diff --git a/src/librustc/ich/impls_mir.rs b/src/librustc/ich/impls_mir.rs
index 5f35c9fea0a..313ef054829 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ich/impls_mir.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ich/impls_mir.rs
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ for mir::StatementKind<'gcx> {
                 place.hash_stable(hcx, hasher);
                 rvalue.hash_stable(hcx, hasher);
             }
-            mir::StatementKind::ReadForMatch(ref place) => {
+            mir::StatementKind::FakeRead(ref cause, ref place) => {
+                cause.hash_stable(hcx, hasher);
                 place.hash_stable(hcx, hasher);
             }
             mir::StatementKind::SetDiscriminant { ref place, variant_index } => {
@@ -271,6 +272,8 @@ for mir::StatementKind<'gcx> {
     }
 }
 
+impl_stable_hash_for!(enum mir::FakeReadCause { ForMatch, ForLet });
+
 impl<'a, 'gcx, T> HashStable<StableHashingContext<'a>>
     for mir::ValidationOperand<'gcx, T>
     where T: HashStable<StableHashingContext<'a>>
diff --git a/src/librustc/mir/mod.rs b/src/librustc/mir/mod.rs
index 3450eec8082..8e9c1ad23c8 100644
--- a/src/librustc/mir/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/mir/mod.rs
@@ -1613,8 +1613,10 @@ pub enum StatementKind<'tcx> {
     Assign(Place<'tcx>, Rvalue<'tcx>),
 
     /// This represents all the reading that a pattern match may do
-    /// (e.g. inspecting constants and discriminant values).
-    ReadForMatch(Place<'tcx>),
+    /// (e.g. inspecting constants and discriminant values), and the
+    /// kind of pattern it comes from. This is in order to adapt potential
+    /// error messages to these specific patterns.
+    FakeRead(FakeReadCause, Place<'tcx>),
 
     /// Write the discriminant for a variant to the enum Place.
     SetDiscriminant {
@@ -1662,6 +1664,13 @@ pub enum StatementKind<'tcx> {
     Nop,
 }
 
+/// The `FakeReadCause` describes the type of pattern why a `FakeRead` statement exists.
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, RustcEncodable, RustcDecodable, Debug)]
+pub enum FakeReadCause {
+    ForMatch,
+    ForLet,
+}
+
 /// The `ValidationOp` describes what happens with each of the operands of a
 /// `Validate` statement.
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, RustcEncodable, RustcDecodable, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -1718,7 +1727,7 @@ impl<'tcx> Debug for Statement<'tcx> {
         use self::StatementKind::*;
         match self.kind {
             Assign(ref place, ref rv) => write!(fmt, "{:?} = {:?}", place, rv),
-            ReadForMatch(ref place) => write!(fmt, "ReadForMatch({:?})", place),
+            FakeRead(ref cause, ref place) => write!(fmt, "FakeRead({:?}, {:?})", cause, place),
             // (reuse lifetime rendering policy from ppaux.)
             EndRegion(ref ce) => write!(fmt, "EndRegion({})", ty::ReScope(*ce)),
             Validate(ref op, ref places) => write!(fmt, "Validate({:?}, {:?})", op, places),
@@ -2585,6 +2594,7 @@ CloneTypeFoldableAndLiftImpls! {
     Mutability,
     SourceInfo,
     UpvarDecl,
+    FakeReadCause,
     ValidationOp,
     SourceScope,
     SourceScopeData,
@@ -2651,7 +2661,7 @@ BraceStructTypeFoldableImpl! {
 EnumTypeFoldableImpl! {
     impl<'tcx> TypeFoldable<'tcx> for StatementKind<'tcx> {
         (StatementKind::Assign)(a, b),
-        (StatementKind::ReadForMatch)(place),
+        (StatementKind::FakeRead)(cause, place),
         (StatementKind::SetDiscriminant) { place, variant_index },
         (StatementKind::StorageLive)(a),
         (StatementKind::StorageDead)(a),
diff --git a/src/librustc/mir/visit.rs b/src/librustc/mir/visit.rs
index 0beb5ac0a3c..91c83ecb2e2 100644
--- a/src/librustc/mir/visit.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/mir/visit.rs
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ macro_rules! make_mir_visitor {
                                           ref $($mutability)* rvalue) => {
                         self.visit_assign(block, place, rvalue, location);
                     }
-                    StatementKind::ReadForMatch(ref $($mutability)* place) => {
+                    StatementKind::FakeRead(_, ref $($mutability)* place) => {
                         self.visit_place(place,
                                          PlaceContext::Inspect,
                                          location);
diff --git a/src/librustc/session/config.rs b/src/librustc/session/config.rs
index e4d633c3f2c..1fdbf687be8 100644
--- a/src/librustc/session/config.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/session/config.rs
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ options! {DebuggingOptions, DebuggingSetter, basic_debugging_options,
     disable_nll_user_type_assert: bool = (false, parse_bool, [UNTRACKED],
         "disable user provided type assertion in NLL"),
     nll_dont_emit_read_for_match: bool = (false, parse_bool, [UNTRACKED],
-        "in match codegen, do not include ReadForMatch statements (used by mir-borrowck)"),
+        "in match codegen, do not include FakeRead statements (used by mir-borrowck)"),
     dont_buffer_diagnostics: bool = (false, parse_bool, [UNTRACKED],
         "emit diagnostics rather than buffering (breaks NLL error downgrading, sorting)."),
     polonius: bool = (false, parse_bool, [UNTRACKED],
diff --git a/src/librustc/ty/context.rs b/src/librustc/ty/context.rs
index 03c0b680acf..aaa0b9fe513 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ty/context.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ty/context.rs
@@ -1478,7 +1478,7 @@ impl<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> TyCtxt<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> {
         self.emit_read_for_match()
     }
 
