diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/commands/format.rs b/crates/ruff/src/commands/format.rs
index 8525e37656..554fe17788 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/commands/format.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/commands/format.rs
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ impl<'a> FormatResults<'a> {
             let source_file = SourceFileBuilder::new(path, unformatted.source_code()).finish();
             let span = Span::from(source_file).with_range(range);
             let mut annotation = Annotation::primary(span);
-            annotation.set_file_level(true);
+            annotation.hide_snippet(true);
             diagnostic.annotate(annotation);
             diagnostic.set_fix(fix);
 
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ impl From<&FormatCommandError> for Diagnostic {
             let file = SourceFileBuilder::new(path.to_string_lossy(), "").finish();
             let span = Span::from(file);
             let mut annotation = Annotation::primary(span);
-            annotation.set_file_level(true);
+            annotation.hide_snippet(true);
             annotation
         });
 
diff --git a/crates/ruff_annotate_snippets/src/snippet.rs b/crates/ruff_annotate_snippets/src/snippet.rs
index 4fca75c571..76d615189d 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_annotate_snippets/src/snippet.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_annotate_snippets/src/snippet.rs
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ impl<'a> Annotation<'a> {
         self
     }
 
-    pub fn is_file_level(mut self, yes: bool) -> Self {
+    pub fn hide_snippet(mut self, yes: bool) -> Self {
         self.is_file_level = yes;
         self
     }
diff --git a/crates/ruff_db/src/diagnostic/mod.rs b/crates/ruff_db/src/diagnostic/mod.rs
index 90564c84a9..dd32f61c7b 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_db/src/diagnostic/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_db/src/diagnostic/mod.rs
@@ -758,11 +758,11 @@ pub struct Annotation {
     is_primary: bool,
     /// The diagnostic tags associated with this annotation.
     tags: Vec<DiagnosticTag>,
-    /// Whether this annotation is a file-level or full-file annotation.
+    /// Whether the snippet for this annotation should be hidden.
     ///
     /// When set, rendering will only include the file's name and (optional) range. Everything else
     /// is omitted, including any file snippet or message.
-    is_file_level: bool,
+    hide_snippet: bool,
 }
 
 impl Annotation {
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ impl Annotation {
             message: None,
             is_primary: true,
             tags: Vec::new(),
-            is_file_level: false,
+            hide_snippet: false,
         }
     }
 
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ impl Annotation {
             message: None,
             is_primary: false,
             tags: Vec::new(),
-            is_file_level: false,
+            hide_snippet: false,
         }
     }
 
@@ -865,19 +865,20 @@ impl Annotation {
         self.tags.push(tag);
     }
 
-    /// Set whether or not this annotation is file-level.
+    /// Set whether or not the snippet on this annotation should be suppressed when rendering.
     ///
-    /// File-level annotations are only rendered with their file name and range, if available. This
-    /// is intended for backwards compatibility with Ruff diagnostics, which historically used
+    /// Such annotations are only rendered with their file name and range, if available. This is
+    /// intended for backwards compatibility with Ruff diagnostics, which historically used
     /// `TextRange::default` to indicate a file-level diagnostic. In the new diagnostic model, a
     /// [`Span`] with a range of `None` should be used instead, as mentioned in the `Span`
     /// documentation.
     ///
     /// TODO(brent) update this usage in Ruff and remove `is_file_level` entirely. See
     /// <https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/issues/19688>, especially my first comment, for more
-    /// details.
-    pub fn set_file_level(&mut self, yes: bool) {
-        self.is_file_level = yes;
+    /// details. As of 2025-09-26 we also use this to suppress snippet rendering for formatter
+    /// diagnostics, which also need to have a range, so we probably can't eliminate this entirely.
+    pub fn hide_snippet(&mut self, yes: bool) {
+        self.hide_snippet = yes;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/ruff_db/src/diagnostic/render.rs b/crates/ruff_db/src/diagnostic/render.rs
index 785329af9c..51caed471b 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_db/src/diagnostic/render.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_db/src/diagnostic/render.rs
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ struct ResolvedAnnotation<'a> {
     line_end: OneIndexed,
     message: Option<&'a str>,
     is_primary: bool,
-    is_file_level: bool,
+    hide_snippet: bool,
     notebook_index: Option<NotebookIndex>,
 }
 
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ impl<'a> ResolvedAnnotation<'a> {
             line_end,
             message: ann.get_message(),
             is_primary: ann.is_primary,
-            is_file_level: ann.is_file_level,
+            hide_snippet: ann.hide_snippet,
             notebook_index: resolver.notebook_index(&ann.span.file),
         })
     }
@@ -722,8 +722,8 @@ struct RenderableAnnotation<'r> {
     message: Option<&'r str>,
     /// Whether this annotation is considered "primary" or not.
     is_primary: bool,
-    /// Whether this annotation applies to an entire file, rather than a snippet within it.
-    is_file_level: bool,
+    /// Whether the snippet for this annotation should be hidden instead of rendered.
+    hide_snippet: bool,
 }
 
 impl<'r> RenderableAnnotation<'r> {
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ impl<'r> RenderableAnnotation<'r> {
             range,
             message: ann.message,
             is_primary: ann.is_primary,
-            is_file_level: ann.is_file_level,
+            hide_snippet: ann.hide_snippet,
         }
     }
 
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ impl<'r> RenderableAnnotation<'r> {
         if let Some(message) = self.message {
             ann = ann.label(message);
         }
-        ann.is_file_level(self.is_file_level)
+        ann.hide_snippet(self.hide_snippet)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/ruff_db/src/diagnostic/render/full.rs b/crates/ruff_db/src/diagnostic/render/full.rs
index eb782e72c3..c87413a84e 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_db/src/diagnostic/render/full.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_db/src/diagnostic/render/full.rs
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ print()
         let mut diagnostic = env.err().build();
         let span = env.path("example.py").with_range(TextRange::default());
         let mut annotation = Annotation::primary(span);
-        annotation.set_file_level(true);
+        annotation.hide_snippet(true);
         diagnostic.annotate(annotation);
 
         insta::assert_snapshot!(env.render(&diagnostic), @r"
diff --git a/crates/ruff_linter/src/message/mod.rs b/crates/ruff_linter/src/message/mod.rs
index 68a8d6257f..66b6020332 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_linter/src/message/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_linter/src/message/mod.rs
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ pub fn create_panic_diagnostic(error: &PanicError, path: Option<&Path>) -> Diagn
         let file = SourceFileBuilder::new(path.to_string_lossy(), "").finish();
         let span = Span::from(file);
         let mut annotation = Annotation::primary(span);
-        annotation.set_file_level(true);
+        annotation.hide_snippet(true);
         diagnostic.annotate(annotation);
     }
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ where
     // actually need it, but we need to be able to cache the new diagnostic model first. See
     // https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/issues/19688.
     if range == TextRange::default() {
-        annotation.set_file_level(true);
+        annotation.hide_snippet(true);
     }
     diagnostic.annotate(annotation);