diff --git a/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes.rs b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes.rs
index ec5b3251e6883..285242647b38d 100644
--- a/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes.rs
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ E0754: include_str!("./error_codes/E0754.md"),
 E0758: include_str!("./error_codes/E0758.md"),
 E0760: include_str!("./error_codes/E0760.md"),
 E0761: include_str!("./error_codes/E0761.md"),
+E0762: include_str!("./error_codes/E0762.md"),
 ;
 //  E0006, // merged with E0005
 //  E0008, // cannot bind by-move into a pattern guard
diff --git a/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0762.md b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0762.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b01ded4a86616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0762.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+A character literal wasn't ended with a quote.
+
+Erroneous code example:
+
+```compile_fail,E0762
+static C: char = '●; // error!
+```
+
+To fix this error, add the missing quote:
+
+```
+static C: char = '●'; // ok!
+```
diff --git a/src/librustc_parse/lexer/mod.rs b/src/librustc_parse/lexer/mod.rs
index 9bc6a50acad04..d135f713478a0 100644
--- a/src/librustc_parse/lexer/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_parse/lexer/mod.rs
@@ -325,7 +325,15 @@ impl<'a> StringReader<'a> {
         let (lit_kind, mode, prefix_len, postfix_len) = match kind {
             rustc_lexer::LiteralKind::Char { terminated } => {
                 if !terminated {
-                    self.fatal_span_(start, suffix_start, "unterminated character literal").raise()
+                    self.sess
+                        .span_diagnostic
+                        .struct_span_fatal_with_code(
+                            self.mk_sp(start, suffix_start),
+                            "unterminated character literal",
+                            error_code!(E0762),
+                        )
+                        .emit();
+                    FatalError.raise();
                 }
                 (token::Char, Mode::Char, 1, 1) // ' '
             }
diff --git a/src/test/ui/parser/lex-bad-char-literals-4.stderr b/src/test/ui/parser/lex-bad-char-literals-4.stderr
index 8f8f806f6cf61..fec4421c48a7c 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/parser/lex-bad-char-literals-4.stderr
+++ b/src/test/ui/parser/lex-bad-char-literals-4.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: unterminated character literal
+error[E0762]: unterminated character literal
   --> $DIR/lex-bad-char-literals-4.rs:4:5
    |
 LL |     '●
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ LL |     '●
 
 error: aborting due to previous error
 
+For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0762`.
diff --git a/src/test/ui/parser/lex-bad-char-literals-7.stderr b/src/test/ui/parser/lex-bad-char-literals-7.stderr
index ee9aa86935299..70ee8087b5163 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/parser/lex-bad-char-literals-7.stderr
+++ b/src/test/ui/parser/lex-bad-char-literals-7.stderr
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ error: empty unicode escape (must have at least 1 hex digit)
 LL |     let _: char = '\u{}';
    |                    ^^^^
 
-error: unterminated character literal
+error[E0762]: unterminated character literal
   --> $DIR/lex-bad-char-literals-7.rs:11:13
    |
 LL |     let _ = ' hello // here's a comment
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ LL |     let _ = ' hello // here's a comment
 
 error: aborting due to 3 previous errors
 
+For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0762`.