diff --git a/src/librustc_errors/diagnostic.rs b/src/librustc_errors/diagnostic.rs
index aefe296ad0f..484cfd045a6 100644
--- a/src/librustc_errors/diagnostic.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_errors/diagnostic.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use crate::CodeSuggestion;
+use crate::SuggestionStyle;
 use crate::SubstitutionPart;
 use crate::Substitution;
 use crate::Applicability;
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ pub fn multipart_suggestion(
                     .collect(),
             }],
             msg: msg.to_owned(),
-            show_code_when_inline: true,
+            style: SuggestionStyle::ShowCode,
             applicability,
         });
         self
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ pub fn span_suggestion(&mut self, sp: Span, msg: &str,
                 }],
             }],
             msg: msg.to_owned(),
-            show_code_when_inline: true,
+            style: SuggestionStyle::ShowCode,
             applicability,
         });
         self
@@ -295,7 +296,7 @@ pub fn span_suggestions(&mut self, sp: Span, msg: &str,
                 }],
             }).collect(),
             msg: msg.to_owned(),
-            show_code_when_inline: true,
+            style: SuggestionStyle::ShowCode,
             applicability,
         });
         self
@@ -316,7 +317,7 @@ pub fn span_suggestion_short(
                 }],
             }],
             msg: msg.to_owned(),
-            show_code_when_inline: false,
+            style: SuggestionStyle::HideCodeInline,
             applicability: applicability,
         });
         self
diff --git a/src/librustc_errors/emitter.rs b/src/librustc_errors/emitter.rs
index 2821201173e..5696b2eee89 100644
--- a/src/librustc_errors/emitter.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_errors/emitter.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 use syntax_pos::{SourceFile, Span, MultiSpan};
 
-use crate::{Level, CodeSuggestion, DiagnosticBuilder, SubDiagnostic, SourceMapperDyn, DiagnosticId};
+use crate::{
+    Level, CodeSuggestion, DiagnosticBuilder, SubDiagnostic,
+    SuggestionStyle, SourceMapperDyn, DiagnosticId,
+};
 use crate::snippet::{Annotation, AnnotationType, Line, MultilineAnnotation, StyledString, Style};
 use crate::styled_buffer::StyledBuffer;
 
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ fn emit(&mut self, db: &DiagnosticBuilder<'_>) {
                // don't display multiline suggestions as labels
                !sugg.substitutions[0].parts[0].snippet.contains('\n') {
                 let substitution = &sugg.substitutions[0].parts[0].snippet.trim();
-                let msg = if substitution.len() == 0 || !sugg.show_code_when_inline {
+                let msg = if substitution.len() == 0 || sugg.style.hide_inline() {
                     // This substitution is only removal or we explicitly don't want to show the
                     // code inline, don't show it
                     format!("help: {}", sugg.msg)
@@ -942,14 +945,15 @@ fn style_or_override(style: Style, override_style: Option<Style>) -> Style {
         }
     }
 
-    fn emit_message_default(&mut self,
-                            msp: &MultiSpan,
-                            msg: &[(String, Style)],
-                            code: &Option<DiagnosticId>,
-                            level: &Level,
-                            max_line_num_len: usize,
-                            is_secondary: bool)
-                            -> io::Result<()> {
+    fn emit_message_default(
+        &mut self,
+        msp: &MultiSpan,
+        msg: &[(String, Style)],
+        code: &Option<DiagnosticId>,
+        level: &Level,
+        max_line_num_len: usize,
+        is_secondary: bool,
+    ) -> io::Result<()> {
         let mut buffer = StyledBuffer::new();
         let header_style = if is_secondary {
             Style::HeaderMsg
@@ -1184,11 +1188,12 @@ fn emit_message_default(&mut self,
 
     }
 
-    fn emit_suggestion_default(&mut self,
-                               suggestion: &CodeSuggestion,
-                               level: &Level,
-                               max_line_num_len: usize)
-                               -> io::Result<()> {
+    fn emit_suggestion_default(
+        &mut self,
+        suggestion: &CodeSuggestion,
+        level: &Level,
+        max_line_num_len: usize,
+    ) -> io::Result<()> {
         if let Some(ref sm) = self.sm {
             let mut buffer = StyledBuffer::new();
 
