diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/collect_intra_doc_links.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/collect_intra_doc_links.rs
index b105e0a0b6fcc..0fa6b6baec79d 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/collect_intra_doc_links.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/collect_intra_doc_links.rs
@@ -528,6 +528,9 @@ fn ambiguity_error(
                     Def::Method(..) | Def::Fn(..) => {
                         ("add parentheses", format!("{}()", path_str))
                     }
+                    Def::Macro(..) => {
+                        ("add an exclamation mark", format!("{}!", path_str))
+                    }
                     _ => {
                         let type_ = match (def, ns) {
                             (Def::Const(..), _) => "const",
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc-ui/intra-links-ambiguity.stderr b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/intra-links-ambiguity.stderr
index b85161dc1469e..ad63f13493ddb 100644
--- a/src/test/rustdoc-ui/intra-links-ambiguity.stderr
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/intra-links-ambiguity.stderr
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ help: to link to the function, add parentheses
    |
 LL | /// [`multi_conflict()`] is a three-way conflict. //~ERROR `multi_conflict`
    |      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-help: to link to the macro, prefix with the item type
+help: to link to the macro, add an exclamation mark
    |
-LL | /// [`macro@multi_conflict`] is a three-way conflict. //~ERROR `multi_conflict`
-   |      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+LL | /// [`multi_conflict!`] is a three-way conflict. //~ERROR `multi_conflict`
+   |      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error: `type_and_value` is both a module and a constant
   --> $DIR/intra-links-ambiguity.rs:33:16