diff --git a/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0263.md b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0263.md index bb4da43b3f5..37271ac692d 100644 --- a/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0263.md +++ b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0263.md @@ -1,7 +1,16 @@ -A lifetime name cannot be declared more than once in the same scope. For -example: +A lifetime was declared more than once in the same scope. + +Erroneous code example: ```compile_fail,E0263 -// error, lifetime name `'a` declared twice in the same scope -fn foo<'a, 'b, 'a>(x: &'a str, y: &'b str) { } +fn foo<'a, 'b, 'a>(x: &'a str, y: &'b str, z: &'a str) { // error! +} +``` + +Two lifetimes cannot have the same name. To fix this example, change +the second `'a` lifetime into something else (`'c` for example): + +``` +fn foo<'a, 'b, 'c>(x: &'a str, y: &'b str, z: &'c str) { // ok! +} ```