Updated E0394 to new error message

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/transform/qualify_consts.rs b/src/librustc_mir/transform/qualify_consts.rs
index 103a15dadb6..1de67922b1b 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/transform/qualify_consts.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/transform/qualify_consts.rs
@@ -277,7 +277,10 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Qualifier<'a, 'tcx, 'tcx> {
             } else {
                 "cannot refer to statics by value, use a constant instead"
             };
-            span_err!(self.tcx.sess, self.span, E0394, "{}", msg);
+            struct_span_err!(self.tcx.sess, self.span, E0394, "{}", msg)
+                .span_label(self.span, &format!("referring to another static by value"))
+                .note(&format!("use the address-of operator or a constant instead"))
+                .emit();
 
             // Replace STATIC with NOT_CONST to avoid further errors.
             self.qualif = self.qualif - Qualif::STATIC;
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/E0394.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/E0394.rs
index 1b86b8ad674..e35d038248c 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/E0394.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/E0394.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 static A: u32 = 0;
-static B: u32 = A; //~ ERROR E0394
+static B: u32 = A;
+//~^ ERROR E0394
+//~| NOTE referring to another static by value
+//~| NOTE use the address-of operator or a constant instead
 
 fn main() {
 }