diff --git a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.h b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.h
--- a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.h
+++ b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.h
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
   InputSectionBase *createInputSection(const Elf_Shdr &sec);
   StringRef getSectionName(const Elf_Shdr &sec);
 
-  bool shouldMerge(const Elf_Shdr &sec);
+  bool shouldMerge(const Elf_Shdr &sec, StringRef name);
 
   // Each ELF symbol contains a section index which the symbol belongs to.
   // However, because the number of bits dedicated for that is limited, a
diff --git a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
@@ -483,7 +483,8 @@
   return signature;
 }
 
-template <class ELFT> bool ObjFile<ELFT>::shouldMerge(const Elf_Shdr &sec) {
+template <class ELFT>
+bool ObjFile<ELFT>::shouldMerge(const Elf_Shdr &sec, StringRef name) {
   // On a regular link we don't merge sections if -O0 (default is -O1). This
   // sometimes makes the linker significantly faster, although the output will
   // be bigger.
@@ -515,14 +516,16 @@
   if (entSize == 0)
     return false;
   if (sec.sh_size % entSize)
-    fatal(toString(this) + ": SHF_MERGE section size (" + Twine(sec.sh_size) +
-          ")must be a multiple of sh_entsize (" + Twine(entSize) + ")");
+    fatal(toString(this) + ":(" + name + "): SHF_MERGE section size (" +
+          Twine(sec.sh_size) + ") must be a multiple of sh_entsize (" +
+          Twine(entSize) + ")");
 
   uint64_t flags = sec.sh_flags;
   if (!(flags & SHF_MERGE))
     return false;
   if (flags & SHF_WRITE)
-    fatal(toString(this) + ": writable SHF_MERGE section is not supported");
+    fatal(toString(this) + ":(" + name +
+          "): writable SHF_MERGE section is not supported");
 
   return true;
 }
@@ -1033,7 +1036,7 @@
   if (name == ".eh_frame" && !config->relocatable)
     return make<EhInputSection>(*this, sec, name);
 
-  if (shouldMerge(sec))
+  if (shouldMerge(sec, name))
     return make<MergeInputSection>(*this, sec, name);
   return make<InputSection>(*this, sec, name);
 }
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/invalid/merge-invalid-size.s b/lld/test/ELF/invalid/merge-invalid-size.s
--- a/lld/test/ELF/invalid/merge-invalid-size.s
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/invalid/merge-invalid-size.s
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // REQUIRES: x86
 // RUN: llvm-mc %s -o %t.o -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-pc-linux
 // RUN: not ld.lld %t.o -o /dev/null 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
-// CHECK: SHF_MERGE section size must be a multiple of sh_entsize
+// CHECK: merge-invalid-size.s.tmp.o:(.foo): SHF_MERGE section size (2) must be a multiple of sh_entsize (4)
 
 .section .foo,"aM",@progbits,4
 .short 42
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/invalid/merge-writable.s b/lld/test/ELF/invalid/merge-writable.s
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/invalid/merge-writable.s
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// REQUIRES: x86
+// RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-pc-linux %s -o %t.o
+// RUN: not ld.lld %t.o -o /dev/null 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+// CHECK: merge-writable.s.tmp.o:(.foo): writable SHF_MERGE section is not supported
+
+.section .foo,"awM",@progbits,1
+.zero 16