diff --git a/fathom/src/surface/elaboration.rs b/fathom/src/surface/elaboration.rs
index b01315a94..9f84c5aae 100644
--- a/fathom/src/surface/elaboration.rs
+++ b/fathom/src/surface/elaboration.rs
@@ -1332,20 +1332,16 @@ impl<'arena> Context<'arena> {
                     return (core::Term::Prim(file_range.into(), prim), r#type.clone());
                 }
 
-                let candidates = self
-                    .local_env
-                    .names
-                    .iter()
-                    .flatten()
-                    .copied()
-                    .chain(self.item_env.names.iter().copied());
-                let suggestion = suggest_name(*name, candidates);
-
                 self.push_message(Message::UnboundName {
                     range: file_range,
                     name: *name,
-                    suggestion,
+                    suggested_name: {
+                        let item_names = self.item_env.names.iter().copied();
+                        let local_names = self.local_env.names.iter().flatten().copied();
+                        suggest_name(*name, item_names.chain(local_names))
+                    },
                 });
+
                 self.synth_reported_error(*range)
             }
             Term::Hole(_, name) => {
@@ -1662,7 +1658,7 @@ impl<'arena> Context<'arena> {
                         head_type: self.pretty_value(&head_type),
                         label_range: self.file_range(*label_range),
                         label: *proj_label,
-                        suggestion: suggest_name(*proj_label, labels.iter().map(|(_, l)| *l)),
+                        suggested_label: suggest_name(*proj_label, labels.iter().map(|(_, l)| *l)),
                     });
                     return self.synth_reported_error(*range);
                 }
diff --git a/fathom/src/surface/elaboration/reporting.rs b/fathom/src/surface/elaboration/reporting.rs
index 8d2948244..db6c9f741 100644
--- a/fathom/src/surface/elaboration/reporting.rs
+++ b/fathom/src/surface/elaboration/reporting.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pub enum Message {
     UnboundName {
         range: FileRange,
         name: Symbol,
-        suggestion: Option<Symbol>,
+        suggested_name: Option<Symbol>,
     },
     RefutablePattern {
         pattern_range: FileRange,
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ pub enum Message {
         head_type: String,
         label_range: FileRange,
         label: Symbol,
-        suggestion: Option<Symbol>,
+        suggested_label: Option<Symbol>,
     },
     MismatchedFieldLabels {
         range: FileRange,
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ impl Message {
             Message::UnboundName {
                 range,
                 name,
-                suggestion,
+                suggested_name,
             } => {
                 let name = name.resolve();
 
@@ -156,11 +156,9 @@ impl Message {
                     .with_message(format!("cannot find `{name}` in scope"))
                     .with_labels(vec![primary_label(range).with_message("unbound name")]);
 
-                if let Some(suggestion) = suggestion {
-                    diagnostic = diagnostic.with_notes(vec![format!(
-                        "help: did you mean `{}`?",
-                        suggestion.resolve()
-                    )])
+                if let Some(name) = suggested_name {
+                    diagnostic = diagnostic
+                        .with_notes(vec![format!("help: did you mean `{}`?", name.resolve())])
                 }
                 diagnostic
             }
@@ -219,7 +217,7 @@ impl Message {
                 head_type,
                 label_range,
                 label,
-                suggestion,
+                suggested_label,
             } => {
                 let label = label.resolve();
 
@@ -230,12 +228,12 @@ impl Message {
                         secondary_label(head_range)
                             .with_message(format!("expression of type {head_type}")),
                     ]);
-                if let Some(suggestion) = suggestion {
-                    diagnostic = diagnostic.with_notes(vec![format!(
-                        "help: did you mean `{}`?",
-                        suggestion.resolve()
-                    )]);
+
+                if let Some(label) = suggested_label {
+                    diagnostic = diagnostic
+                        .with_notes(vec![format!("help: did you mean `{}`?", label.resolve())]);
                 }
+
                 diagnostic
             }
             Message::MismatchedFieldLabels {