3 files changed, 30 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/chisel3/internal/Builder.scala b/core/src/main/scala/chisel3/internal/Builder.scala
index 07d8e7f7..07fc80eb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/chisel3/internal/Builder.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/chisel3/internal/Builder.scala
@@ -249,10 +249,20 @@ private[chisel3] trait HasId extends InstanceId {
       // Builder.deprecated mechanism, we have to create our own one off ErrorLog and print the
       // warning right away.
       // It's especially bad because --warnings-as-errors does not work with these warnings
+      val nameGuess = _computeName(None) match {
+        case Some(name) => s": '$name'"
+        case None       => ""
+      }
+      val parentGuess = _parent match {
+        case Some(ViewParent) => s", in module '${reifyParent.pathName}'"
+        case Some(p)          => s", in module '${p.pathName}'"
+        case None             => ""
+      }
       val errors = new ErrorLog(false)
       val logger = new _root_.logger.Logger(this.getClass.getName)
-      val msg = "Accessing the .instanceName or .toTarget of non-hardware Data is deprecated. " +
-        "This will become an error in Chisel 3.6."
+      val msg =
+        "Accessing the .instanceName or .toTarget of non-hardware Data is deprecated" + nameGuess + parentGuess + ". " +
+          "This will become an error in Chisel 3.6."
       errors.deprecated(msg, None)
       errors.checkpoint(logger)
       _computeName(None).get
diff --git a/src/test/scala/chiselTests/RecordSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/chiselTests/RecordSpec.scala
index 5aa872b0..718c1acb 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/chiselTests/RecordSpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/chiselTests/RecordSpec.scala
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class RecordSpec extends ChiselFlatSpec with RecordSpecUtils with Utils {
     var m: SingleElementRecordModule = null
     ChiselStage.elaborate { m = new SingleElementRecordModule; m }
     val (log, q) = grabLog(m.r.toTarget)
-    log should include(".toTarget of non-hardware Data is deprecated.")
+    log should include(".toTarget of non-hardware Data is deprecated")
     assert(q.toString == "~SingleElementRecordModule|SingleElementRecordModule>r")
   }
 
diff --git a/src/test/scala/chiselTests/ToTargetSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/chiselTests/ToTargetSpec.scala
index dc4ec448..de46cdcb 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/chiselTests/ToTargetSpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/chiselTests/ToTargetSpec.scala
@@ -49,4 +49,21 @@ class ToTargetSpec extends ChiselFlatSpec with Utils {
     val q = m.q.toTarget.toString
     assert(q == s"~$mn|Queue")
   }
+
+  it should "warn on non-hardware types and provide information" in {
+    class Example extends Module {
+      val tpe = UInt(8.W)
+
+      val in = IO(Input(tpe))
+      val out = IO(Output(tpe))
+      out := in
+    }
+
+    var e: Example = null
+    chisel3.stage.ChiselStage.elaborate { e = new Example; e }
+    val (log, foo) = grabLog(e.tpe.toTarget)
+    log should include(
+      "Accessing the .instanceName or .toTarget of non-hardware Data is deprecated: 'tpe', in module 'Example'"
+    )
+  }
 }