diff --git a/src/librustc/cfg/construct.rs b/src/librustc/cfg/construct.rs
index 213e57a3b37c2..a7750edbb6f48 100644
--- a/src/librustc/cfg/construct.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/cfg/construct.rs
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> CFGBuilder<'a, 'tcx> {
             hir::ExprKind::DropTemps(ref e) |
             hir::ExprKind::Unary(_, ref e) |
             hir::ExprKind::Field(ref e, _) |
-            hir::ExprKind::Yield(ref e) |
+            hir::ExprKind::Yield(ref e, _) |
             hir::ExprKind::Repeat(ref e, _) => {
                 self.straightline(expr, pred, Some(&**e).into_iter())
             }
diff --git a/src/librustc/hir/intravisit.rs b/src/librustc/hir/intravisit.rs
index e29a373ec3b76..8d7e51d1ea6c0 100644
--- a/src/librustc/hir/intravisit.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/hir/intravisit.rs
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ pub fn walk_expr<'v, V: Visitor<'v>>(visitor: &mut V, expression: &'v Expr) {
                 visitor.visit_expr(expr)
             }
         }
-        ExprKind::Yield(ref subexpression) => {
+        ExprKind::Yield(ref subexpression, _) => {
             visitor.visit_expr(subexpression);
         }
         ExprKind::Lit(_) | ExprKind::Err => {}
diff --git a/src/librustc/hir/lowering.rs b/src/librustc/hir/lowering.rs
index d2b8c4729a42a..4baa61a377b68 100644
--- a/src/librustc/hir/lowering.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/hir/lowering.rs
@@ -95,8 +95,7 @@ pub struct LoweringContext<'a> {
 
     modules: BTreeMap<NodeId, hir::ModuleItems>,
 
-    is_generator: bool,
-    is_async_body: bool,
+    generator_kind: Option<hir::GeneratorKind>,
 
     /// Used to get the current `fn`'s def span to point to when using `await`
     /// outside of an `async fn`.
@@ -264,8 +263,7 @@ pub fn lower_crate(
         current_hir_id_owner: vec![(CRATE_DEF_INDEX, 0)],
         item_local_id_counters: Default::default(),
         node_id_to_hir_id: IndexVec::new(),
-        is_generator: false,
-        is_async_body: false,
+        generator_kind: None,
         current_item: None,
         lifetimes_to_define: Vec::new(),
         is_collecting_in_band_lifetimes: false,
@@ -795,18 +793,49 @@ impl<'a> LoweringContext<'a> {
         })
     }
 
-    fn record_body(&mut self, arguments: HirVec<hir::Arg>, value: hir::Expr) -> hir::BodyId {
-        if self.is_generator && self.is_async_body {
-            span_err!(
-                self.sess,
-                value.span,
-                E0727,
-                "`async` generators are not yet supported",
-            );
-            self.sess.abort_if_errors();
+    fn generator_movability_for_fn(
+        &mut self,
+        decl: &ast::FnDecl,
+        fn_decl_span: Span,
+        generator_kind: Option<hir::GeneratorKind>,
+        movability: Movability,
+    ) -> Option<hir::GeneratorMovability> {
+        match generator_kind {
+            Some(hir::GeneratorKind::Gen) =>  {
+                if !decl.inputs.is_empty() {
+                    span_err!(
+                        self.sess,
+                        fn_decl_span,
+                        E0628,
+                        "generators cannot have explicit arguments"
+                    );
+                    self.sess.abort_if_errors();
+                }
+                Some(match movability {
+                    Movability::Movable => hir::GeneratorMovability::Movable,
+                    Movability::Static => hir::GeneratorMovability::Static,
+                })
+            },
+            Some(hir::GeneratorKind::Async) => {
+                bug!("non-`async` closure body turned `async` during lowering");
+            },
+            None => {
+                if movability == Movability::Static {
+                    span_err!(
+                        self.sess,
+                        fn_decl_span,
+                        E0697,
+                        "closures cannot be static"
+                    );
+                }
+                None
+            },
         }
+    }
+
+    fn record_body(&mut self, arguments: HirVec<hir::Arg>, value: hir::Expr) -> hir::BodyId {
         let body = hir::Body {
-            is_generator: self.is_generator || self.is_async_body,
+            generator_kind: self.generator_kind,
             arguments,
             value,
         };
@@ -1143,7 +1172,7 @@ impl<'a> LoweringContext<'a> {
         };
         let decl = self.lower_fn_decl(&ast_decl, None, /* impl trait allowed */ false, None);
         let body_id = self.lower_fn_body(&ast_decl, |this| {
-            this.is_async_body = true;
+            this.generator_kind = Some(hir::GeneratorKind::Async);
             body(this)
         });
         let generator = hir::Expr {
@@ -1168,12 +1197,10 @@ impl<'a> LoweringContext<'a> {
         &mut self,
         f: impl FnOnce(&mut LoweringContext<'_>) -> (HirVec<hir::Arg>, hir::Expr),
     ) -> hir::BodyId {
-        let prev_is_generator = mem::replace(&mut self.is_generator, false);
-        let prev_is_async_body = mem::replace(&mut self.is_async_body, false);
+        let prev_gen_kind = self.generator_kind.take();
         let (arguments, result) = f(self);
         let body_id = self.record_body(arguments, result);
-        self.is_generator = prev_is_generator;
-        self.is_async_body = prev_is_async_body;
+        self.generator_kind = prev_gen_kind;
         body_id
     }
 
