diff --git a/src/librustc/infer/error_reporting.rs b/src/librustc/infer/error_reporting.rs
index 11d92f8585489..dfbc99e01bb60 100644
--- a/src/librustc/infer/error_reporting.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/infer/error_reporting.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ use std::cell::{Cell, RefCell};
 use std::char::from_u32;
 use std::fmt;
 use syntax::ast;
-use syntax::errors::DiagnosticBuilder;
+use syntax::errors::{DiagnosticBuilder, check_old_skool};
 use syntax::codemap::{self, Pos, Span};
 use syntax::parse::token;
 use syntax::ptr::P;
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> ErrorReporting<'tcx> for InferCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
                                        "{}",
                                        trace.origin);
 
-        if !is_simple_error {
+        if !is_simple_error || check_old_skool() {
             err = err.note_expected_found(&"type", &expected, &found);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/errors/mod.rs b/src/libsyntax/errors/mod.rs
index f0c665bcb3cdb..13a2668ad951a 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/errors/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/errors/mod.rs
@@ -691,13 +691,13 @@ pub fn expect<T, M>(diag: &Handler, opt: Option<T>, msg: M) -> T where
 ///
 /// FIXME(#33240)
 #[cfg(not(test))]
-fn check_old_skool() -> bool {
+pub fn check_old_skool() -> bool {
     use std::env;
     env::var("RUST_NEW_ERROR_FORMAT").is_err()
 }
 
 /// For unit tests, use the new format.
 #[cfg(test)]
-fn check_old_skool() -> bool {
+pub fn check_old_skool() -> bool {
     false
 }
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-26480.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-26480.rs
index adcf8484f7828..c4e18f02a3026 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-26480.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-26480.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ macro_rules! write {
                   $arr.len() * size_of($arr[0]));
             //~^ ERROR mismatched types
             //~| expected u64, found usize
+            //~| expected type `u64`
+            //~| found type `usize`
         }
     }}
 }
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@ fn main() {
     let hello = ['H', 'e', 'y'];
     write!(hello);
     //~^ NOTE in this expansion of write!
+    //~| NOTE in this expansion of write!
+    //~| NOTE in this expansion of write!
 
     cast!(2);
     //~^ NOTE in this expansion of cast!