-    /// If true, make MIR codegen for `match` emit ReadForMatch
+    /// If true, make MIR codegen for `match` emit FakeRead
     /// statements (which simulate the maximal effect of executing the
     /// patterns in a match arm).
     pub fn emit_read_for_match(&self) -> bool {
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/mir/statement.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/mir/statement.rs
index 0cb8f99efc3..b4eb7615f98 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/mir/statement.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/mir/statement.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ impl FunctionCx<'a, 'll, 'tcx> {
                 asm::codegen_inline_asm(&bx, asm, outputs, input_vals);
                 bx
             }
-            mir::StatementKind::ReadForMatch(_) |
+            mir::StatementKind::FakeRead(..) |
             mir::StatementKind::EndRegion(_) |
             mir::StatementKind::Validate(..) |
             mir::StatementKind::AscribeUserType(..) |
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/mod.rs b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/mod.rs
index 521e7ade00e..478a2326be3 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/mod.rs
@@ -478,9 +478,9 @@ impl<'cx, 'gcx, 'tcx> DataflowResultsConsumer<'cx, 'tcx> for MirBorrowckCtxt<'cx
                     flow_state,
                 );
             }
-            StatementKind::ReadForMatch(ref place) => {
+            StatementKind::FakeRead(_, ref place) => {
                 self.access_place(
-                    ContextKind::ReadForMatch.new(location),
+                    ContextKind::FakeRead.new(location),
                     (place, span),
                     (Deep, Read(ReadKind::Borrow(BorrowKind::Shared))),
                     LocalMutationIsAllowed::No,
@@ -2206,7 +2206,7 @@ enum ContextKind {
     CallDest,
     Assert,
     Yield,
-    ReadForMatch,
+    FakeRead,
     StorageDead,
 }
 
