diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/dead.rs b/src/librustc/middle/dead.rs
index 0b1d9e8d8f69e..80d45def960d4 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/dead.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/dead.rs
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx, 'v> Visitor<'v> for DeadVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
     fn visit_struct_field(&mut self, field: &hir::StructField) {
         if self.should_warn_about_field(&field) {
             self.warn_dead_code(field.id, field.span,
-                                field.name, "struct field");
+                                field.name, "field");
         }
 
         intravisit::walk_struct_field(self, field);
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/lint-dead-code-4.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/lint-dead-code-4.rs
index 20cd13c1875d6..3df089fc20048 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/lint-dead-code-4.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/lint-dead-code-4.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 struct Foo {
     x: usize,
-    b: bool, //~ ERROR: struct field is never used
+    b: bool, //~ ERROR: field is never used
 }
 
 fn field_read(f: Foo) -> usize {
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ enum IJK {
     I, //~ ERROR variant is never used
     J {
         a: String,
-        b: i32, //~ ERROR struct field is never used
-        c: i32, //~ ERROR struct field is never used
+        b: i32, //~ ERROR field is never used
+        c: i32, //~ ERROR field is never used
     },
     K //~ ERROR variant is never used
 
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ fn field_match_in_patterns(b: XYZ) -> String {
 }
 
 struct Bar {
-    x: usize, //~ ERROR: struct field is never used
+    x: usize, //~ ERROR: field is never used
     b: bool,
-    c: bool, //~ ERROR: struct field is never used
+    c: bool, //~ ERROR: field is never used
     _guard: ()
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/union/union-lint-dead-code.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/union/union-lint-dead-code.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7a552c8f8b76a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/union/union-lint-dead-code.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+#![feature(untagged_unions)]
+#![deny(dead_code)]
+
+union Foo {
+    x: usize,
+    b: bool, //~ ERROR: field is never used
+    _unused: u16,
+}
+
+fn field_read(f: Foo) -> usize {
+    unsafe { f.x }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let _ = field_read(Foo { x: 2 });
+}