diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/error_codes.rs b/src/tools/tidy/src/error_codes.rs
index 938e194abdf05..fdc9d78990590 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/src/error_codes.rs
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/error_codes.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ pub fn check(root_path: &Path, search_paths: &[&Path], verbose: bool, bad: &mut
     // Stage 1: create list
     let error_codes = extract_error_codes(root_path, &mut errors, verbose);
     println!("Found {} error codes", error_codes.len());
+    println!("Highest error code: `{}`", error_codes.iter().max().unwrap());
 
     // Stage 2: check list has docs
     let no_longer_emitted = check_error_codes_docs(root_path, &error_codes, &mut errors, verbose);