diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/error_reporting/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/error_reporting/mod.rs
index 87b6092bd5d..4cc986774b2 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/error_reporting/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/error_reporting/mod.rs
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ use crate::traits::query::evaluate_obligation::InferCtxtExt as _;
 use crate::traits::query::normalize::QueryNormalizeExt as _;
 use crate::traits::specialize::to_pretty_impl_header;
 use crate::traits::NormalizeExt;
-use on_unimplemented::OnUnimplementedNote;
-use on_unimplemented::TypeErrCtxtExt as _;
+use on_unimplemented::{AppendConstMessage, OnUnimplementedNote, TypeErrCtxtExt as _};
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::{FxHashMap, FxIndexMap};
 use rustc_errors::{
     pluralize, struct_span_err, Applicability, Diagnostic, DiagnosticBuilder, ErrorGuaranteed,
@@ -707,7 +706,7 @@ impl<'tcx> TypeErrCtxtExt<'tcx> for TypeErrCtxt<'_, 'tcx> {
                                      conversion on the error value using the `From` trait"
                                         .to_owned(),
                                 ),
-                                Some(None),
+                                Some(AppendConstMessage::Default),
                             )
                         } else {
                             (message, note, append_const_msg)
@@ -1272,7 +1271,7 @@ trait InferCtxtPrivExt<'tcx> {
         trait_predicate: &ty::PolyTraitPredicate<'tcx>,
         message: Option<String>,
         predicate_is_const: bool,
-        append_const_msg: Option<Option<rustc_span::Symbol>>,
+        append_const_msg: Option<AppendConstMessage>,
         post_message: String,
     ) -> String;
 
@@ -2682,7 +2681,7 @@ impl<'tcx> InferCtxtPrivExt<'tcx> for TypeErrCtxt<'_, 'tcx> {
         trait_predicate: &ty::PolyTraitPredicate<'tcx>,
         message: Option<String>,
         predicate_is_const: bool,
-        append_const_msg: Option<Option<rustc_span::Symbol>>,
+        append_const_msg: Option<AppendConstMessage>,
         post_message: String,
     ) -> String {
         message
@@ -2691,17 +2690,19 @@ impl<'tcx> InferCtxtPrivExt<'tcx> for TypeErrCtxt<'_, 'tcx> {
                     // do nothing if predicate is not const
                     (false, _) => Some(cannot_do_this),
                     // suggested using default post message
-                    (true, Some(None)) => Some(format!("{cannot_do_this} in const contexts")),
+                    (true, Some(AppendConstMessage::Default)) => {
+                        Some(format!("{cannot_do_this} in const contexts"))
+                    }
                     // overridden post message
-                    (true, Some(Some(post_message))) => {
-                        Some(format!("{cannot_do_this}{post_message}"))
+                    (true, Some(AppendConstMessage::Custom(custom_msg))) => {
+                        Some(format!("{cannot_do_this}{custom_msg}"))
                     }
                     // fallback to generic message
                     (true, None) => None,
                 }
             })
             .unwrap_or_else(|| {
-                format!("the trait bound `{}` is not satisfied{}", trait_predicate, post_message,)
+                format!("the trait bound `{}` is not satisfied{}", trait_predicate, post_message)
             })
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/error_reporting/on_unimplemented.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/error_reporting/on_unimplemented.rs
index 193378d7633..88525e1b720 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/error_reporting/on_unimplemented.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/error_reporting/on_unimplemented.rs
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ pub struct OnUnimplementedDirective {
     pub label: Option<OnUnimplementedFormatString>,
     pub note: Option<OnUnimplementedFormatString>,
     pub parent_label: Option<OnUnimplementedFormatString>,
-    pub append_const_msg: Option<Option<Symbol>>,
+    pub append_const_msg: Option<AppendConstMessage>,
 }
 
 /// For the `#[rustc_on_unimplemented]` attribute
@@ -337,12 +337,21 @@ pub struct OnUnimplementedNote {
     pub label: Option<String>,
     pub note: Option<String>,
     pub parent_label: Option<String>,
-    /// Append a message for `~const Trait` errors. `None` means not requested and
-    /// should fallback to a generic message, `Some(None)` suggests using the default
-    /// appended message, `Some(Some(s))` suggests use the `s` message instead of the
-    /// default one..
-    /// FIXME(bryangarza): Change this to an enum with the 3 variants described above.
-    pub append_const_msg: Option<Option<Symbol>>,
+    // If none, should fall back to a generic message
+    pub append_const_msg: Option<AppendConstMessage>,
+}
+
+/// Append a message for `~const Trait` errors.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
+pub enum AppendConstMessage {
+    Default,
+    Custom(Symbol),
+}
+
+impl Default for AppendConstMessage {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        AppendConstMessage::Default
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'tcx> OnUnimplementedDirective {
@@ -420,10 +429,10 @@ impl<'tcx> OnUnimplementedDirective {
                 }
             } else if item.has_name(sym::append_const_msg) && append_const_msg.is_none() {
                 if let Some(msg) = item.value_str() {
-                    append_const_msg = Some(Some(msg));
+                    append_const_msg = Some(AppendConstMessage::Custom(msg));
                     continue;
                 } else if item.is_word() {
-                    append_const_msg = Some(None);
+                    append_const_msg = Some(AppendConstMessage::Default);
                     continue;
                 }
             }