diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/MemberName.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/MemberName.java
index d0c84aecae1..9506d9ed517 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/MemberName.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/MemberName.java
@@ -132,12 +132,13 @@ public Description matchMethod(MethodTree tree, VisitorState state) {
     boolean fixable = !suggested.equals(name) && canBeRemoved(symbol, state);
     String diagnostic =
         "Methods and non-static variables should be named in lowerCamelCase"
-            + (suggested.equals(renamed) ? "" : INITIALISM_DETAIL);
+            + (suggested.equals(renamed) ? "" : INITIALISM_DETAIL)
+            + ", but "
+            + symbol.getSimpleName()
+            + " is not";
     return buildDescription(tree)
         .setMessage(
-            fixable
-                ? diagnostic
-                : diagnostic + String.format("; did you" + " mean '%s'?", suggested))
+            fixable ? diagnostic : diagnostic + String.format("; did you mean '%s'?", suggested))
         .addFix(fixable ? renameMethodWithInvocations(tree, suggested, state) : emptyFix())
         .build();
   }
@@ -183,7 +184,10 @@ public Description matchVariable(VariableTree tree, VisitorState state) {
     boolean fixable = !suggested.equals(name) && canBeRenamed(symbol);
     String diagnostic =
         (isStaticVariable(symbol) ? STATIC_VARIABLE_FINDING : message())
-            + (suggested.equals(renamed) ? "" : INITIALISM_DETAIL);
+            + (suggested.equals(renamed) ? "" : INITIALISM_DETAIL)
+            + ", but "
+            + symbol.getSimpleName()
+            + " is not";
     return buildDescription(tree)
         .setMessage(
             fixable
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/MemberNameTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/MemberNameTest.java
index a1da16d7349..c1df079c152 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/MemberNameTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/MemberNameTest.java
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public void nameWithLeadingUppercase() {
         .addSourceLines(
             "Test.java",
             "class Test {",
-            "  // BUG: Diagnostic contains:",
+            "  // BUG: Diagnostic contains: foo",
             "  private int Foo;",
             "  int get() {",
             "    return Foo;",
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ public void methodWithUnderscores_notOverriddenFromGeneratedSupertype_bug() {
         .addSourceLines(
             "Test.java",
             "class Test extends Base {",
-            "  // BUG: Diagnostic contains:",
+            "  // BUG: Diagnostic contains: get_more",
             "  public int get_more() {",
             "    return 0;",
             "  }",
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ public void nonConformantOverride_nameMatchesSuper_ignored() {
         .addSourceLines(
             "Base.java",
             "interface Base {",
-            "  // BUG: Diagnostic contains:",
+            "  // BUG: Diagnostic contains: a_b",
             "  void foo(int a_b);",
             "}")
         .addSourceLines(