diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/functions.rs b/clippy_lints/src/functions.rs
index 89fde1d509d..50b39cf4ea7 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/functions.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/functions.rs
@@ -374,7 +374,12 @@ impl<'tcx> Functions {
         }
 
         if line_count > self.max_lines {
-            span_lint(cx, TOO_MANY_LINES, span, "this function has a large number of lines")
+            span_lint(
+                cx,
+                TOO_MANY_LINES,
+                span,
+                &format!("this function has too many lines ({}/{})", line_count, self.max_lines),
+            )
         }
     }