diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/transform/qualify_consts.rs b/src/librustc_mir/transform/qualify_consts.rs
index 9e076851bc3..a6f6faf2469 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/transform/qualify_consts.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/transform/qualify_consts.rs
@@ -252,11 +252,15 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Qualifier<'a, 'tcx, 'tcx> {
 
         let mut err =
             struct_span_err!(self.tcx.sess, self.span, E0493, "{}", msg);
+
         if self.mode != Mode::Const {
             help!(&mut err,
                   "in Nightly builds, add `#![feature(drop_types_in_const)]` \
                    to the crate attributes to enable");
+        } else {
+            err.span_label(self.span, &format!("constants cannot have destructors"));
         }
+
         err.emit();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/E0493.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/E0493.rs
index 689f469533d..d5b29a628f0 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/E0493.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/E0493.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ impl Drop for Foo {
     fn drop(&mut self) {}
 }
 
-const F : Foo = Foo { a : 0 }; //~ ERROR E0493
+const F : Foo = Foo { a : 0 };
+//~^ ERROR constants are not allowed to have destructors [E0493]
+//~| NOTE constants cannot have destructors
 
 fn main() {
 }