diff --git a/compiler/rustc_privacy/src/errors.rs b/compiler/rustc_privacy/src/errors.rs
index b0fac91f6eb..f3d0c759e21 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_privacy/src/errors.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_privacy/src/errors.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+use std::fmt::Display;
+
+use rustc_errors::IntoDiagnosticArg;
 use rustc_macros::{LintDiagnostic, SessionDiagnostic, SessionSubdiagnostic};
 use rustc_span::{Span, Symbol};
 
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ pub struct ItemIsPrivate<'a> {
     #[label]
     pub span: Span,
     pub kind: &'a str,
-    pub descr: String,
+    pub descr: FromDisplay<'a>,
 }
 
 #[derive(SessionDiagnostic)]
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ pub struct InPublicInterfaceTraits<'a> {
     pub span: Span,
     pub vis_descr: &'static str,
     pub kind: &'a str,
-    pub descr: String,
+    pub descr: FromDisplay<'a>,
     #[label(privacy::visibility_label)]
     pub vis_span: Span,
 }
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ pub struct InPublicInterface<'a> {
     pub span: Span,
     pub vis_descr: &'static str,
     pub kind: &'a str,
-    pub descr: String,
+    pub descr: FromDisplay<'a>,
     #[label(privacy::visibility_label)]
     pub vis_span: Span,
 }
@@ -78,7 +81,7 @@ pub struct InPublicInterface<'a> {
 #[lint(privacy::from_private_dep_in_public_interface)]
 pub struct FromPrivateDependencyInPublicInterface<'a> {
     pub kind: &'a str,
-    pub descr: String,
+    pub descr: FromDisplay<'a>,
     pub krate: Symbol,
 }
 
@@ -87,5 +90,13 @@ pub struct FromPrivateDependencyInPublicInterface<'a> {
 pub struct PrivateInPublicLint<'a> {
     pub vis_descr: &'static str,
     pub kind: &'a str,
-    pub descr: String,
+    pub descr: FromDisplay<'a>,
+}
+
+pub struct FromDisplay<'a>(pub &'a dyn Display);
+
+impl IntoDiagnosticArg for FromDisplay<'_> {
+    fn into_diagnostic_arg(self) -> rustc_errors::DiagnosticArgValue<'static> {
+        self.0.to_string().into_diagnostic_arg()
+    }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_privacy/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_privacy/src/lib.rs
index 7d4ee832974..018ac8b1d99 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_privacy/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_privacy/src/lib.rs
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ use std::ops::ControlFlow;
 use std::{cmp, fmt, mem};
 
 use errors::{
-    FieldIsPrivate, FieldIsPrivateLabel, FromPrivateDependencyInPublicInterface, InPublicInterface,
-    InPublicInterfaceTraits, ItemIsPrivate, PrivateInPublicLint, UnnamedItemIsPrivate,
+    FieldIsPrivate, FieldIsPrivateLabel, FromDisplay, FromPrivateDependencyInPublicInterface,
+    InPublicInterface, InPublicInterfaceTraits, ItemIsPrivate, PrivateInPublicLint,
+    UnnamedItemIsPrivate,
 };
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -1082,7 +1083,7 @@ impl<'tcx> TypePrivacyVisitor<'tcx> {
             self.tcx.sess.emit_err(ItemIsPrivate {
                 span: self.span,
                 kind,
-                descr: descr.to_string(),
+                descr: FromDisplay(descr),
             });
         }
         is_error
@@ -1255,7 +1256,9 @@ impl<'tcx> Visitor<'tcx> for TypePrivacyVisitor<'tcx> {
                 };
                 let kind = kind.descr(def_id);
                 let _ = match name {
-                    Some(name) => sess.emit_err(ItemIsPrivate { span, kind, descr: name }),
+                    Some(name) => {
+                        sess.emit_err(ItemIsPrivate { span, kind, descr: FromDisplay(&name) })
+                    }
                     None => sess.emit_err(UnnamedItemIsPrivate { span, kind }),
                 };
                 return;
@@ -1723,7 +1726,7 @@ impl SearchInterfaceForPrivateItemsVisitor<'_> {
                 self.tcx.def_span(self.item_def_id.to_def_id()),
                 FromPrivateDependencyInPublicInterface {
                     kind,
-                    descr: descr.to_string(),
+                    descr: FromDisplay(descr),
                     krate: self.tcx.crate_name(def_id.krate),
                 },
             );
@@ -1750,7 +1753,6 @@ impl SearchInterfaceForPrivateItemsVisitor<'_> {
                 }
             };
             let span = self.tcx.def_span(self.item_def_id.to_def_id());
-            let descr = descr.to_string();
             if self.has_old_errors
                 || self.in_assoc_ty
                 || self.tcx.resolutions(()).has_pub_restricted
@@ -1761,7 +1763,7 @@ impl SearchInterfaceForPrivateItemsVisitor<'_> {
                         span,
                         vis_descr,
                         kind,
-                        descr,
+                        descr: FromDisplay(descr),
                         vis_span,
                     });
                 } else {
@@ -1769,7 +1771,7 @@ impl SearchInterfaceForPrivateItemsVisitor<'_> {
                         span,
                         vis_descr,
                         kind,
-                        descr,
+                        descr: FromDisplay(descr),
                         vis_span,
                     });
                 }
@@ -1778,7 +1780,7 @@ impl SearchInterfaceForPrivateItemsVisitor<'_> {
                     lint::builtin::PRIVATE_IN_PUBLIC,
                     hir_id,
                     span,
-                    PrivateInPublicLint { vis_descr, kind, descr },
+                    PrivateInPublicLint { vis_descr, kind, descr: FromDisplay(descr) },
                 );
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/test/ui/lint/issue-99387.rs b/src/test/ui/lint/issue-99387.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..616eb935e93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/lint/issue-99387.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// check-pass
+
+#![feature(type_alias_impl_trait)]
+#![allow(private_in_public)]
+
+pub type Successors<'a> = impl Iterator<Item = &'a ()>;
+
+pub fn f<'a>() -> Successors<'a> {
+    None.into_iter()
+}
+
+trait Tr {
+    type Item;
+}
+
+impl<'a> Tr for &'a () {
+    type Item = Successors<'a>;
+}
+
+pub fn ohno<'a>() -> <&'a () as Tr>::Item {
+    None.into_iter()
+}
+
+fn main() {}