diff --git a/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/diagnostics.rs b/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/diagnostics.rs
index 35155175886..7a5640b5cb6 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/diagnostics.rs
@@ -900,9 +900,10 @@ impl<'a> Resolver<'a> {
                 name,
                 participle,
                 article,
-                shadowed_binding_descr,
+                shadowed_binding,
                 shadowed_binding_span,
             } => {
+                let shadowed_binding_descr = shadowed_binding.descr();
                 let mut err = struct_span_err!(
                     self.session,
                     span,
@@ -915,13 +916,18 @@ impl<'a> Resolver<'a> {
                     span,
                     format!("cannot be named the same as {} {}", article, shadowed_binding_descr),
                 );
-                err.span_suggestion(
-                    span,
-                    "try specify the pattern arguments",
-                    format!("{}(..)", name),
-                    Applicability::Unspecified,
-                )
-                .emit();
+                match shadowed_binding {
+                    Res::Def(DefKind::Ctor(CtorOf::Variant | CtorOf::Struct, CtorKind::Fn), _) => {
+                        err.span_suggestion(
+                            span,
+                            "try specify the pattern arguments",
+                            format!("{}(..)", name),
+                            Applicability::Unspecified,
+                        )
+                        .emit();
+                    }
+                    _ => (),
+                }
                 let msg =
                     format!("the {} `{}` is {} here", shadowed_binding_descr, name, participle);
                 err.span_label(shadowed_binding_span, msg);
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/late.rs b/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/late.rs
index 640d13ea435..68d4db90194 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/late.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/late.rs
@@ -2849,7 +2849,7 @@ impl<'a: 'ast, 'b, 'ast> LateResolutionVisitor<'a, 'b, 'ast> {
                         name: ident.name,
                         participle: if binding.is_import() { "imported" } else { "defined" },
                         article: binding.res().article(),
-                        shadowed_binding_descr: binding.res().descr(),
+                        shadowed_binding: binding.res(),
                         shadowed_binding_span: binding.span,
                     },
                 );
@@ -2865,7 +2865,7 @@ impl<'a: 'ast, 'b, 'ast> LateResolutionVisitor<'a, 'b, 'ast> {
                         name: ident.name,
                         participle: "defined",
                         article: res.article(),
-                        shadowed_binding_descr: res.descr(),
+                        shadowed_binding: res,
                         shadowed_binding_span: self.r.opt_span(def_id).expect("const parameter defined outside of local crate"),
                     }
                 );
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/lib.rs
index 28ef384f2c5..e7fa9e4e7d9 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/lib.rs
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ enum ResolutionError<'a> {
         name: Symbol,
         participle: &'static str,
         article: &'static str,
-        shadowed_binding_descr: &'static str,
+        shadowed_binding: Res,
         shadowed_binding_span: Span,
     },
     /// Error E0128: generic parameters with a default cannot use forward-declared identifiers.