diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/diagnostic/messages.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/diagnostic/messages.scala
index 4822be59b57f..1a62b6b1f62d 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/diagnostic/messages.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/diagnostic/messages.scala
@@ -189,12 +189,15 @@ object messages {
     val msg = {
       val ofFun =
         if (MethodType.syntheticParamNames(args.length + 1) contains param.name)
-          i" of expanded function $tree"
+          i" of expanded function:\n$tree"
         else
           ""
 
-      i"""missing parameter type for parameter ${param.name}$ofFun, expected = $pt
-         |The argument types of an anonymous function must be fully known. (SLS 8.5)"""
+      i"""missing parameter type
+         |
+         |The argument types of an anonymous function must be fully known. (SLS 8.5)
+         |Expected type: $pt
+         |Missing type for parameter ${param.name}$ofFun"""
     }
 
     val explanation =
diff --git a/compiler/test-resources/repl/errorThenValid b/compiler/test-resources/repl/errorThenValid
index 832c3334f9ca..030d06caba39 100644
--- a/compiler/test-resources/repl/errorThenValid
+++ b/compiler/test-resources/repl/errorThenValid
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 scala> val xs = scala.collection.mutable.ListBuffer[Int]
 1 | val xs = scala.collection.mutable.ListBuffer[Int]
   |          ^
-  |missing parameter type for parameter elems, expected = ?
+  |missing parameter type
+  |
   |The argument types of an anonymous function must be fully known. (SLS 8.5)
+  |Expected type: ?
+  |Missing type for parameter elems
 scala> val xs = scala.collection.mutable.ListBuffer[Int]()
 val xs: scala.collection.mutable.ListBuffer[Int] = ListBuffer()