From 638a52c789e92009cf26ed73a4a5bc597814fe7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guillaume Gomez <guillaume1.gomez@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 16:26:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improve librustdoc error when a file creation/modification
 failed

---
 src/librustdoc/lib.rs | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/librustdoc/lib.rs b/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
index e2682045ab432..058d9cc7c90cb 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
@@ -760,7 +760,9 @@ fn run_renderer<
                 tcx.dcx().struct_fatal(format!("couldn't generate documentation: {}", e.error));
             let file = e.file.display().to_string();
             if !file.is_empty() {
-                msg.note(format!("failed to create or modify \"{file}\""));
+                msg.note(format!("failed to create or modify {e}"));
+            } else {
+                msg.note(format!("failed to create or modify file: {e}"));
             }
             msg.emit();
         }