diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/resolve_lifetime.rs b/src/librustc/middle/resolve_lifetime.rs
index a3d71c989bfd..1036c97a5ad5 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/resolve_lifetime.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/resolve_lifetime.rs
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ impl<'a> LifetimeContext<'a> {
                 EarlyScope(_, lifetimes, s) |
                 LateScope(lifetimes, s) => {
                     if let Some((_, lifetime_def)) = search_lifetimes(lifetimes, lifetime) {
-                        self.sess.span_warn(
+                        self.sess.span_err(
                             lifetime.span,
                             &format!("lifetime name `{}` shadows another \
                                      lifetime name that is already in scope",
@@ -516,10 +516,6 @@ impl<'a> LifetimeContext<'a> {
                             lifetime_def.span,
                             &format!("shadowed lifetime `{}` declared here",
                                      token::get_name(lifetime.name)));
-                        self.sess.span_note(
-                            lifetime.span,
-                            "shadowed lifetimes are deprecated \
-                             and will become a hard error before 1.0");
                         return;
                     }