@@ -4476,37 +4503,18 @@ impl<'a> LoweringContext<'a> {
 
                     self.with_new_scopes(|this| {
                         this.current_item = Some(fn_decl_span);
-                        let mut is_generator = false;
+                        let mut generator_kind = None;
                         let body_id = this.lower_fn_body(decl, |this| {
                             let e = this.lower_expr(body);
-                            is_generator = this.is_generator;
+                            generator_kind = this.generator_kind;
                             e
                         });
-                        let generator_option = if is_generator {
-                            if !decl.inputs.is_empty() {
-                                span_err!(
-                                    this.sess,
-                                    fn_decl_span,
-                                    E0628,
-                                    "generators cannot have explicit arguments"
-                                );
-                                this.sess.abort_if_errors();
-                            }
-                            Some(match movability {
-                                Movability::Movable => hir::GeneratorMovability::Movable,
-                                Movability::Static => hir::GeneratorMovability::Static,
-                            })
-                        } else {
-                            if movability == Movability::Static {
-                                span_err!(
-                                    this.sess,
-                                    fn_decl_span,
-                                    E0697,
-                                    "closures cannot be static"
-                                );
-                            }
-                            None
-                        };
+                        let generator_option = this.generator_movability_for_fn(
+                            &decl,
+                            fn_decl_span,
+                            generator_kind,
+                            movability,
+                        );
                         hir::ExprKind::Closure(
                             this.lower_capture_clause(capture_clause),
                             fn_decl,
@@ -4678,12 +4686,26 @@ impl<'a> LoweringContext<'a> {
             }
 
             ExprKind::Yield(ref opt_expr) => {
-                self.is_generator = true;
+                match self.generator_kind {
+                    Some(hir::GeneratorKind::Gen) => {},
+                    Some(hir::GeneratorKind::Async) => {
+                        span_err!(
+                            self.sess,
+                            e.span,
+                            E0727,
+                            "`async` generators are not yet supported",
+                        );
+                        self.sess.abort_if_errors();
+                    },
+                    None => {
+                        self.generator_kind = Some(hir::GeneratorKind::Gen);
+                    }
+                }
                 let expr = opt_expr
                     .as_ref()
                     .map(|x| self.lower_expr(x))
                     .unwrap_or_else(|| self.expr_unit(e.span));
-                hir::ExprKind::Yield(P(expr))
+                hir::ExprKind::Yield(P(expr), hir::YieldSource::Yield)
             }
 
