diff --git a/src/Lean/Elab/InheritDoc.lean b/src/Lean/Elab/InheritDoc.lean
index a4d3464671..b629a9e124 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Elab/InheritDoc.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Elab/InheritDoc.lean
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ builtin_initialize
       unless kind == AttributeKind.global do
         throwError "invalid `[inherit_doc]` attribute, must be global"
       match stx with
-      | `(attr| inherit_doc $[$id?:ident]?) =>
+      | `(attr| inherit_doc $[$id?:ident]?) => withRef stx[0] do
         let some id := id?
           | throwError "invalid `[inherit_doc]` attribute, could not infer doc source"
         let declName ← Elab.resolveGlobalConstNoOverloadWithInfo id
         if (← findDocString? (← getEnv) decl).isSome then
-          logWarningAt id m!"{← mkConstWithLevelParams decl} already has a doc string"
+          logWarning m!"{← mkConstWithLevelParams decl} already has a doc string"
         let some doc ← findDocString? (← getEnv) declName
           | logWarningAt id m!"{← mkConstWithLevelParams declName} does not have a doc string"
         addDocString decl doc