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/nll/invalidation.rs b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/nll/invalidation.rs
index 71345f22e44..0b7fededa97 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/nll/invalidation.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/nll/invalidation.rs
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ impl<'cg, 'cx, 'tcx, 'gcx> Visitor<'tcx> for InvalidationGenerator<'cg, 'cx, 'tc
                     JustWrite
                 );
             }
-            StatementKind::ReadForMatch(ref place) => {
+            StatementKind::FakeRead(_, ref place) => {
                 self.access_place(
-                    ContextKind::ReadForMatch.new(location),
+                    ContextKind::FakeRead.new(location),
                     place,
                     (Deep, Read(ReadKind::Borrow(BorrowKind::Shared))),
                     LocalMutationIsAllowed::No,
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/nll/type_check/mod.rs b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/nll/type_check/mod.rs
index de96539ec30..1f12e9c747f 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/nll/type_check/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/nll/type_check/mod.rs
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ impl<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> TypeChecker<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> {
                     );
                 }
             }
-            StatementKind::ReadForMatch(_)
+            StatementKind::FakeRead(..)
             | StatementKind::StorageLive(_)
             | StatementKind::StorageDead(_)
             | StatementKind::InlineAsm { .. }
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/build/matches/mod.rs b/src/librustc_mir/build/matches/mod.rs
index 5c72679800c..49c1308329f 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/build/matches/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/build/matches/mod.rs
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ impl<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> Builder<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> {
                             *pre_binding_block,
                             Statement {
                                 source_info: pattern_source_info,
-                                kind: StatementKind::ReadForMatch(borrow_temp.clone()),
+                                kind: StatementKind::FakeRead(FakeReadCause::ForMatch, borrow_temp.clone()),
                             },
                         );
                     }
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ impl<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> Builder<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> {
                     block,
                     Statement {
                         source_info,
-                        kind: StatementKind::ReadForMatch(place.clone()),
+                        kind: StatementKind::FakeRead(FakeReadCause::ForLet, place.clone()),
                     },
                 );
 
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ impl<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> Builder<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> {
                     block,
                     Statement {
                         source_info,
-                        kind: StatementKind::ReadForMatch(place.clone()),
+                        kind: StatementKind::FakeRead(FakeReadCause::ForLet, place.clone()),
                     },
                 );
 
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/dataflow/impls/borrows.rs b/src/librustc_mir/dataflow/impls/borrows.rs
index 010ffafc4bd..ed2f780baf1 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/dataflow/impls/borrows.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/dataflow/impls/borrows.rs
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ impl<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> BitDenotation for Borrows<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> {
                 }
             }
 
-            mir::StatementKind::ReadForMatch(..) |
+            mir::StatementKind::FakeRead(..) |
             mir::StatementKind::SetDiscriminant { .. } |
             mir::StatementKind::StorageLive(..) |
             mir::StatementKind::Validate(..) |
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/dataflow/move_paths/builder.rs b/src/librustc_mir/dataflow/move_paths/builder.rs
index 5451d27082d..63adcb5132a 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/dataflow/move_paths/builder.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/dataflow/move_paths/builder.rs
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ impl<'b, 'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> Gatherer<'b, 'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> {
                 }
                 self.gather_rvalue(rval);
             }
-            StatementKind::ReadForMatch(ref place) => {
+            StatementKind::FakeRead(_, ref place) => {
                 self.create_move_path(place);
             }
             StatementKind::InlineAsm { ref outputs, ref inputs, ref asm } => {
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/step.rs b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/step.rs
index 5bdaf6ba729..5db7e0b5eb5 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/step.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/step.rs
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ impl<'a, 'mir, 'tcx, M: Machine<'mir, 'tcx>> EvalContext<'a, 'mir, 'tcx, M> {
                 self.deallocate_local(old_val)?;
             }
 
-            // No dynamic semantics attached to `ReadForMatch`; MIR
+            // No dynamic semantics attached to `FakeRead`; MIR
             // interpreter is solely intended for borrowck'ed code.
-            ReadForMatch(..) => {}
+            FakeRead(..) => {}
 
