diff --git a/src/librustc_resolve/lib.rs b/src/librustc_resolve/lib.rs
index bdbdb29495488..962509be324de 100644
--- a/src/librustc_resolve/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_resolve/lib.rs
@@ -3374,8 +3374,11 @@ impl<'a> Resolver<'a> {
 
         let mut err = match (old_binding.is_extern_crate(), binding.is_extern_crate()) {
             (true, true) => struct_span_err!(self.session, span, E0259, "{}", msg),
-            (true, _) | (_, true) if binding.is_import() || old_binding.is_import() =>
-                struct_span_err!(self.session, span, E0254, "{}", msg),
+            (true, _) | (_, true) if binding.is_import() || old_binding.is_import() => {
+                let mut e = struct_span_err!(self.session, span, E0254, "{}", msg);
+                e.span_label(span, &"already imported");
+                e
+            },
             (true, _) | (_, true) => struct_span_err!(self.session, span, E0260, "{}", msg),
             _ => match (old_binding.is_import(), binding.is_import()) {
                 (false, false) => struct_span_err!(self.session, span, E0428, "{}", msg),
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/E0254.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/E0254.rs
index 28f9aea96572c..3e4b7b9cad2d4 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/E0254.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/E0254.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 extern crate collections;
+//~^ NOTE previous import of `collections` here
 
 mod foo {
     pub trait collections {
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ mod foo {
     }
 }
 
-use foo::collections; //~ ERROR E0254
+use foo::collections;
+//~^ ERROR E0254
+//~| NOTE already imported
 
 fn main() {}