diff --git a/lib/check.ml b/lib/check.ml
index 76fe205c..a335ea94 100644
--- a/lib/check.ml
+++ b/lib/check.ml
@@ -3456,6 +3456,10 @@ let view_elem_lit loc (k : int64) =
    says which one the reader is looking at. *)
 let fln_source (loc : Loc.t) = Filename.check_suffix loc.Loc.file ".fln"
 
+(* The function being checked and its parameters, by slot. A stack because
+   a generic's copy is checked from inside the body that called it. *)
+let grow_params : (ctx * (int * Ast.field) list) list ref = ref []
+
 (* The two refusals below share their subject and their fix. The subject is
    the name as written when the refused value is a bare name, so the message
    can say [a is a [4 i64]]; anything longer is "this". The fix is the one
@@ -3467,7 +3471,7 @@ let view_subject (e : Tast.expr) =
   | Some s
     when s <> ""
          && String.for_all
-              (fun c -> not (List.mem c [ ' '; '('; ')'; '['; ']'; '{'; '}'; '"' ]))
+              (fun c -> not (List.mem c [ ' '; '('; ')'; '['; ']'; '{'; '}'; '"'; '.'; ',' ]))
               s ->
     Some s
   | _ -> None
@@ -3475,14 +3479,29 @@ let view_subject (e : Tast.expr) =
 let view_refusal kind loc (e : Tast.expr) reason =
   let ty = Types.to_string e.Tast.ty in
   let fln = fln_source loc in
+  (* A parameter is made by the caller, so its fix is its declaration. The
+     name is compared as well as the slot: a closure numbers its slots from
+     zero too, and is checked while its enclosing function is on the stack. *)
+  let param =
+    match e.Tast.e, view_subject e, !grow_params with
+    | Tast.Local s, Some n, (ctx, ps) :: _ ->
+      (match List.assoc_opt s ps with
+       | Some (p : Ast.field) when p.Ast.fname = n -> Some (ctx.owner, n)
+       | _ -> None)
+    | _ -> None
+  in
   let subject, fix =
-    match view_subject e with
-    | Some n ->
+    match param, view_subject e with
+    | Some (f, n), _ ->
+      ( Printf.sprintf "%s is a %s parameter" n ty,
+        Printf.sprintf "Declare %s as dyn in %s's parameters: %s%s" n f n
+          (if fln then ": dyn" else " dyn") )
+    | None, Some n ->
       ( Printf.sprintf "%s is a %s" n ty,
         Printf.sprintf "Build %s as a dyn value where it is made, as in %s" n
           (if fln then Printf.sprintf "let %s: dyn = [...]" n
            else Printf.sprintf "(let [%s (the dyn [...])] ...)" n) )
-    | None ->
+    | None, None ->
       ( Printf.sprintf "This is a %s" ty,
         Printf.sprintf "Build it as a dyn value where it is made, as in %s"
           (if fln then "the(dyn, [...])" else "(the dyn [...])") )
@@ -5153,11 +5172,9 @@ let if_depth = ref 0
 
 (* A Vec or a Map parameter is a copy of the caller's header — Odin's rule —
    so growing it reallocates a block only this function's copy points at, and
-   the caller's container never sees the elements. The function being checked
-   and its container parameters, by slot, and the warnings found so far, one
-   per parameter, printed by [build_program]. A stack because a generic's copy
-   is checked from inside the body that called it. *)
-let grow_params : (ctx * (int * Ast.field) list) list ref = ref []
+   the caller's container never sees the elements. The warnings found so far,
+   one per parameter, printed by [build_program]; the parameters themselves
+   are [grow_params], above [view_refusal], which reads them too. *)
 let grow_warnings : Loc.diag list ref = ref []
 
 let note_grown ctx op loc (target : Tast.expr) =
diff --git a/test/test_syntax.ml b/test/test_syntax.ml
index b30fb11d..72a537ec 100644
--- a/test/test_syntax.ml
+++ b/test/test_syntax.ml
@@ -589,6 +589,18 @@ let () =
     (poke_fln ^ "fn main() -> ()\n  let d = [6 2 4 9]\n  poke(d)\n")
     [ "d is a [4 i32]"; "only when its elements are i64, f64 or bool, and these are i32";
       "as in let d: dyn = [...]" ];
+  (* A parameter is made by the caller, so its fix is its declaration. *)
+  refused "view-param.fln"
+    "fn take(d) -> i32 = 1\n\nfn give(n: i32, v: [4 i64]) -> i32\n  take(v)\n\n\
+     fn main() -> i32 = 0\n"
+    [ "v is a [4 i64] parameter"; "Declare v as dyn in give's parameters: v: dyn" ];
+  refused "view-param.flan"
+    "(defn take [d dyn] i32 1)\n(defn give [n i32 v (Vec i64)] i32 (take v))\n\
+     (defn main [] i32 0)\n"
+    [ "v is a (Vec i64) parameter"; "Declare v as dyn in give's parameters: v dyn" ];
+  checks "view-param-fix.fln"
+    "fn take(d) -> i32 = 1\n\nfn give(n: i32, v: dyn) -> i32\n  take(v)\n\n\
+     fn main() -> i32 = 0\n";
   (* The fix both of them name. *)
   checks "view-fix.fln"
     (poke_fln ^ "fn main() -> ()\n  let d: dyn = [6 2 4 9]\n  poke(d)\n  poke(the(dyn, [1 2]))\n");