6 files changed, 11 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/messages.ftl b/compiler/rustc_expand/messages.ftl
index fcf3352bfc5..f26c7c1ba0b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/messages.ftl
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/messages.ftl
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ expand_helper_attribute_name_invalid =
     `{$name}` cannot be a name of derive helper attribute
 
 expand_incomplete_parse =
-    macro expansion ignores token `{$token}` and any following
+    macro expansion ignores {$descr} and any tokens following
     .label = caused by the macro expansion here
     .note = the usage of `{$macro_path}!` is likely invalid in {$kind_name} context
     .suggestion_add_semi = you might be missing a semicolon here
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/errors.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/errors.rs
index 5682c574552..7bd7c305539 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/errors.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/errors.rs
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ pub(crate) struct UnsupportedKeyValue {
 pub(crate) struct IncompleteParse<'a> {
     #[primary_span]
     pub span: Span,
-    pub token: Cow<'a, str>,
+    pub descr: String,
     #[label]
     pub label_span: Span,
     pub macro_path: &'a ast::Path,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/expand.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/expand.rs
index 5ffafcaa542..04ac7891023 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/expand.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/expand.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use rustc_errors::PResult;
 use rustc_feature::Features;
 use rustc_parse::parser::{
     AttemptLocalParseRecovery, CommaRecoveryMode, ForceCollect, Parser, RecoverColon, RecoverComma,
+    token_descr,
 };
 use rustc_parse::validate_attr;
 use rustc_session::lint::BuiltinLintDiag;
@@ -1013,7 +1014,7 @@ pub(crate) fn ensure_complete_parse<'a>(
     span: Span,
 ) {
     if parser.token != token::Eof {
-        let token = pprust::token_to_string(&parser.token);
+        let descr = token_descr(&parser.token);
         // Avoid emitting backtrace info twice.
         let def_site_span = parser.token.span.with_ctxt(SyntaxContext::root());
 
@@ -1029,7 +1030,7 @@ pub(crate) fn ensure_complete_parse<'a>(
 
         parser.dcx().emit_err(IncompleteParse {
             span: def_site_span,
-            token,
+            descr,
             label_span: span,
             macro_path,
             kind_name,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/diagnostics.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/diagnostics.rs
index 103bbb05e7f..ffcce1e52f6 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/diagnostics.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ use std::borrow::Cow;
 
 use rustc_ast::token::{self, Token, TokenKind};
 use rustc_ast::tokenstream::TokenStream;
-use rustc_ast_pretty::pprust;
 use rustc_errors::{Applicability, Diag, DiagCtxtHandle, DiagMessage};
 use rustc_macros::Subdiagnostic;
-use rustc_parse::parser::{Parser, Recovery};
+use rustc_parse::parser::{Parser, Recovery, token_descr};
 use rustc_session::parse::ParseSess;
 use rustc_span::source_map::SourceMap;
 use rustc_span::symbol::Ident;
@@ -336,17 +335,11 @@ pub(super) fn annotate_doc_comment(err: &mut Diag<'_>, sm: &SourceMap, span: Spa
 /// other tokens, this is "unexpected token...".
 pub(super) fn parse_failure_msg(tok: &Token, expected_token: Option<&Token>) -> Cow<'static, str> {
     if let Some(expected_token) = expected_token {
-        Cow::from(format!(
-            "expected `{}`, found `{}`",
-            pprust::token_to_string(expected_token),
-            pprust::token_to_string(tok),
-        ))
+        Cow::from(format!("expected {}, found {}", token_descr(expected_token), token_descr(tok)))
     } else {
         match tok.kind {
             token::Eof => Cow::from("unexpected end of macro invocation"),
-            _ => {
-                Cow::from(format!("no rules expected the token `{}`", pprust::token_to_string(tok)))
-            }
+            _ => Cow::from(format!("no rules expected {}", token_descr(tok))),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/macro_parser.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/macro_parser.rs
index a08db612bbe..2a8dddc1e00 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/macro_parser.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/macro_parser.rs
@@ -78,11 +78,10 @@ use std::rc::Rc;
 pub(crate) use NamedMatch::*;
 pub(crate) use ParseResult::*;
 use rustc_ast::token::{self, DocComment, NonterminalKind, Token};
-use rustc_ast_pretty::pprust;
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::FxHashMap;
 use rustc_errors::ErrorGuaranteed;
 use rustc_lint_defs::pluralize;
-use rustc_parse::parser::{ParseNtResult, Parser};
+use rustc_parse::parser::{ParseNtResult, Parser, token_descr};
 use rustc_span::Span;
 use rustc_span::symbol::{Ident, MacroRulesNormalizedIdent};
 
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ impl Display for MatcherLoc {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         match self {
             MatcherLoc::Token { token } | MatcherLoc::SequenceSep { separator: token } => {
-                write!(f, "`{}`", pprust::token_to_string(token))
+                write!(f, "{}", token_descr(token))
             }
             MatcherLoc::MetaVarDecl { bind, kind, .. } => {
                 write!(f, "meta-variable `${bind}")?;
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/mod.rs
index 77ad4fdeeb1..50a8b6542df 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/mod.rs
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ impl TokenDescription {
     }
 }
 
-pub(super) fn token_descr(token: &Token) -> String {
+pub fn token_descr(token: &Token) -> String {
     let name = pprust::token_to_string(token).to_string();
 
     let kind = match (TokenDescription::from_token(token), &token.kind) {