diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse_format/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse_format/src/lib.rs
index df22d79f82e8..1394993abade 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse_format/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse_format/src/lib.rs
@@ -740,20 +740,40 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         word
     }
 
-    /// Optionally parses an integer at the current position. This doesn't deal
-    /// with overflow at all, it's just accumulating digits.
     fn integer(&mut self) -> Option<usize> {
-        let mut cur = 0;
+        let mut cur: usize = 0;
         let mut found = false;
+        let mut overflow = false;
+        let start = self.current_pos();
         while let Some(&(_, c)) = self.cur.peek() {
             if let Some(i) = c.to_digit(10) {
-                cur = cur * 10 + i as usize;
+                let (tmp, mul_overflow) = cur.overflowing_mul(10);
+                let (tmp, add_overflow) = tmp.overflowing_add(i as usize);
+                if mul_overflow || add_overflow {
+                    overflow = true;
+                }
+                cur = tmp;
                 found = true;
                 self.cur.next();
             } else {
                 break;
             }
         }
+
+        if overflow {
+            let end = self.current_pos();
+            let overflowed_int = &self.input[start..end];
+            self.err(
+                format!(
+                    "integer `{}` does not fit into the type `usize` whose range is `0..={}`",
+                    overflowed_int,
+                    usize::MAX
+                ),
+                "integer out of range for `usize`",
+                self.span(start, end),
+            );
+        }
+
         if found { Some(cur) } else { None }
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse_format/src/tests.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse_format/src/tests.rs
index 2f8c229c68ff..3f9cb149b53e 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse_format/src/tests.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse_format/src/tests.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,21 @@ fn invalid06() {
     musterr("{:>>>}")
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn invalid_position() {
+    musterr("{18446744073709551616}");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn invalid_width() {
+    musterr("{:18446744073709551616}");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn invalid_precision() {
+    musterr("{:.18446744073709551616}");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn format_nothing() {
     same(
diff --git a/library/alloc/src/fmt.rs b/library/alloc/src/fmt.rs
index ed398b56612c..799ce9d5daa8 100644
--- a/library/alloc/src/fmt.rs
+++ b/library/alloc/src/fmt.rs
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
 //! - `text` must not contain any `'{'` or `'}'` characters,
 //! - `ws` is any character for which [`char::is_whitespace`] returns `true`, has no semantic
 //!   meaning and is completely optional,
-//! - `integer` is a decimal integer that may contain leading zeroes and
+//! - `integer` is a decimal integer that may contain leading zeroes and must fit into an `usize` and
 //! - `identifier` is an `IDENTIFIER_OR_KEYWORD` (not an `IDENTIFIER`) as defined by the [Rust language reference](https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/identifiers.html).
 //!
 //! # Formatting traits