use defkind.descr in wrong namespace resolve failure

3 files changed, 24 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/src/librustc_resolve/lib.rs b/src/librustc_resolve/lib.rs
index 71fb8147793..2d53b7553a1 100644
--- a/src/librustc_resolve/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_resolve/lib.rs
@@ -2213,25 +2213,28 @@ impl<'a> Resolver<'a> {
                     } else {
                         let mut msg =
                             format!("could not find `{}` in `{}`", ident, path[i - 1].ident);
-                        if ns == TypeNS {
-                            if let FindBindingResult::Binding(Ok(_)) =
-                                find_binding_in_ns(self, ValueNS)
+                        if ns == TypeNS || ns == ValueNS {
+                            let ns_to_try = if ns == TypeNS { ValueNS } else { TypeNS };
+                            if let FindBindingResult::Binding(Ok(binding)) =
+                                find_binding_in_ns(self, ns_to_try)
                             {
-                                msg = format!(
-                                    "`{}` in `{}` is a concrete value, not a module or Struct you specified",
-                                    ident,
-                                    path[i - 1].ident
-                                );
-                            };
-                        } else if ns == ValueNS {
-                            if let FindBindingResult::Binding(Ok(_)) =
-                                find_binding_in_ns(self, TypeNS)
-                            {
-                                msg = format!(
-                                    "`{}` in `{}` is a type, not a concrete value you specified",
-                                    ident,
-                                    path[i - 1].ident
-                                );
+                                let mut found = |what| {
+                                    msg = format!(
+                                        "expected {}, found {} `{}` in `{}`",
+                                        ns.descr(),
+                                        what,
+                                        ident,
+                                        path[i - 1].ident
+                                    )
+                                };
+                                if binding.module().is_some() {
+                                    found("module")
+                                } else {
+                                    match binding.res() {
+                                        def::Res::<NodeId>::Def(kind, id) => found(kind.descr(id)),
+                                        _ => found(ns_to_try.descr()),
+                                    }
+                                }
                             };
                         }
                         (msg, None)
diff --git a/src/test/ui/issues/issue-71406.rs b/src/test/ui/issues/issue-71406.rs
index e3de30f9289..6266112c3a8 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/issues/issue-71406.rs
+++ b/src/test/ui/issues/issue-71406.rs
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ use std::sync::mpsc;
 
 fn main() {
     let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel::new(1);
-    //~^ ERROR `channel` in `mpsc` is a concrete value, not a module or Struct you specified
+    //~^ ERROR expected type, found function `channel` in `mpsc`
 }
diff --git a/src/test/ui/issues/issue-71406.stderr b/src/test/ui/issues/issue-71406.stderr
index 22a2ca4f3e2..918163b6094 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/issues/issue-71406.stderr
+++ b/src/test/ui/issues/issue-71406.stderr
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-error[E0433]: failed to resolve: `channel` in `mpsc` is a concrete value, not a module or Struct you specified
+error[E0433]: failed to resolve: expected type, found function `channel` in `mpsc`
   --> $DIR/issue-71406.rs:4:26
    |
 LL |     let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel::new(1);
-   |                          ^^^^^^^ `channel` in `mpsc` is a concrete value, not a module or Struct you specified
+   |                          ^^^^^^^ expected type, found function `channel` in `mpsc`
 
 error: aborting due to previous error