             ExprKind::Err => hir::ExprKind::Err,
@@ -5755,19 +5777,23 @@ impl<'a> LoweringContext<'a> {
         //         yield ();
         //     }
         // }
-        if !self.is_async_body {
-            let mut err = struct_span_err!(
-                self.sess,
-                await_span,
-                E0728,
-                "`await` is only allowed inside `async` functions and blocks"
-            );
-            err.span_label(await_span, "only allowed inside `async` functions and blocks");
-            if let Some(item_sp) = self.current_item {
-                err.span_label(item_sp, "this is not `async`");
+        match self.generator_kind {
+            Some(hir::GeneratorKind::Async) => {},
+            Some(hir::GeneratorKind::Gen) |
+            None => {
+                let mut err = struct_span_err!(
+                    self.sess,
+                    await_span,
+                    E0728,
+                    "`await` is only allowed inside `async` functions and blocks"
+                );
+                err.span_label(await_span, "only allowed inside `async` functions and blocks");
+                if let Some(item_sp) = self.current_item {
+                    err.span_label(item_sp, "this is not `async`");
+                }
+                err.emit();
+                return hir::ExprKind::Err;
             }
-            err.emit();
-            return hir::ExprKind::Err;
         }
         let span = self.mark_span_with_reason(
             CompilerDesugaringKind::Await,
@@ -5865,7 +5891,7 @@ impl<'a> LoweringContext<'a> {
             let unit = self.expr_unit(span);
             let yield_expr = P(self.expr(
                 span,
-                hir::ExprKind::Yield(P(unit)),
+                hir::ExprKind::Yield(P(unit), hir::YieldSource::Await),
                 ThinVec::new(),
             ));
             self.stmt(span, hir::StmtKind::Expr(yield_expr))
diff --git a/src/librustc/hir/mod.rs b/src/librustc/hir/mod.rs
index 0884a726a27b0..b063a6541e25d 100644
--- a/src/librustc/hir/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/hir/mod.rs
@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@ pub struct BodyId {
 ///
 /// - an `arguments` array containing the `(x, y)` pattern
 /// - a `value` containing the `x + y` expression (maybe wrapped in a block)
-/// - `is_generator` would be false
+/// - `generator_kind` would be `None`
 ///
 /// All bodies have an **owner**, which can be accessed via the HIR
 /// map using `body_owner_def_id()`.
@@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@ pub struct BodyId {
 pub struct Body {
     pub arguments: HirVec<Arg>,
     pub value: Expr,
-    pub is_generator: bool,
+    pub generator_kind: Option<GeneratorKind>,
 }
 
 impl Body {
@@ -1325,6 +1325,26 @@ impl Body {
     }
 }
 
+/// The type of source expression that caused this generator to be created.
+// Not `IsAsync` because we want to eventually add support for `AsyncGen`
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, HashStable,
+         RustcEncodable, RustcDecodable, Hash, Debug, Copy)]
+pub enum GeneratorKind {
+    /// An `async` block or function.
+    Async,
+    /// A generator literal created via a `yield` inside a closure.
+    Gen,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for GeneratorKind {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        f.write_str(match self {
+            GeneratorKind::Async => "`async` object",
+            GeneratorKind::Gen => "generator",
+        })
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug)]
 pub enum BodyOwnerKind {
     /// Functions and methods.
@@ -1531,8 +1551,8 @@ pub enum ExprKind {
     ///
     /// The final span is the span of the argument block `|...|`.
     ///
-    /// This may also be a generator literal, indicated by the final boolean,
-    /// in that case there is an `GeneratorClause`.
+    /// This may also be a generator literal or an `async block` as indicated by the
+    /// `Option<GeneratorMovability>`.
     Closure(CaptureClause, P<FnDecl>, BodyId, Span, Option<GeneratorMovability>),
     /// A block (e.g., `'label: { ... }`).
     Block(P<Block>, Option<Label>),
@@ -1576,7 +1596,7 @@ pub enum ExprKind {
     Repeat(P<Expr>, AnonConst),
 
     /// A suspension point for generators (i.e., `yield <expr>`).
-    Yield(P<Expr>),
+    Yield(P<Expr>, YieldSource),
 
