diff --git a/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0436.md b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0436.md
index b1afd9e960337..48ecc49e92f54 100644
--- a/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0436.md
+++ b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0436.md
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-The functional record update syntax is only allowed for structs. (Struct-like
-enum variants don't qualify, for example.)
+The functional record update syntax was used on something other than a struct.
 
 Erroneous code example:
 
@@ -24,7 +23,9 @@ fn one_up_competitor(competitor_frequency: PublicationFrequency)
 }
 ```
 
-Rewrite the expression without functional record update syntax:
+The functional record update syntax is only allowed for structs (struct-like
+enum variants don't qualify, for example). To fix the previous code, rewrite the
+expression without functional record update syntax:
 
 ```
 enum PublicationFrequency {