             // Validity checks.
             Validate(op, ref places) => {
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/transform/check_unsafety.rs b/src/librustc_mir/transform/check_unsafety.rs
index 6fbc2f85c08..286de52bec5 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/transform/check_unsafety.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/transform/check_unsafety.rs
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Visitor<'tcx> for UnsafetyChecker<'a, 'tcx> {
         self.source_info = statement.source_info;
         match statement.kind {
             StatementKind::Assign(..) |
-            StatementKind::ReadForMatch(..) |
+            StatementKind::FakeRead(..) |
             StatementKind::SetDiscriminant { .. } |
             StatementKind::StorageLive(..) |
             StatementKind::StorageDead(..) |
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/transform/qualify_consts.rs b/src/librustc_mir/transform/qualify_consts.rs
index bc9cc7274d5..a997bd37c50 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/transform/qualify_consts.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/transform/qualify_consts.rs
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Visitor<'tcx> for Qualifier<'a, 'tcx, 'tcx> {
                 StatementKind::Assign(ref place, ref rvalue) => {
                     this.visit_assign(bb, place, rvalue, location);
                 }
-                StatementKind::ReadForMatch(..) |
+                StatementKind::FakeRead(..) |
                 StatementKind::SetDiscriminant { .. } |
                 StatementKind::StorageLive(_) |
                 StatementKind::StorageDead(_) |
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/transform/qualify_min_const_fn.rs b/src/librustc_mir/transform/qualify_min_const_fn.rs
index f7e44dde186..541b3c0607d 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/transform/qualify_min_const_fn.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/transform/qualify_min_const_fn.rs
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ fn check_statement(
             check_rvalue(tcx, mir, rval, span)
         }
 
-        StatementKind::ReadForMatch(_) => Err((span, "match in const fn is unstable".into())),
+        StatementKind::FakeRead(..) => Err((span, "match in const fn is unstable".into())),
 
         // just an assignment
         StatementKind::SetDiscriminant { .. } => Ok(()),
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/transform/remove_noop_landing_pads.rs b/src/librustc_mir/transform/remove_noop_landing_pads.rs
index 9cdd94a7be7..298e38228d3 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/transform/remove_noop_landing_pads.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/transform/remove_noop_landing_pads.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ impl RemoveNoopLandingPads {
     ) -> bool {
         for stmt in &mir[bb].statements {
             match stmt.kind {
-                StatementKind::ReadForMatch(_) |
+                StatementKind::FakeRead(..) |
                 StatementKind::StorageLive(_) |
                 StatementKind::StorageDead(_) |
                 StatementKind::EndRegion(_) |
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/transform/rustc_peek.rs b/src/librustc_mir/transform/rustc_peek.rs
index 3c898eedebc..487a18f6620 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/transform/rustc_peek.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/transform/rustc_peek.rs
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ fn each_block<'a, 'tcx, O>(tcx: TyCtxt<'a, 'tcx, 'tcx>,
             mir::StatementKind::Assign(ref place, ref rvalue) => {
                 (place, rvalue)
             }
-            mir::StatementKind::ReadForMatch(_) |
+            mir::StatementKind::FakeRead(..) |
             mir::StatementKind::StorageLive(_) |
             mir::StatementKind::StorageDead(_) |
             mir::StatementKind::InlineAsm { .. } |
diff --git a/src/librustc_passes/mir_stats.rs b/src/librustc_passes/mir_stats.rs
index 0120b5bc532..0b9b20d3c45 100644
--- a/src/librustc_passes/mir_stats.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_passes/mir_stats.rs
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> mir_visit::Visitor<'tcx> for StatCollector<'a, 'tcx> {
         self.record("Statement", statement);
         self.record(match statement.kind {
             StatementKind::Assign(..) => "StatementKind::Assign",
-            StatementKind::ReadForMatch(..) => "StatementKind::ReadForMatch",
+            StatementKind::FakeRead(..) => "StatementKind::FakeRead",
             StatementKind::EndRegion(..) => "StatementKind::EndRegion",
             StatementKind::Validate(..) => "StatementKind::Validate",
             StatementKind::SetDiscriminant { .. } => "StatementKind::SetDiscriminant",