diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/alphabetical.rs b/src/tools/tidy/src/alphabetical.rs
index 98a8f4a998019..2cdf02d5ad9b0 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/src/alphabetical.rs
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/alphabetical.rs
@@ -101,13 +101,20 @@ fn check_section<'a>(
 
 pub fn check(path: &Path, bad: &mut bool) {
     walk(path, |path, _is_dir| filter_dirs(path), &mut |entry, contents| {
+        let mut this_bad = false;
         let file = &entry.path().display();
 
         let mut lines = contents.lines().enumerate();
         while let Some((_, line)) = lines.next() {
             if line.contains(START_MARKER) {
-                check_section(file, &mut lines, bad);
+                check_section(file, &mut lines, &mut this_bad);
             }
         }
+        if this_bad {
+            eprintln!("<<<BAD: {file}");
+            eprint!("{contents}");
+            eprintln!(">>>BAD");
+        }
+        *bad = *bad || this_bad;
     });
 }