diff --git a/mne/channels/_standard_montage_utils.py b/mne/channels/_standard_montage_utils.py
index ca4066e9a15..eb3dc10d10e 100644
--- a/mne/channels/_standard_montage_utils.py
+++ b/mne/channels/_standard_montage_utils.py
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ def _read_elc(fname, head_size):
                 break
 
         # Read positions
+        new_style = False
         pos = []
         for line in fid:
             if "Labels\n" in line:
@@ -272,6 +273,7 @@ def _read_elc(fname, head_size):
             if ":" in line:
                 # Of the 'new' format: `E01 : 5.288 -3.658 119.693`
                 pos.append(list(map(float, line.split(":")[1].split())))
+                new_style = True
             else:
                 # Of the 'old' format: `5.288 -3.658 119.693`
                 pos.append(list(map(float, line.split())))
@@ -281,7 +283,13 @@ def _read_elc(fname, head_size):
         for line in fid:
             if not line or not set(line) - {" "}:
                 break
-            ch_names_.extend(line.strip(" ").strip("\n").split())
+            if new_style:
+                # Not sure how this format would deal with spaces in channel labels,
+                # but none of my test files had this, so let's wait until it comes up.
+                parsed = line.strip(" ").strip("\n").split()
+            else:
+                parsed = [line.strip(" ").strip("\n")]
+            ch_names_.extend(parsed)
 
     pos = np.array(pos) * scale
     if head_size is not None:
diff --git a/mne/channels/montage.py b/mne/channels/montage.py
index ddf885452a1..bb2f2006ee4 100644
--- a/mne/channels/montage.py
+++ b/mne/channels/montage.py
@@ -1537,7 +1537,10 @@ def _read_eeglab_locations(fname):
     return ch_names, pos
 
 
-def read_custom_montage(fname, head_size=HEAD_SIZE_DEFAULT, coord_frame=None):
+@verbose
+def read_custom_montage(
+    fname, head_size=HEAD_SIZE_DEFAULT, coord_frame=None, *, verbose=None
+):
     """Read a montage from a file.
 
     Parameters
@@ -1558,6 +1561,7 @@ def read_custom_montage(fname, head_size=HEAD_SIZE_DEFAULT, coord_frame=None):
         for most readers but ``"head"`` for EEGLAB.
 
         .. versionadded:: 0.20
+    %(verbose)s
 
     Returns
     -------
diff --git a/mne/channels/tests/test_montage.py b/mne/channels/tests/test_montage.py
index de251fb2872..d0c406473e8 100644
--- a/mne/channels/tests/test_montage.py
+++ b/mne/channels/tests/test_montage.py
@@ -325,6 +325,42 @@ def test_documented():
             None,
             id="new ASA electrode (elc)",
         ),
+        pytest.param(
+            partial(read_custom_montage, head_size=None),
+            (
+                "ReferenceLabel\n"
+                "avg\n"
+                "UnitPosition	mm\n"
+                "NumberPositions=	6\n"
+                "Positions\n"
+                "-69.2574 10.5895 -25.0009\n"
+                "3.3791 94.6594 32.2592\n"
+                "77.2856 12.0537 -30.2488\n"
+                "4.6147 121.8858 8.6370\n"
+                "-31.3669 54.0269 94.9191\n"
+                "-8.7495 56.5653 99.6655\n"
+                "Labels\n"
+                "LPA\n"
+                "Nz\n"
+                "RPA\n"
+                "EEG 000\n"
+                "EEG 001\n"
+                "EEG 002\n"
+            ),
+            make_dig_montage(
+                ch_pos={
+                    "EEG 000": [0.004615, 0.121886, 0.008637],
+                    "EEG 001": [-0.031367, 0.054027, 0.094919],
+                    "EEG 002": [-0.00875, 0.056565, 0.099665],
+                },
+                nasion=[0.003379, 0.094659, 0.032259],
+                lpa=[-0.069257, 0.010589, -0.025001],
+                rpa=[0.077286, 0.012054, -0.030249],
+            ),
+            "elc",
+            None,
+            id="another old ASA electrode (elc)",
+        ),
         pytest.param(
             partial(read_custom_montage, head_size=1),
             (
@@ -545,8 +581,26 @@ def test_montage_readers(reader, file_content, expected_dig, ext, warning, tmp_p
     actual_ch_pos = dig_montage._get_ch_pos()
     expected_ch_pos = expected_dig._get_ch_pos()
     for kk in actual_ch_pos:
-        assert_allclose(actual_ch_pos[kk], expected_ch_pos[kk], atol=1e-5)
+        assert_allclose(actual_ch_pos[kk], expected_ch_pos[kk], atol=1e-5, err_msg=kk)
     assert len(dig_montage.dig) == len(expected_dig.dig)
+    for key in ("nasion", "lpa", "rpa"):
+        expected = [
+            d
+            for d in expected_dig.dig
+            if d["kind"] == FIFF.FIFFV_POINT_CARDINAL
+            and d["ident"] == getattr(FIFF, f"FIFFV_POINT_{key.upper()}")
+        ]
+        got = [
+            d
+            for d in dig_montage.dig
+            if d["kind"] == FIFF.FIFFV_POINT_CARDINAL
+            and d["ident"] == getattr(FIFF, f"FIFFV_POINT_{key.upper()}")
+        ]
+        assert len(expected) in (0, 1), key
+        assert len(got) in (0, 1), key
+        assert len(expected) == len(got)
+        if len(expected):
+            assert_allclose(got[0]["r"], expected[0]["r"], atol=1e-5, err_msg=key)
     for d1, d2 in zip(dig_montage.dig, expected_dig.dig):
         assert d1["coord_frame"] == d2["coord_frame"]
         for key in ("coord_frame", "ident", "kind"):
diff --git a/tutorials/inverse/70_eeg_mri_coords.py b/tutorials/inverse/70_eeg_mri_coords.py
index 9783435f26c..5feeca0d2bf 100644
--- a/tutorials/inverse/70_eeg_mri_coords.py
+++ b/tutorials/inverse/70_eeg_mri_coords.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 EEG source localization given electrode locations on an MRI
 ===========================================================
 
-This tutorial explains how to compute the forward operator from EEG data when
-the electrodes are in MRI voxel coordinates.
+This tutorial explains how to compute the forward operator from EEG data when the
+electrodes are in MRI voxel coordinates.
 """
 
 # Authors: Eric Larson <larson.eric.d@gmail.com>