     /// A placeholder for an expression that wasn't syntactically well formed in some way.
     Err,
@@ -1668,12 +1688,12 @@ pub enum LoopIdError {
 
 impl fmt::Display for LoopIdError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        fmt::Display::fmt(match *self {
+        f.write_str(match self {
             LoopIdError::OutsideLoopScope => "not inside loop scope",
             LoopIdError::UnlabeledCfInWhileCondition =>
                 "unlabeled control flow (break or continue) in while condition",
             LoopIdError::UnresolvedLabel => "label not found",
-        }, f)
+        })
     }
 }
 
@@ -1687,13 +1707,34 @@ pub struct Destination {
     pub target_id: Result<HirId, LoopIdError>,
 }
 
+/// Whether a generator contains self-references, causing it to be `!Unpin`.
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, HashStable,
          RustcEncodable, RustcDecodable, Hash, Debug, Copy)]
 pub enum GeneratorMovability {
+    /// May contain self-references, `!Unpin`.
     Static,
+    /// Must not contain self-references, `Unpin`.
     Movable,
 }
 
+/// The yield kind that caused an `ExprKind::Yield`.
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, RustcEncodable, RustcDecodable, HashStable)]
+pub enum YieldSource {
+    /// An `<expr>.await`.
+    Await,
+    /// A plain `yield`.
+    Yield,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for YieldSource {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        f.write_str(match self {
+            YieldSource::Await => "`await`",
+            YieldSource::Yield => "`yield`",
+        })
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, RustcEncodable, RustcDecodable, Debug, Copy, HashStable)]
 pub enum CaptureClause {
     CaptureByValue,
@@ -2058,11 +2099,10 @@ impl Defaultness {
 
 impl fmt::Display for Unsafety {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        fmt::Display::fmt(match *self {
-                              Unsafety::Normal => "normal",
-                              Unsafety::Unsafe => "unsafe",
-                          },
-                          f)
+        f.write_str(match self {
+            Unsafety::Normal => "normal",
+            Unsafety::Unsafe => "unsafe",
+        })
     }
 }
 
@@ -2076,10 +2116,10 @@ pub enum ImplPolarity {
 
 impl fmt::Debug for ImplPolarity {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        match *self {
-            ImplPolarity::Positive => "positive".fmt(f),
-            ImplPolarity::Negative => "negative".fmt(f),
-        }
+        f.write_str(match self {
+            ImplPolarity::Positive => "positive",
+            ImplPolarity::Negative => "negative",
+        })
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/librustc/hir/print.rs b/src/librustc/hir/print.rs
index 7b0a499fa5c66..69ee84dfa4393 100644
--- a/src/librustc/hir/print.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/hir/print.rs
@@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
 
                 self.pclose()?;
             }
-            hir::ExprKind::Yield(ref expr) => {
+            hir::ExprKind::Yield(ref expr, _) => {
                 self.word_space("yield")?;
                 self.print_expr_maybe_paren(&expr, parser::PREC_JUMP)?;
             }
diff --git a/src/librustc/ich/impls_hir.rs b/src/librustc/ich/impls_hir.rs
index f2f909b6af156..30d76f240d1fa 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ich/impls_hir.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ich/impls_hir.rs
@@ -335,15 +335,15 @@ impl<'a> HashStable<StableHashingContext<'a>> for hir::Body {
                                           hcx: &mut StableHashingContext<'a>,
                                           hasher: &mut StableHasher<W>) {
         let hir::Body {
-            ref arguments,
-            ref value,
-            is_generator,
-        } = *self;
+            arguments,
+            value,
+            generator_kind,
+        } = self;
 
         hcx.with_node_id_hashing_mode(NodeIdHashingMode::Ignore, |hcx| {
             arguments.hash_stable(hcx, hasher);
             value.hash_stable(hcx, hasher);
-            is_generator.hash_stable(hcx, hasher);
+            generator_kind.hash_stable(hcx, hasher);
         });
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/librustc/infer/error_reporting/need_type_info.rs b/src/librustc/infer/error_reporting/need_type_info.rs
index 362a680f53c9a..fe151bdec6a84 100644
--- a/src/librustc/infer/error_reporting/need_type_info.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/infer/error_reporting/need_type_info.rs
@@ -227,16 +227,15 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> InferCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
 
