diff --git a/hcl/scanner/scanner.go b/hcl/scanner/scanner.go
index 6724858..f6ed1e9 100644
--- a/hcl/scanner/scanner.go
+++ b/hcl/scanner/scanner.go
@@ -287,10 +287,9 @@ func (s *Scanner) scanNumber(ch rune) token.Type {
 			}
 		}
 
-		// literals of form 01e10 are treates as Numbers in HCL, which differs from Go.
 		if ch == 'e' || ch == 'E' {
 			ch = s.scanExponent(ch)
-			return token.NUMBER
+			return token.FLOAT
 		}
 
 		if ch == '.' {
@@ -315,10 +314,9 @@ func (s *Scanner) scanNumber(ch rune) token.Type {
 
 	s.scanMantissa(ch)
 	ch = s.next() // seek forward
-	// literals of form 1e10 are treates as Numbers in HCL, which differs from Go.
 	if ch == 'e' || ch == 'E' {
 		ch = s.scanExponent(ch)
-		return token.NUMBER
+		return token.FLOAT
 	}
 
 	if ch == '.' {
diff --git a/hcl/scanner/scanner_test.go b/hcl/scanner/scanner_test.go
index 18e30e4..1030d39 100644
--- a/hcl/scanner/scanner_test.go
+++ b/hcl/scanner/scanner_test.go
@@ -117,22 +117,6 @@ var tokenLists = map[string][]tokenPair{
 		{token.NUMBER, "0X42"},
 		{token.NUMBER, "0X123456789abcDEF"},
 		{token.NUMBER, "0X" + f100},
-		{token.NUMBER, "0e0"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "1e0"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "42e0"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "01234567890e0"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "0E0"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "1E0"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "42E0"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "01234567890E0"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "0e+10"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "1e-10"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "42e+10"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "01234567890e-10"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "0E+10"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "1E-10"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "42E+10"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "01234567890E-10"},
 		{token.NUMBER, "-0"},
 		{token.NUMBER, "-1"},
 		{token.NUMBER, "-9"},
@@ -155,22 +139,6 @@ var tokenLists = map[string][]tokenPair{
 		{token.NUMBER, "-0X42"},
 		{token.NUMBER, "-0X123456789abcDEF"},
 		{token.NUMBER, "-0X" + f100},
-		{token.NUMBER, "-0e0"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "-1e0"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "-42e0"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "-01234567890e0"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "-0E0"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "-1E0"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "-42E0"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "-01234567890E0"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "-0e+10"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "-1e-10"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "-42e+10"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "-01234567890e-10"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "-0E+10"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "-1E-10"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "-42E+10"},
-		{token.NUMBER, "-01234567890E-10"},
 	},
 	"float": []tokenPair{
 		{token.FLOAT, "0."},
@@ -185,6 +153,22 @@ var tokenLists = map[string][]tokenPair{
 		{token.FLOAT, "1.0"},
 		{token.FLOAT, "42.0"},
 		{token.FLOAT, "01234567890.0"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "0e0"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "1e0"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "42e0"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "01234567890e0"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "0E0"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "1E0"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "42E0"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "01234567890E0"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "0e+10"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "1e-10"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "42e+10"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "01234567890e-10"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "0E+10"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "1E-10"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "42E+10"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "01234567890E-10"},
 		{token.FLOAT, "01.8e0"},
 		{token.FLOAT, "1.4e0"},
 		{token.FLOAT, "42.2e0"},
@@ -205,6 +189,22 @@ var tokenLists = map[string][]tokenPair{
 		{token.FLOAT, "-1.0"},
 		{token.FLOAT, "-42.0"},
 		{token.FLOAT, "-01234567890.0"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "-0e0"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "-1e0"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "-42e0"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "-01234567890e0"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "-0E0"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "-1E0"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "-42E0"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "-01234567890E0"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "-0e+10"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "-1e-10"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "-42e+10"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "-01234567890e-10"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "-0E+10"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "-1E-10"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "-42E+10"},
+		{token.FLOAT, "-01234567890E-10"},
 		{token.FLOAT, "-01.8e0"},
 		{token.FLOAT, "-1.4e0"},
 		{token.FLOAT, "-42.2e0"},