diff --git a/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs b/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs
index 1f63847b6fe75..36adb113d053c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs
@@ -655,10 +655,14 @@ impl OutputType {
 }
 
 /// The type of diagnostics output to generate.
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
 pub enum ErrorOutputType {
     /// Output meant for the consumption of humans.
-    HumanReadable(HumanReadableErrorType, ColorConfig),
+    #[default]
+    HumanReadable {
+        kind: HumanReadableErrorType = HumanReadableErrorType::Default,
+        color_config: ColorConfig = ColorConfig::Auto,
+    },
     /// Output that's consumed by other tools such as `rustfix` or the `RLS`.
     Json {
         /// Render the JSON in a human readable way (with indents and newlines).
@@ -670,12 +674,6 @@ pub enum ErrorOutputType {
     },
 }
 
-impl Default for ErrorOutputType {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self::HumanReadable(HumanReadableErrorType::Default, ColorConfig::Auto)
-    }
-}
-
 #[derive(Clone, Hash, Debug)]
 pub enum ResolveDocLinks {
     /// Do not resolve doc links.
@@ -1790,7 +1788,7 @@ pub fn parse_json(early_dcx: &EarlyDiagCtxt, matches: &getopts::Matches) -> Json
 pub fn parse_error_format(
     early_dcx: &mut EarlyDiagCtxt,
     matches: &getopts::Matches,
-    color: ColorConfig,
+    color_config: ColorConfig,
     json_color: ColorConfig,
     json_rendered: HumanReadableErrorType,
 ) -> ErrorOutputType {
@@ -1800,27 +1798,26 @@ pub fn parse_error_format(
     // `opt_present` because the latter will panic.
     let error_format = if matches.opts_present(&["error-format".to_owned()]) {
         match matches.opt_str("error-format").as_deref() {
-            None | Some("human") => {
-                ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(HumanReadableErrorType::Default, color)
-            }
-            Some("human-annotate-rs") => {
-                ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(HumanReadableErrorType::AnnotateSnippet, color)
-            }
+            None | Some("human") => ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable { color_config, .. },
+            Some("human-annotate-rs") => ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable {
+                kind: HumanReadableErrorType::AnnotateSnippet,
+                color_config,
+            },
             Some("json") => {
                 ErrorOutputType::Json { pretty: false, json_rendered, color_config: json_color }
             }
             Some("pretty-json") => {
                 ErrorOutputType::Json { pretty: true, json_rendered, color_config: json_color }
             }
-            Some("short") => ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(HumanReadableErrorType::Short, color),
-            Some("human-unicode") => {
-                ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(HumanReadableErrorType::Unicode, color)
+            Some("short") => {
+                ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable { kind: HumanReadableErrorType::Short, color_config }
             }
+            Some("human-unicode") => ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable {
+                kind: HumanReadableErrorType::Unicode,
+                color_config,
+            },
             Some(arg) => {
-                early_dcx.set_error_format(ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(
-                    HumanReadableErrorType::Default,
-                    color,
-                ));
+                early_dcx.set_error_format(ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable { color_config, .. });
                 early_dcx.early_fatal(format!(
                     "argument for `--error-format` must be `human`, `human-annotate-rs`, \
                     `human-unicode`, `json`, `pretty-json` or `short` (instead was `{arg}`)"
@@ -1828,7 +1825,7 @@ pub fn parse_error_format(
             }
         }
     } else {
-        ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(HumanReadableErrorType::Default, color)
+        ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable { color_config, .. }
     };
 
     match error_format {
@@ -1883,7 +1880,7 @@ fn check_error_format_stability(
     }
     let format = match format {
         ErrorOutputType::Json { pretty: true, .. } => "pretty-json",
-        ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(format, _) => match format {
+        ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable { kind, .. } => match kind {
             HumanReadableErrorType::AnnotateSnippet => "human-annotate-rs",
             HumanReadableErrorType::Unicode => "human-unicode",
             _ => return,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_session/src/session.rs b/compiler/rustc_session/src/session.rs
index ecdf76d22fb2e..aa1e9762f397b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_session/src/session.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_session/src/session.rs
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ fn default_emitter(
     let source_map = if sopts.unstable_opts.link_only { None } else { Some(source_map) };
 
     match sopts.error_format {
-        config::ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(kind, color_config) => {
+        config::ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable { kind, color_config } => {
             let short = kind.short();
 
             if let HumanReadableErrorType::AnnotateSnippet = kind {
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ fn mk_emitter(output: ErrorOutputType) -> Box<DynEmitter> {
     let fallback_bundle =
         fallback_fluent_bundle(vec![rustc_errors::DEFAULT_LOCALE_RESOURCE], false);
     let emitter: Box<DynEmitter> = match output {
-        config::ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(kind, color_config) => {
+        config::ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable { kind, color_config } => {
             let short = kind.short();
             Box::new(
                 HumanEmitter::new(stderr_destination(color_config), fallback_bundle)
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/core.rs b/src/librustdoc/core.rs
index 757a2a6e0dd06..7221e2ce6b1d5 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/core.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/core.rs
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ pub(crate) fn new_dcx(
         false,
     );
     let emitter: Box<DynEmitter> = match error_format {
-        ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(kind, color_config) => {
+        ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable { kind, color_config } => {
             let short = kind.short();
             Box::new(
                 HumanEmitter::new(stderr_destination(color_config), fallback_bundle)
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/doctest.rs b/src/librustdoc/doctest.rs
index 4a379b4235ff0..3d6e0330fffad 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/doctest.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/doctest.rs
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ fn run_test(
             path_for_rustdoc.to_str().expect("target path must be valid unicode")
         }
     });
-    if let ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(kind, color_config) = rustdoc_options.error_format {
+    if let ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable { kind, color_config } = rustdoc_options.error_format {
         let short = kind.short();
         let unicode = kind == HumanReadableErrorType::Unicode;