     pub fn need_type_info_err_in_generator(
         &self,
+        kind: hir::GeneratorKind,
         span: Span,
         ty: Ty<'tcx>,
     ) -> DiagnosticBuilder<'tcx> {
         let ty = self.resolve_vars_if_possible(&ty);
         let name = self.extract_type_name(&ty, None);
-
-        let mut err = struct_span_err!(self.tcx.sess,
-                       span,
-                       E0698,
-                       "type inside generator must be known in this context");
+        let mut err = struct_span_err!(
+            self.tcx.sess, span, E0698, "type inside {} must be known in this context", kind,
+        );
         err.span_label(span, InferCtxt::missing_type_msg(&name));
         err
     }
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/expr_use_visitor.rs b/src/librustc/middle/expr_use_visitor.rs
index 1c3eead90fa99..086ddfd7e33bf 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/expr_use_visitor.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/expr_use_visitor.rs
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> ExprUseVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
                 self.consume_expr(&base);
             }
 
-            hir::ExprKind::Yield(ref value) => {
+            hir::ExprKind::Yield(ref value, _) => {
                 self.consume_expr(&value);
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/liveness.rs b/src/librustc/middle/liveness.rs
index dc6fa066071a2..bf054d68b704a 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/liveness.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/liveness.rs
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Liveness<'a, 'tcx> {
             hir::ExprKind::Type(ref e, _) |
             hir::ExprKind::DropTemps(ref e) |
             hir::ExprKind::Unary(_, ref e) |
-            hir::ExprKind::Yield(ref e) |
+            hir::ExprKind::Yield(ref e, _) |
             hir::ExprKind::Repeat(ref e, _) => {
                 self.propagate_through_expr(&e, succ)
             }
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/region.rs b/src/librustc/middle/region.rs
index dfab8e36bf9d1..93cb6ab96f883 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/region.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/region.rs
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ pub struct ScopeTree {
     /// The reason is that semantically, until the `box` expression returns,
     /// the values are still owned by their containing expressions. So
     /// we'll see that `&x`.
-    yield_in_scope: FxHashMap<Scope, (Span, usize)>,
+    yield_in_scope: FxHashMap<Scope, YieldData>,
 
     /// The number of visit_expr and visit_pat calls done in the body.
     /// Used to sanity check visit_expr/visit_pat call count when
@@ -339,6 +339,15 @@ pub struct ScopeTree {
     body_expr_count: FxHashMap<hir::BodyId, usize>,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, RustcEncodable, RustcDecodable, HashStable)]
+pub struct YieldData {
+    /// `Span` of the yield.
+    pub span: Span,
+    /// The number of expressions and patterns appearing before the `yield` in the body + 1.
+    pub expr_and_pat_count: usize,
+    pub source: hir::YieldSource,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
 pub struct Context {
     /// the root of the current region tree. This is typically the id
@@ -695,7 +704,7 @@ impl<'tcx> ScopeTree {
     /// returns `Some((span, expr_count))` with the span of a yield we found and
     /// the number of expressions and patterns appearing before the `yield` in the body + 1.
     /// If there a are multiple yields in a scope, the one with the highest number is returned.
-    pub fn yield_in_scope(&self, scope: Scope) -> Option<(Span, usize)> {
+    pub fn yield_in_scope(&self, scope: Scope) -> Option<YieldData> {
         self.yield_in_scope.get(&scope).cloned()
     }
 
@@ -706,14 +715,14 @@ impl<'tcx> ScopeTree {
                                    scope: Scope,
                                    expr_hir_id: hir::HirId,
                                    body: &'tcx hir::Body) -> Option<Span> {
-        self.yield_in_scope(scope).and_then(|(span, count)| {
+        self.yield_in_scope(scope).and_then(|YieldData { span, expr_and_pat_count, .. }| {
             let mut visitor = ExprLocatorVisitor {
                 hir_id: expr_hir_id,
                 result: None,
                 expr_and_pat_count: 0,
             };
             visitor.visit_body(body);
-            if count >= visitor.result.unwrap() {
+            if expr_and_pat_count >= visitor.result.unwrap() {
                 Some(span)
             } else {
                 None
@@ -953,12 +962,16 @@ fn resolve_expr<'tcx>(visitor: &mut RegionResolutionVisitor<'tcx>, expr: &'tcx h
 
     debug!("resolve_expr post-increment {}, expr = {:?}", visitor.expr_and_pat_count, expr);
 
