diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/messages.ftl b/compiler/rustc_expand/messages.ftl
index 3e3b48143004..5a3303327db3 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/messages.ftl
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/messages.ftl
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ expand_invalid_cfg_multiple_predicates = multiple `cfg` predicates are specified
 expand_invalid_cfg_no_parens = `cfg` is not followed by parentheses
 expand_invalid_cfg_no_predicate = `cfg` predicate is not specified
 expand_invalid_cfg_predicate_literal = `cfg` predicate key cannot be a literal
+
+expand_invalid_fragment_specifier =
+    invalid fragment specifier `{$fragment}`
+    .help = {$help}
+
 expand_macro_body_stability =
     macros cannot have body stability attributes
     .label = invalid body stability attribute
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/errors.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/errors.rs
index 2584ff62e98e..929f34794662 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/errors.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/errors.rs
@@ -408,3 +408,13 @@ pub struct DuplicateMatcherBinding {
     #[label(expand_label2)]
     pub prev: Span,
 }
+
+#[derive(Diagnostic)]
+#[diag(expand_invalid_fragment_specifier)]
+#[help]
+pub struct InvalidFragmentSpecifier {
+    #[primary_span]
+    pub span: Span,
+    pub fragment: Ident,
+    pub help: String,
+}
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/quoted.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/quoted.rs
index 4824b67d2778..0fdfa5631389 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/quoted.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/quoted.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::errors;
 use crate::mbe::macro_parser::count_metavar_decls;
 use crate::mbe::{Delimited, KleeneOp, KleeneToken, MetaVarExpr, SequenceRepetition, TokenTree};
 
@@ -60,11 +61,11 @@ pub(super) fn parse(
                     Some(&tokenstream::TokenTree::Token(Token { kind: token::Colon, span }, _)) => {
                         match trees.next() {
                             Some(tokenstream::TokenTree::Token(token, _)) => match token.ident() {
-                                Some((frag, _)) => {
+                                Some((fragment, _)) => {
                                     let span = token.span.with_lo(start_sp.lo());
 
                                     let kind =
-                                        token::NonterminalKind::from_symbol(frag.name, || {
+                                        token::NonterminalKind::from_symbol(fragment.name, || {
                                             // FIXME(#85708) - once we properly decode a foreign
                                             // crate's `SyntaxContext::root`, then we can replace
                                             // this with just `span.edition()`. A
@@ -81,14 +82,13 @@ pub(super) fn parse(
                                         })
                                         .unwrap_or_else(
                                             || {
-                                                let msg = format!(
-                                                    "invalid fragment specifier `{}`",
-                                                    frag.name
+                                                sess.dcx().emit_err(
+                                                    errors::InvalidFragmentSpecifier {
+                                                        span,
+                                                        fragment,
+                                                        help: VALID_FRAGMENT_NAMES_MSG.into(),
+                                                    },
                                                 );
-                                                sess.dcx()
-                                                    .struct_span_err(span, msg)
-                                                    .with_help(VALID_FRAGMENT_NAMES_MSG)
-                                                    .emit();
                                                 token::NonterminalKind::Ident
                                             },
                                         );