diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/unescape_error_reporting.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/unescape_error_reporting.rs
index b659c40b233..2b4c2e3c250 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/unescape_error_reporting.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/unescape_error_reporting.rs
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
 
 pub(crate) fn emit_unescape_error(
     handler: &Handler,
-    // interior part of the literal, without quotes
+    // interior part of the literal, between quotes
     lit: &str,
-    // full span of the literal, including quotes
-    span_with_quotes: Span,
-    // interior span of the literal, without quotes
-    span: Span,
+    // full span of the literal, including quotes and any prefix
+    full_lit_span: Span,
+    // span of the error part of the literal
+    err_span: Span,
     mode: Mode,
     // range of the error inside `lit`
     range: Range<usize>,
@@ -24,19 +24,21 @@ pub(crate) fn emit_unescape_error(
 ) {
     debug!(
         "emit_unescape_error: {:?}, {:?}, {:?}, {:?}, {:?}",
-        lit, span_with_quotes, mode, range, error
+        lit, full_lit_span, mode, range, error
     );
     let last_char = || {
         let c = lit[range.clone()].chars().next_back().unwrap();
-        let span = span.with_lo(span.hi() - BytePos(c.len_utf8() as u32));
+        let span = err_span.with_lo(err_span.hi() - BytePos(c.len_utf8() as u32));
         (c, span)
     };
     match error {
         EscapeError::LoneSurrogateUnicodeEscape => {
-            handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::InvalidUnicodeEscape { span, surrogate: true });
+            handler
+                .emit_err(UnescapeError::InvalidUnicodeEscape { span: err_span, surrogate: true });
         }
         EscapeError::OutOfRangeUnicodeEscape => {
-            handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::InvalidUnicodeEscape { span, surrogate: false });
+            handler
+                .emit_err(UnescapeError::InvalidUnicodeEscape { span: err_span, surrogate: false });
         }
         EscapeError::MoreThanOneChar => {
             use unicode_normalization::{char::is_combining_mark, UnicodeNormalization};
@@ -49,12 +51,16 @@ pub(crate) fn emit_unescape_error(
                 let normalized = lit.nfc().to_string();
                 if normalized.chars().count() == 1 {
                     let ch = normalized.chars().next().unwrap().escape_default().to_string();
-                    sugg = Some(MoreThanOneCharSugg::NormalizedForm { span, ch, normalized });
+                    sugg = Some(MoreThanOneCharSugg::NormalizedForm {
+                        span: err_span,
+                        ch,
+                        normalized,
+                    });
                 }
                 let escaped_marks =
                     rest.iter().map(|c| c.escape_default().to_string()).collect::<Vec<_>>();
                 note = Some(MoreThanOneCharNote::AllCombining {
-                    span,
+                    span: err_span,
                     chr: format!("{first}"),
                     len: escaped_marks.len(),
                     escaped_marks: escaped_marks.join(""),
@@ -69,10 +75,12 @@ pub(crate) fn emit_unescape_error(
                     .collect();
 
                 if let &[ch] = printable.as_slice() {
-                    sugg =
-                        Some(MoreThanOneCharSugg::RemoveNonPrinting { span, ch: ch.to_string() });
+                    sugg = Some(MoreThanOneCharSugg::RemoveNonPrinting {
+                        span: err_span,
+                        ch: ch.to_string(),
+                    });
                     note = Some(MoreThanOneCharNote::NonPrinting {
-                        span,
+                        span: err_span,
                         escaped: lit.escape_default().to_string(),
                     });
                 }
@@ -91,13 +99,13 @@ pub(crate) fn emit_unescape_error(
                 }
                 let sugg = format!("{prefix}\"{escaped}\"");
                 MoreThanOneCharSugg::Quotes {
-                    span: span_with_quotes,
+                    span: full_lit_span,
                     is_byte: mode == Mode::Byte,
                     sugg,
                 }
             });
             handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::MoreThanOneChar {
-                span: span_with_quotes,
+                span: full_lit_span,
                 note,
                 suggestion: sugg,
             });
@@ -105,7 +113,7 @@ pub(crate) fn emit_unescape_error(
         EscapeError::EscapeOnlyChar => {
             let (c, char_span) = last_char();
             handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::EscapeOnlyChar {
-                span,
+                span: err_span,
                 char_span,
                 escaped_sugg: c.escape_default().to_string(),
                 escaped_msg: escaped_char(c),
@@ -114,11 +122,11 @@ pub(crate) fn emit_unescape_error(
         }
         EscapeError::BareCarriageReturn => {
             let double_quotes = mode.in_double_quotes();