-    if let hir::ExprKind::Yield(..) = expr.node {
+    if let hir::ExprKind::Yield(_, source) = &expr.node {
         // Mark this expr's scope and all parent scopes as containing `yield`.
         let mut scope = Scope { id: expr.hir_id.local_id, data: ScopeData::Node };
         loop {
-            visitor.scope_tree.yield_in_scope.insert(scope,
-                (expr.span, visitor.expr_and_pat_count));
+            let data = YieldData {
+                span: expr.span,
+                expr_and_pat_count: visitor.expr_and_pat_count,
+                source: *source,
+            };
+            visitor.scope_tree.yield_in_scope.insert(scope, data);
 
             // Keep traversing up while we can.
             match visitor.scope_tree.parent_map.get(&scope) {
@@ -1302,7 +1315,7 @@ impl<'tcx> Visitor<'tcx> for RegionResolutionVisitor<'tcx> {
             resolve_local(self, None, Some(&body.value));
         }
 
-        if body.is_generator {
+        if body.generator_kind.is_some() {
             self.scope_tree.body_expr_count.insert(body_id, self.expr_and_pat_count);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/build/mod.rs b/src/librustc_mir/build/mod.rs
index 001f377c0ee31..f7958434afa64 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/build/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/build/mod.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ pub fn mir_build<'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>, def_id: DefId) -> Body<'tcx> {
 
             let arguments = implicit_argument.into_iter().chain(explicit_arguments);
 
-            let (yield_ty, return_ty) = if body.is_generator {
+            let (yield_ty, return_ty) = if body.generator_kind.is_some() {
                 let gen_sig = match ty.sty {
                     ty::Generator(gen_def_id, gen_substs, ..) =>
                         gen_substs.sig(gen_def_id, tcx),
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ where
         return_ty_span,
         upvar_debuginfo,
         upvar_mutbls,
-        body.is_generator);
+        body.generator_kind.is_some());
 
     let call_site_scope = region::Scope {
         id: body.value.hir_id.local_id,
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/hair/cx/expr.rs b/src/librustc_mir/hair/cx/expr.rs
index 9f05cf981f517..baf9086a4800e 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/hair/cx/expr.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/hair/cx/expr.rs
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ fn make_mirror_unadjusted<'a, 'tcx>(
         hir::ExprKind::Array(ref fields) => ExprKind::Array { fields: fields.to_ref() },
         hir::ExprKind::Tup(ref fields) => ExprKind::Tuple { fields: fields.to_ref() },
 
-        hir::ExprKind::Yield(ref v) => ExprKind::Yield { value: v.to_ref() },
+        hir::ExprKind::Yield(ref v, _) => ExprKind::Yield { value: v.to_ref() },
         hir::ExprKind::Err => unreachable!(),
     };
 
diff --git a/src/librustc_passes/rvalue_promotion.rs b/src/librustc_passes/rvalue_promotion.rs
index 1493d02904806..bc1151974bb70 100644
--- a/src/librustc_passes/rvalue_promotion.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_passes/rvalue_promotion.rs
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ fn check_expr_kind<'a, 'tcx>(
         }
 
