diff --git a/src/librustc_passes/loops.rs b/src/librustc_passes/loops.rs
index 4e251793f6917..eab16bd5bd1b5 100644
--- a/src/librustc_passes/loops.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_passes/loops.rs
@@ -77,10 +77,14 @@ impl<'a> CheckLoopVisitor<'a> {
         match self.cx {
             Loop => {}
             Closure => {
-                span_err!(self.sess, span, E0267, "`{}` inside of a closure", name);
+                struct_span_err!(self.sess, span, E0267, "`{}` inside of a closure", name)
+                .span_label(span, &format!("cannot break inside of a closure"))
+                .emit();
             }
             Normal => {
-                span_err!(self.sess, span, E0268, "`{}` outside of loop", name);
+                struct_span_err!(self.sess, span, E0268, "`{}` outside of loop", name)
+                .span_label(span, &format!("cannot break outside of a loop"))
+                .emit();
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/E0267.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/E0267.rs
index 6287256e866c9..b58fbce8bc648 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/E0267.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/E0267.rs
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@
 
 fn main() {
     let w = || { break; }; //~ ERROR E0267
+            //~| NOTE cannot break inside of a closure
 }
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/E0268.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/E0268.rs
index 41e88e2f492a9..3313e07667a1c 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/E0268.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/E0268.rs
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@
 
 fn main() {
     break; //~ ERROR E0268
+    //~| NOTE cannot break outside of a loop
 }