diff --git a/src/librustc_borrowck/diagnostics.rs b/src/librustc_borrowck/diagnostics.rs
index 03fb5260c3992..8d9b88e899be2 100644
--- a/src/librustc_borrowck/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_borrowck/diagnostics.rs
@@ -653,6 +653,101 @@ You can find more information about borrowing in the rust-book:
 http://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/references-and-borrowing.html
 "##,
 
+E0509: r##"
+This error occurs when an attempt is made to move out of a value whose type
+implements the `Drop` trait.
+
+Example of erroneous code:
+
+```compile_fail
+struct FancyNum {
+    num: usize
+}
+
+struct DropStruct {
+    fancy: FancyNum
+}
+
+impl Drop for DropStruct {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        // Destruct DropStruct, possibly using FancyNum
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let drop_struct = DropStruct{fancy: FancyNum{num: 5}};
+    let fancy_field = drop_struct.fancy; // Error E0509
+    println!("Fancy: {}", fancy_field.num);
+    // implicit call to `drop_struct.drop()` as drop_struct goes out of scope
+}
+```
+
+Here, we tried to move a field out of a struct of type `DropStruct` which
+implements the `Drop` trait. However, a struct cannot be dropped if one or
+more of its fields have been moved.
+
+Structs implementing the `Drop` trait have an implicit destructor that gets
+called when they go out of scope. This destructor may use the fields of the
+struct, so moving out of the struct could make it impossible to run the
+destructor. Therefore, we must think of all values whose type implements the
+`Drop` trait as single units whose fields cannot be moved.
+
+This error can be fixed by creating a reference to the fields of a struct,
+enum, or tuple using the `ref` keyword:
+
+```
+struct FancyNum {
+    num: usize
+}
+
+struct DropStruct {
+    fancy: FancyNum
+}
+
+impl Drop for DropStruct {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        // Destruct DropStruct, possibly using FancyNum
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let drop_struct = DropStruct{fancy: FancyNum{num: 5}};
+    let ref fancy_field = drop_struct.fancy; // No more errors!
+    println!("Fancy: {}", fancy_field.num);
+    // implicit call to `drop_struct.drop()` as drop_struct goes out of scope
+}
+```
+
+Note that this technique can also be used in the arms of a match expression:
+
+```
+struct FancyNum {
+    num: usize
+}
+
+enum DropEnum {
+    Fancy(FancyNum)
+}
+
+impl Drop for DropEnum {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        // Destruct DropEnum, possibly using FancyNum
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    // Creates and enum of type `DropEnum`, which implements `Drop`
+    let drop_enum = DropEnum::Fancy(FancyNum{num: 10});
+    match drop_enum {
+        // Creates a reference to the inside of `DropEnum::Fancy`
+        DropEnum::Fancy(ref fancy_field) => // No error!
+            println!("It was fancy-- {}!", fancy_field.num),
+    }
+    // implicit call to `drop_enum.drop()` as drop_enum goes out of scope
+}
+```
+"##,
+
 }
 
 register_diagnostics! {
@@ -664,6 +759,5 @@ register_diagnostics! {
     E0504, // cannot move `..` into closure because it is borrowed
     E0505, // cannot move out of `..` because it is borrowed
     E0508, // cannot move out of type `..`, a non-copy fixed-size array
-    E0509, // cannot move out of type `..`, which defines the `Drop` trait
     E0524, // two closures require unique access to `..` at the same time
 }