diff --git a/src/complain.c b/src/complain.c
index 6b6b2c0b..813a442d 100644
--- a/src/complain.c
+++ b/src/complain.c
@@ -403,11 +403,12 @@ void
 duplicate_directive (char const *directive,
                      location first, location second)
 {
+  unsigned i = 0;
   if (feature_flag & feature_caret)
-    complain (&second, Wother, _("duplicate directive"));
+    complain_indent (&second, Wother, &i, _("duplicate directive"));
   else
-    complain (&second, Wother, _("duplicate directive: %s"), directive);
-  unsigned i = SUB_INDENT;
+    complain_indent (&second, Wother, &i, _("duplicate directive: %s"), directive);
+  i += SUB_INDENT;
   complain_indent (&first, complaint, &i, _("previous declaration"));
   fixits_register (&second, "");
 }
@@ -416,7 +417,8 @@ void
 duplicate_rule_directive (char const *directive,
                           location first, location second)
 {
-  complain (&second, complaint, _("only one %s allowed per rule"), directive);
-  unsigned i = SUB_INDENT;
+  unsigned i = 0;
+  complain_indent (&second, complaint, &i, _("only one %s allowed per rule"), directive);
+  i += SUB_INDENT;
   complain_indent (&first, complaint, &i, _("previous declaration"));
 }
diff --git a/tests/actions.at b/tests/actions.at
index 787435e3..e5654a47 100644
--- a/tests/actions.at
+++ b/tests/actions.at
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ AT_BISON_CHECK([-fcaret one.y], [1], [],
 [[one.y:11.13-18: error: only one %empty allowed per rule
    %empty {} %empty
              ^~~~~~
-one.y:11.3-8: previous declaration
+one.y:11.3-8:       previous declaration
    %empty {} %empty
    ^~~~~~
 ]])
diff --git a/tests/input.at b/tests/input.at
index 3314d680..39294bf6 100644
--- a/tests/input.at
+++ b/tests/input.at
@@ -2527,10 +2527,10 @@ fix-it:"input.y":{14:1-15:3}:"%file-prefix"
 input.y:17.1-19: warning: deprecated directive: '%fixed-output_files', use '%fixed-output-files' [-Wdeprecated]
 fix-it:"input.y":{17:1-17:20}:"%fixed-output-files"
 input.y:18.1-19: warning: duplicate directive: %fixed_output-files [-Wother]
-input.y:17.1-19: previous declaration
+input.y:17.1-19:     previous declaration
 fix-it:"input.y":{18:1-18:20}:""
 input.y:19.1-19: warning: duplicate directive: %fixed-output-files [-Wother]
-input.y:17.1-19: previous declaration
+input.y:17.1-19:     previous declaration
 fix-it:"input.y":{19:1-19:20}:""
 input.y:20.1-19: warning: deprecated directive: '%name-prefix= "foo"', use '%define api.prefix {foo}' [-Wdeprecated]
 fix-it:"input.y":{20:1-20:20}:"%define api.prefix {foo}"