
     createCompilationTestHelper()
@@ -79,6 +118,21 @@ public void testConditionalLiteralNullReturn() {
         .doTest();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testParenthesizedConditionalLiteralNullReturn() {
+    createCompilationTestHelper()
+        .addSourceLines(
+            "com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/nullness/LiteralNullReturnTest.java",
+            "package com.google.errorprone.bugpatterns.nullness;",
+            "public class LiteralNullReturnTest {",
+            "  public String getMessage(int x) {",
+            "    // BUG: Diagnostic contains: @Nullable",
+            "    return (x >= 0 ? null : \"negative\");",
+            "  }",
+            "}")
+        .doTest();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testVoidReturn() {
     createCompilationTestHelper()