diff --git a/components/deny_public_fields/lib.rs b/components/deny_public_fields/lib.rs
index a43db51e4af..e9b8b7938a2 100644
--- a/components/deny_public_fields/lib.rs
+++ b/components/deny_public_fields/lib.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ fn expand_string(input: &str) -> String {
     let style = synstructure::BindStyle::Ref.into();
     synstructure::each_field(&type_, &style, |binding| {
         if binding.field.vis != syn::Visibility::Inherited {
-            panic!("Field {} should not be public", binding.ident);
+            panic!("Field `{}` should not be public",
+                   binding.field.ident.as_ref().unwrap_or(&binding.ident));
         }
         "".to_owned()
     });
diff --git a/tests/compiletest/plugin/compile-fail/privatize.rs b/tests/compiletest/plugin/compile-fail/privatize.rs
index c907a7fa4b3..622b2c20fe1 100644
--- a/tests/compiletest/plugin/compile-fail/privatize.rs
+++ b/tests/compiletest/plugin/compile-fail/privatize.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ extern crate deny_public_fields;
 
 #[derive(DenyPublicFields)]
 //~^ ERROR proc-macro derive panicked
+//~| HELP Field `v1` should not be public
 struct Foo {
     pub v1: i32,
     v2: i32