diff --git a/modules/output.nix b/modules/output.nix
index 6c6224f5..45f6f75c 100644
--- a/modules/output.nix
+++ b/modules/output.nix
@@ -31,13 +31,23 @@ let
   mkVimPluginPackageAssertion =
     opt:
     let
-      vimPlugins = builtins.filter isVimPluginPackage opt.value;
+      vimPluginDefs = lib.pipe opt.definitionsWithLocations [
+        # Flatten to [{file, package}]
+        (lib.concatMap ({ file, value }: map (package: { inherit file package; }) value))
+        # Select vimPlugins
+        (lib.filter (def: isVimPluginPackage def.package))
+        # Group definition files by plugin name
+        (lib.groupBy (def: lib.getName def.package))
+        (lib.mapAttrs (_: map (def: def.file)))
+      ];
     in
     {
-      assertion = vimPlugins == [ ];
+      assertion = vimPluginDefs == { };
       message = ''
         `${opt}` is for executable packages added to Neovim's PATH, but it contains Vim plugin package(s):
-        ${lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (package: "  - ${lib.getName package}") vimPlugins}
+        ${lib.concatMapAttrsStringSep "\n" (
+          name: files: "  - ${name} defined in ${lib.options.showFiles files}"
+        ) vimPluginDefs}
 
         Use `${options.extraPlugins}` for Vim plugin packages:
           ${options.extraPlugins} = [ pkgs.vimPlugins.<plugin> ];
diff --git a/tests/test-sources/modules/output.nix b/tests/test-sources/modules/output.nix
index 1fd1aa5a..a1cd7ee1 100644
--- a/tests/test-sources/modules/output.nix
+++ b/tests/test-sources/modules/output.nix
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
           (expect "any" "`extraPackages` is for executable packages added to Neovim's PATH")
           (expect "any" "`extraPackagesAfter` is for executable packages added to Neovim's PATH")
           (expect "all" "Use `extraPlugins` for Vim plugin packages:")
-          (expect "all" "nixvim-extra-packages-vim-plugin-test")
+          (expect "all" "- nixvim-extra-packages-vim-plugin-test defined in `${toString __curPos.file}'")
         ];
       };
     };