diff --git a/crates/generate/src/generate.rs b/crates/generate/src/generate.rs
index 61d5e3f51..c90bde449 100644
--- a/crates/generate/src/generate.rs
+++ b/crates/generate/src/generate.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ pub type GenerateResult<T> = Result<T, GenerateError>;
 #[derive(Debug, Error, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum GenerateError {
     #[error("Error with specified path -- {0}")]
-    GrammarPath(String),
+    GrammarPath(IoError),
     #[error(transparent)]
     IO(IoError),
     #[cfg(feature = "load")]
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ where
         let path_buf: PathBuf = path.into();
         if !path_buf
             .try_exists()
-            .map_err(|e| GenerateError::GrammarPath(e.to_string()))?
+            .map_err(|e| GenerateError::GrammarPath(IoError::new(e, Some(&path_buf))))?
         {
             // A nonexistent path with an extension (i.e. tree-sitter-foo/grammar.json)
             // is a missing input file, not a directory to create.