diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 12abddac9..ba9b506df 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Compilers:
 - GPR#270: Make [transl_exception_constructor] generate [Immutable] blocks
   (Mark Shinwell)
 - GPR#275: native-code generator for IBM z System running Linux.
-  In memoriam Gene Amdahl, 1922-2015. 
+  In memoriam Gene Amdahl, 1922-2015.
   (Bill O'Farrell, Tristan Amini, Xavier Leroy)
 - GPR#282: relax short-paths safety check in presence of module aliases, take
   penalty into account while building the printing map.
@@ -319,6 +319,8 @@ Bug fixes:
   (Marc Lasson, review by Alain Frisch)
 
 Features wishes:
+- PR#4518, GPR#29: change location format for reporting errors in ocamldoc
+  (Sergei Lebedev)
 - PR#4714: List.cons
 - PR#5418 (comments) : generate dependencies with $(CC) instead of gcc
 - PR#6167: OCAMLPARAM support for disabling PIC generation ("pic=0")
diff --git a/ocamldoc/odoc_comments.ml b/ocamldoc/odoc_comments.ml
index c39cb51bf..236d860a3 100644
--- a/ocamldoc/odoc_comments.ml
+++ b/ocamldoc/odoc_comments.ml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module type Texter =
 module Info_retriever =
   functor (MyTexter : Texter) ->
   struct
-    let create_see s =
+    let create_see file s =
       try
         let lexbuf = Lexing.from_string s in
         let (see_ref, s) = Odoc_parser.see_info Odoc_see_lexer.main lexbuf in
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ module Info_retriever =
                  i_desc = (match desc with "" -> None | _ -> Some (MyTexter.text_of_string desc));
                  i_authors = !Odoc_comments_global.authors;
                  i_version = !Odoc_comments_global.version;
-                 i_sees = (List.map create_see !Odoc_comments_global.sees) ;
+                 i_sees = (List.map (create_see file) !Odoc_comments_global.sees) ;
                  i_since = !Odoc_comments_global.since;
                  i_before = Odoc_merge.merge_before_tags
                      (List.map (fun (n, s) ->
@@ -87,19 +87,16 @@ module Info_retriever =
                                !Odoc_comments_global.customs)
                }
             )
-               with
-                 Failure s ->
-                   incr Odoc_global.errors ;
-                    Printf.eprintf "File %S, line %d:\n%s\n%!" file (!Odoc_lexer.line_number + 1) s;
-                   (0, None)
-               | Odoc_text.Text_syntax (l, c, s) ->
-                   incr Odoc_global.errors ;
-                   prerr_endline (file^" : "^(Odoc_messages.text_parse_error l c s));
-                   (0, None)
-               | _ ->
-                   incr Odoc_global.errors ;
-                   prerr_endline (file^" : "^Odoc_messages.parse_error^"\n");
-                   (0, None)
+      with e ->
+        let (l, c, message) = match e with
+          | Failure s -> (!Odoc_lexer.line_number + 1, 0, s)
+          | Odoc_text.Text_syntax (l, c, s) -> (l, c, Odoc_messages.text_parse_error l c s)
+          | _other -> (0, 0, Odoc_messages.parse_error)
+        in begin
+          incr Odoc_global.errors;
+          prerr_endline (Odoc_messages.error_location file l c ^ message);
+          (0, None)
+        end
 
     (** This function takes a string where a simple comment may has been found. It returns
        false if there is a blank line or the first comment is a special one, or if there is
diff --git a/ocamldoc/odoc_messages.ml b/ocamldoc/odoc_messages.ml
index f2a6dbe6b..cdfd4ff5a 100644
--- a/ocamldoc/odoc_messages.ml
+++ b/ocamldoc/odoc_messages.ml
@@ -233,6 +233,9 @@ let help = " Display this list of options"
 
 let warning = "Warning"
 
+let error_location file l c =
+  Printf.sprintf "File \"%s\", line %d, character %d:\n" file l c
+
 let bad_magic_number =
   "Bad magic number for this ocamldoc dump!\n"^
   "This dump was not created by this version of OCamldoc."
@@ -244,10 +247,7 @@ let errors_occured n = (string_of_int n)^" error(s) encountered"
 let parse_error = "Parse error"
 let text_parse_error l c s =
   let lines = Str.split (Str.regexp_string "\n") s in
-  "Syntax error in text:\n"^s^"\n"^
-  "line "^(string_of_int l)^", character "^(string_of_int c)^":\n"^
-  (List.nth lines l)^"\n"^
-  (String.make c ' ')^"^"
+  (List.nth lines l) ^ "\n" ^ (String.make c ' ') ^ "^"
 
 let file_not_found_in_paths paths name =
   Printf.sprintf "No file %s found in the load paths: \n%s"