diff --git a/src/test/ui/parser/recover-from-bad-variant.stderr b/src/test/ui/parser/recover-from-bad-variant.stderr
index bd4a562d72d19..1eba6d7d52877 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/parser/recover-from-bad-variant.stderr
+++ b/src/test/ui/parser/recover-from-bad-variant.stderr
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ error: expected type, found `3`
    |
 LL |     let x = Enum::Foo(a: 3, b: 4);
    |                          ^ expecting a type here because of type ascription
+   |
+   = note: type ascription is a nightly-only feature that lets you annotate an expression with a type: `<expr>: <type>`
+note: this expression expects an ascribed type after the colon
+  --> $DIR/recover-from-bad-variant.rs:7:23
+   |
+LL |     let x = Enum::Foo(a: 3, b: 4);
+   |                       ^
+   = help: this might be indicative of a syntax error elsewhere
 
 error[E0532]: expected tuple struct/variant, found struct variant `Enum::Foo`
   --> $DIR/recover-from-bad-variant.rs:10:9