         // Generator expressions
-        hir::ExprKind::Yield(ref expr) => {
+        hir::ExprKind::Yield(ref expr, _) => {
             let _ = v.check_expr(&expr);
             NotPromotable
         }
diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/check/expr.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/check/expr.rs
index 421688097b892..563bb5760a94e 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/check/expr.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/check/expr.rs
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> FnCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
             ExprKind::Index(ref base, ref idx) => {
                 self.check_expr_index(base, idx, needs, expr)
             }
-            ExprKind::Yield(ref value) => {
+            ExprKind::Yield(ref value, _) => {
                 self.check_expr_yield(value, expr)
             }
             hir::ExprKind::Err => {
diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/check/generator_interior.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/check/generator_interior.rs
index ac2dcbadad824..72f42c85eadaf 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/check/generator_interior.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/check/generator_interior.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 use rustc::hir::def_id::DefId;
 use rustc::hir::intravisit::{self, Visitor, NestedVisitorMap};
 use rustc::hir::{self, Pat, PatKind, Expr};
-use rustc::middle::region;
+use rustc::middle::region::{self, YieldData};
 use rustc::ty::{self, Ty};
 use syntax_pos::Span;
 use super::FnCtxt;
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ struct InteriorVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
     types: FxHashMap<Ty<'tcx>, usize>,
     region_scope_tree: &'tcx region::ScopeTree,
     expr_count: usize,
+    kind: hir::GeneratorKind,
 }
 
 impl<'a, 'tcx> InteriorVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
@@ -27,8 +28,8 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> InteriorVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
               source_span: Span) {
         use syntax_pos::DUMMY_SP;
 
-        let live_across_yield = scope.map_or(Some(DUMMY_SP), |s| {
-            self.region_scope_tree.yield_in_scope(s).and_then(|(yield_span, expr_count)| {
+        let live_across_yield = scope.map(|s| {
+            self.region_scope_tree.yield_in_scope(s).and_then(|yield_data| {
                 // If we are recording an expression that is the last yield
                 // in the scope, or that has a postorder CFG index larger
                 // than the one of all of the yields, then its value can't
@@ -37,31 +38,43 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> InteriorVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
                 // See the mega-comment at `yield_in_scope` for a proof.
 
                 debug!("comparing counts yield: {} self: {}, source_span = {:?}",
-                       expr_count, self.expr_count, source_span);
+                       yield_data.expr_and_pat_count, self.expr_count, source_span);
 
-                if expr_count >= self.expr_count {
-                    Some(yield_span)
+                if yield_data.expr_and_pat_count >= self.expr_count {
+                    Some(yield_data)
                 } else {
                     None
                 }
             })
-        });
-
-        if let Some(yield_span) = live_across_yield {
+        }).unwrap_or_else(|| Some(YieldData {
+            span: DUMMY_SP,
+            expr_and_pat_count: 0,
+            source: match self.kind { // Guess based on the kind of the current generator.
+                hir::GeneratorKind::Gen => hir::YieldSource::Yield,
+                hir::GeneratorKind::Async => hir::YieldSource::Await,
+            },
+        }));
+
+        if let Some(yield_data) = live_across_yield {
             let ty = self.fcx.resolve_vars_if_possible(&ty);
 
             debug!("type in expr = {:?}, scope = {:?}, type = {:?}, count = {}, yield_span = {:?}",
-                   expr, scope, ty, self.expr_count, yield_span);
+                   expr, scope, ty, self.expr_count, yield_data.span);
 
             if let Some((unresolved_type, unresolved_type_span)) =
                 self.fcx.unresolved_type_vars(&ty)
             {
+                let note = format!("the type is part of the {} because of this {}",
+                                   self.kind,
+                                   yield_data.source);
+
                 // If unresolved type isn't a ty_var then unresolved_type_span is None
                 self.fcx.need_type_info_err_in_generator(
-                    unresolved_type_span.unwrap_or(yield_span),
-                    unresolved_type)
-                    .span_note(yield_span,
-                               "the type is part of the generator because of this `yield`")
+                    self.kind,
+                    unresolved_type_span.unwrap_or(yield_data.span),
+                    unresolved_type,
+                )
+                    .span_note(yield_data.span, &*note)
                     .emit();
             } else {
                 // Map the type to the number of types added before it
@@ -80,6 +93,7 @@ pub fn resolve_interior<'a, 'tcx>(
     def_id: DefId,
     body_id: hir::BodyId,
     interior: Ty<'tcx>,
+    kind: hir::GeneratorKind,
 ) {
     let body = fcx.tcx.hir().body(body_id);
     let mut visitor = InteriorVisitor {
@@ -87,6 +101,7 @@ pub fn resolve_interior<'a, 'tcx>(
         types: FxHashMap::default(),
         region_scope_tree: fcx.tcx.region_scope_tree(def_id),
         expr_count: 0,
+        kind,
     };
     intravisit::walk_body(&mut visitor, body);
 
diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/check/mod.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/check/mod.rs
index 519081732033d..177e215804408 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/check/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/check/mod.rs
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ pub struct Inherited<'a, 'tcx> {
 
     deferred_cast_checks: RefCell<Vec<cast::CastCheck<'tcx>>>,
 
-    deferred_generator_interiors: RefCell<Vec<(hir::BodyId, Ty<'tcx>)>>,
+    deferred_generator_interiors: RefCell<Vec<(hir::BodyId, Ty<'tcx>, hir::GeneratorKind)>>,
 
     // Opaque types found in explicit return types and their
     // associated fresh inference variable. Writeback resolves these
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ fn check_fn<'a, 'tcx>(
 
     let span = body.value.span;
 
-    if body.is_generator && can_be_generator.is_some() {
+    if body.generator_kind.is_some() && can_be_generator.is_some() {
         let yield_ty = fcx.next_ty_var(TypeVariableOrigin {
             kind: TypeVariableOriginKind::TypeInference,
             span,
@@ -1108,12 +1108,12 @@ fn check_fn<'a, 'tcx>(
     // We insert the deferred_generator_interiors entry after visiting the body.
     // This ensures that all nested generators appear before the entry of this generator.
     // resolve_generator_interiors relies on this property.
-    let gen_ty = if can_be_generator.is_some() && body.is_generator {
+    let gen_ty = if let (Some(_), Some(gen_kind)) = (can_be_generator, body.generator_kind) {
         let interior = fcx.next_ty_var(TypeVariableOrigin {
             kind: TypeVariableOriginKind::MiscVariable,
             span,
         });
-        fcx.deferred_generator_interiors.borrow_mut().push((body.id(), interior));
+        fcx.deferred_generator_interiors.borrow_mut().push((body.id(), interior, gen_kind));
         Some(GeneratorTypes {
             yield_ty: fcx.yield_ty.unwrap(),
             interior,
@@ -2633,9 +2633,9 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> FnCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
 
     fn resolve_generator_interiors(&self, def_id: DefId) {
         let mut generators = self.deferred_generator_interiors.borrow_mut();
-        for (body_id, interior) in generators.drain(..) {
+        for (body_id, interior, kind) in generators.drain(..) {
             self.select_obligations_where_possible(false);
-            generator_interior::resolve_interior(self, def_id, body_id, interior);
+            generator_interior::resolve_interior(self, def_id, body_id, interior, kind);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/ui/async-await/unresolved_type_param.rs b/src/test/ui/async-await/unresolved_type_param.rs
index 77174b0321782..578d41fe0df0b 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/async-await/unresolved_type_param.rs
+++ b/src/test/ui/async-await/unresolved_type_param.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ async fn bar<T>() -> () {}
 
 async fn foo() {
     bar().await;
-    //~^ ERROR type inside generator must be known in this context
+    //~^ ERROR type inside `async` object must be known in this context
     //~| NOTE cannot infer type for `T`
-    //~| NOTE the type is part of the generator because of this `yield`
+    //~| NOTE the type is part of the `async` object because of this `await`
     //~| NOTE in this expansion of desugaring of `await`
 }
 fn main() {}
diff --git a/src/test/ui/async-await/unresolved_type_param.stderr b/src/test/ui/async-await/unresolved_type_param.stderr
index afb9adf4c77cc..f3090a2b980e8 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/async-await/unresolved_type_param.stderr
+++ b/src/test/ui/async-await/unresolved_type_param.stderr
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-error[E0698]: type inside generator must be known in this context
+error[E0698]: type inside `async` object must be known in this context
   --> $DIR/unresolved_type_param.rs:9:5
    |
 LL |     bar().await;
    |     ^^^ cannot infer type for `T`
    |
-note: the type is part of the generator because of this `yield`
+note: the type is part of the `async` object because of this `await`
   --> $DIR/unresolved_type_param.rs:9:5
    |
 LL |     bar().await;