diff --git a/compiler/reporting/src/report.rs b/compiler/reporting/src/report.rs
index c34dbc52f9..6c9dc3b54c 100644
--- a/compiler/reporting/src/report.rs
+++ b/compiler/reporting/src/report.rs
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ pub enum ReportText {
     /// Emphasized text (might be bold, italics, a different color, etc)
     EmText(Box<str>),
 
+    /// Text rendered as code (e.g. a monospace font, or with backticks around it).
+    Code(Box<str>),
+
     /// A region in the original source
     Region(roc_region::all::Region),