diff --git a/presubmit_canned_checks.py b/presubmit_canned_checks.py
index 087188df5e..27cbc42954 100644
--- a/presubmit_canned_checks.py
+++ b/presubmit_canned_checks.py
@@ -1097,11 +1097,13 @@ def CheckPatchFormatted(input_api, output_api):
   cmd = ['cl', 'format', '--dry-run', input_api.PresubmitLocalPath()]
   code, _ = git_cl.RunGitWithCode(cmd, suppress_stderr=True)
   if code == 2:
+    short_path = input_api.basename(input_api.PresubmitLocalPath())
+    full_path = input_api.os_path.relpath(input_api.PresubmitLocalPath(),
+                                          input_api.change.RepositoryRoot())
     return [output_api.PresubmitPromptWarning(
       'The %s directory requires source formatting. '
       'Please run git cl format %s' %
-      (input_api.basename(input_api.PresubmitLocalPath()),
-       input_api.basename(input_api.PresubmitLocalPath())))]
+      (short_path, full_path))]
   # As this is just a warning, ignore all other errors if the user
   # happens to have a broken clang-format, doesn't use git, etc etc.
   return []