diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/coherence/mod.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/coherence/mod.rs
index 7d6cee7b3bac1..f743ef2187561 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/coherence/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/coherence/mod.rs
@@ -348,9 +348,11 @@ impl<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> CoherenceChecker<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> {
                         .emit();
                 }
                 Err(CopyImplementationError::HasDestructor) => {
-                    span_err!(tcx.sess, span, E0184,
+                    struct_span_err!(tcx.sess, span, E0184,
                               "the trait `Copy` may not be implemented for this type; \
-                               the type has a destructor");
+                               the type has a destructor")
+                        .span_label(span, &format!("Copy not allowed on types with destructors"))
+                        .emit();
                 }
             }
         });
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/E0184.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/E0184.rs
index 5d72d00ffe876..9ec2eeba5cc5f 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/E0184.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/E0184.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[derive(Copy)] //~ ERROR E0184
+                //~| NOTE Copy not allowed on types with destructors
+                //~| NOTE in this expansion of #[derive(Copy)]
 struct Foo;
 
 impl Drop for Foo {