@@ -1198,11 +1203,13 @@ fn emit_suggestion_default(&mut self,
                 buffer.append(0, &level_str, Style::Level(level.clone()));
                 buffer.append(0, ": ", Style::HeaderMsg);
             }
-            self.msg_to_buffer(&mut buffer,
-                               &[(suggestion.msg.to_owned(), Style::NoStyle)],
-                               max_line_num_len,
-                               "suggestion",
-                               Some(Style::HeaderMsg));
+            self.msg_to_buffer(
+                &mut buffer,
+                &[(suggestion.msg.to_owned(), Style::NoStyle)],
+                max_line_num_len,
+                "suggestion",
+                Some(Style::HeaderMsg),
+            );
 
             // Render the replacements for each suggestion
             let suggestions = suggestion.splice_lines(&**sm);
@@ -1340,22 +1347,40 @@ fn emit_messages_default(&mut self,
                 if !self.short_message {
                     for child in children {
                         let span = child.render_span.as_ref().unwrap_or(&child.span);
-                        match self.emit_message_default(&span,
-                                                        &child.styled_message(),
-                                                        &None,
-                                                        &child.level,
-                                                        max_line_num_len,
-                                                        true) {
+                        match self.emit_message_default(
+                            &span,
+                            &child.styled_message(),
+                            &None,
+                            &child.level,
+                            max_line_num_len,
+                            true,
+                        ) {
                             Err(e) => panic!("failed to emit error: {}", e),
                             _ => ()
                         }
                     }
                     for sugg in suggestions {
-                        match self.emit_suggestion_default(sugg,
-                                                           &Level::Help,
-                                                           max_line_num_len) {
-                            Err(e) => panic!("failed to emit error: {}", e),
-                            _ => ()
+                        if sugg.style == SuggestionStyle::HideCodeAlways {
+                            match self.emit_message_default(
+                                &MultiSpan::new(),
+                                &[(sugg.msg.to_owned(), Style::HeaderMsg)],
+                                &None,
+                                &Level::Help,
+                                max_line_num_len,
+                                true,
+                            ) {
+                                Err(e) => panic!("failed to emit error: {}", e),
+                                _ => ()
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            match self.emit_suggestion_default(
+                                sugg,
+                                &Level::Help,
+                                max_line_num_len,
+                            ) {
+                                Err(e) => panic!("failed to emit error: {}", e),
+                                _ => ()
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/src/librustc_errors/lib.rs b/src/librustc_errors/lib.rs
index ea530fa1bfb..be959a29a55 100644
--- a/src/librustc_errors/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_errors/lib.rs
@@ -68,6 +68,27 @@ pub enum Applicability {
     Unspecified,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy, Hash, RustcEncodable, RustcDecodable)]
+pub enum SuggestionStyle {
+    /// Hide the suggested code when displaying this suggestion inline.
+    HideCodeInline,
+    /// Always hide the suggested code.
+    HideCodeAlways,
+    /// Always show the suggested code.
+    /// This will *not* show the code if the suggestion is inline *and* the suggested code is
+    /// empty.
+    ShowCode,
+}
+
+impl SuggestionStyle {
+    fn hide_inline(&self) -> bool {
+        match *self {
+            SuggestionStyle::HideCodeAlways | SuggestionStyle::HideCodeInline => true,
+            SuggestionStyle::ShowCode => false,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Hash, RustcEncodable, RustcDecodable)]
 pub struct CodeSuggestion {
     /// Each substitute can have multiple variants due to multiple
@@ -93,7 +114,8 @@ pub struct CodeSuggestion {
     /// ```
     pub substitutions: Vec<Substitution>,
     pub msg: String,
-    pub show_code_when_inline: bool,
+    /// Visual representation of this suggestion.
+    pub style: SuggestionStyle,
     /// Whether or not the suggestion is approximate
     ///
     /// Sometimes we may show suggestions with placeholders,