diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/check/op.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/check/op.rs
index 63487683ec3b9..cdca988084cce 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/check/op.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/check/op.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,13 @@ impl<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> FnCtxt<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> {
 
         let tcx = self.tcx;
         if !tcx.expr_is_lval(lhs_expr) {
-            span_err!(tcx.sess, lhs_expr.span, E0067, "invalid left-hand side expression");
+            struct_span_err!(
+                tcx.sess, lhs_expr.span,
+                E0067, "invalid left-hand side expression")
+            .span_label(
+                lhs_expr.span,
+                &format!("invalid expression for left-hand side"))
+            .emit();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/E0067.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/E0067.rs
index a3fc30ee1c71a..56d2e82806230 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/E0067.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/E0067.rs
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ use std::collections::LinkedList;
 fn main() {
     LinkedList::new() += 1; //~ ERROR E0368
                             //~^ ERROR E0067
+                            //~^^ NOTE invalid expression for left-hand side
+                            //~| NOTE cannot use `+=` on type `std::collections::LinkedList<_>`
 }