diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/field_scoped_visibility_modifiers.rs b/clippy_lints/src/field_scoped_visibility_modifiers.rs
index 49773909f380..3e29b2a959aa 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/field_scoped_visibility_modifiers.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/field_scoped_visibility_modifiers.rs
@@ -28,8 +28,16 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
     /// ```no_run
     /// pub mod public_module {
     ///     struct MyStruct {
-    ///         pub first_field: bool,
-    ///         pub second_field: bool
+    ///         first_field: bool,
+    ///         second_field: bool
+    ///     }
+    ///     impl MyStruct {
+    ///         pub(crate) fn get_first_field(&self) -> bool {
+    ///             self.first_field
+    ///         }
+    ///         pub(super) fn get_second_field(&self) -> bool {
+    ///             self.second_field
+    ///         }
     ///     }
     /// }
     /// ```
@@ -60,7 +68,7 @@ impl EarlyLintPass for FieldScopedVisibilityModifiers {
                 field.vis.span,
                 "scoped visibility modifier on a field",
                 None,
-                "consider making the field either public or private",
+                "consider making the field private and adding a scoped visibility method to read it",
             );
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/ui/field_scoped_visibility_modifiers.stderr b/tests/ui/field_scoped_visibility_modifiers.stderr
index cab829e92a7f..629548fba4fb 100644
--- a/tests/ui/field_scoped_visibility_modifiers.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/field_scoped_visibility_modifiers.stderr
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ error: scoped visibility modifier on a field
 LL |         pub(crate) pub_crate_field: bool,
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^
    |
-   = help: consider making the field either public or private
+   = help: consider making the field private and adding a scoped visibility method to read it
    = note: `-D clippy::field-scoped-visibility-modifiers` implied by `-D warnings`
    = help: to override `-D warnings` add `#[allow(clippy::field_scoped_visibility_modifiers)]`
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ error: scoped visibility modifier on a field
 LL |         pub(in crate::pub_module) pub_in_path_field: bool,
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
-   = help: consider making the field either public or private
+   = help: consider making the field private and adding a scoped visibility method to read it
 
 error: scoped visibility modifier on a field
   --> tests/ui/field_scoped_visibility_modifiers.rs:11:9
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ error: scoped visibility modifier on a field
 LL |         pub(super) pub_super_field: bool,
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^
    |
-   = help: consider making the field either public or private
+   = help: consider making the field private and adding a scoped visibility method to read it
 
 error: aborting due to 3 previous errors