Index: lld/trunk/ELF/OutputSections.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/ELF/OutputSections.cpp
+++ lld/trunk/ELF/OutputSections.cpp
@@ -429,8 +429,11 @@
       if (canMergeToProgbits(Sec->Type) && canMergeToProgbits(IS->Type))
         Sec->Type = SHT_PROGBITS;
       else
-        error("Section has different type from others with the same name " +
-              toString(IS));
+        error("section type mismatch for " + IS->Name +
+              "\n>>> " + toString(IS) + ": " +
+              getELFSectionTypeName(Config->EMachine, IS->Type) +
+              "\n>>> output section " + Sec->Name + ": " +
+              getELFSectionTypeName(Config->EMachine, Sec->Type));
     }
     Sec->Flags |= Flags;
   } else {
Index: lld/trunk/test/ELF/incompatible-section-types2.s
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/test/ELF/incompatible-section-types2.s
+++ lld/trunk/test/ELF/incompatible-section-types2.s
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 // RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-pc-linux %s -o %t.o
 // RUN: not ld.lld %t.o -o %t 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
 
-// CHECK: error: Section has different type from others with the same name <internal>:(.shstrtab)
+// CHECK:      error: section type mismatch for .shstrtab
+// CHECK-NEXT: >>> <internal>:(.shstrtab): SHT_STRTAB
+// CHECK-NEXT: >>> output section .shstrtab: Unknown
 
-.section .shstrtab,""
+.section .shstrtab,"",@12345
 .short 20