-            handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::BareCr { span, double_quotes });
+            handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::BareCr { span: err_span, double_quotes });
         }
         EscapeError::BareCarriageReturnInRawString => {
             assert!(mode.in_double_quotes());
-            handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::BareCrRawString(span));
+            handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::BareCrRawString(err_span));
         }
         EscapeError::InvalidEscape => {
             let (c, span) = last_char();
@@ -143,7 +151,7 @@ pub(crate) fn emit_unescape_error(
             } else {
                 if mode == Mode::Str || mode == Mode::Char {
                     diag.span_suggestion(
-                        span_with_quotes,
+                        full_lit_span,
                         "if you meant to write a literal backslash (perhaps escaping in a regular expression), consider a raw string literal",
                         format!("r\"{lit}\""),
                         Applicability::MaybeIncorrect,
@@ -158,7 +166,7 @@ pub(crate) fn emit_unescape_error(
             diag.emit();
         }
         EscapeError::TooShortHexEscape => {
-            handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::TooShortHexEscape(span));
+            handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::TooShortHexEscape(err_span));
         }
         EscapeError::InvalidCharInHexEscape | EscapeError::InvalidCharInUnicodeEscape => {
             let (c, span) = last_char();
@@ -210,7 +218,7 @@ pub(crate) fn emit_unescape_error(
             err.emit();
         }
         EscapeError::OutOfRangeHexEscape => {
-            handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::OutOfRangeHexEscape(span));
+            handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::OutOfRangeHexEscape(err_span));
         }
         EscapeError::LeadingUnderscoreUnicodeEscape => {
             let (c, span) = last_char();
@@ -220,10 +228,11 @@ pub(crate) fn emit_unescape_error(
             });
         }
         EscapeError::OverlongUnicodeEscape => {
-            handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::OverlongUnicodeEscape(span));
+            handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::OverlongUnicodeEscape(err_span));
         }
         EscapeError::UnclosedUnicodeEscape => {
-            handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::UnclosedUnicodeEscape(span, span.shrink_to_hi()));
+            handler
+                .emit_err(UnescapeError::UnclosedUnicodeEscape(err_span, err_span.shrink_to_hi()));
         }
         EscapeError::NoBraceInUnicodeEscape => {
             let mut suggestion = "\\u{".to_owned();
@@ -238,34 +247,34 @@ pub(crate) fn emit_unescape_error(
             let (label, sub) = if suggestion_len > 0 {
                 suggestion.push('}');
                 let hi = char_span.lo() + BytePos(suggestion_len as u32);
-                (None, NoBraceUnicodeSub::Suggestion { span: span.with_hi(hi), suggestion })
+                (None, NoBraceUnicodeSub::Suggestion { span: err_span.with_hi(hi), suggestion })
             } else {
-                (Some(span), NoBraceUnicodeSub::Help)
+                (Some(err_span), NoBraceUnicodeSub::Help)
             };
-            handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::NoBraceInUnicodeEscape { span, label, sub });
+            handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::NoBraceInUnicodeEscape { span: err_span, label, sub });
         }
         EscapeError::UnicodeEscapeInByte => {
-            handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::UnicodeEscapeInByte(span));
+            handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::UnicodeEscapeInByte(err_span));
         }
         EscapeError::EmptyUnicodeEscape => {
-            handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::EmptyUnicodeEscape(span));
+            handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::EmptyUnicodeEscape(err_span));
         }
         EscapeError::ZeroChars => {
-            handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::ZeroChars(span));
+            handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::ZeroChars(err_span));
         }
         EscapeError::LoneSlash => {
-            handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::LoneSlash(span));
+            handler.emit_err(UnescapeError::LoneSlash(err_span));
         }
         EscapeError::UnskippedWhitespaceWarning => {
             let (c, char_span) = last_char();
             handler.emit_warning(UnescapeError::UnskippedWhitespace {
-                span,
+                span: err_span,
                 ch: escaped_char(c),
                 char_span,
             });
         }
         EscapeError::MultipleSkippedLinesWarning => {
-            handler.emit_warning(UnescapeError::MultipleSkippedLinesWarning(span));
+            handler.emit_warning(UnescapeError::MultipleSkippedLinesWarning(err_span));
         }
     }
 }