diff --git a/compiler/msgs.nim b/compiler/msgs.nim
index 778b839f37..7681b4eb86 100644
--- a/compiler/msgs.nim
+++ b/compiler/msgs.nim
@@ -804,8 +804,11 @@ proc liMessage(info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg: string,
     ignoreMsg = optHints notin gOptions or msg notin gNotes
     frmt = PosHintFormat
     inc(gHintCounter)
+  # NOTE: currently line info line numbers start with 1,
+  # but column numbers start with 0, however most editors expect
+  # first column to be 1, so we need to +1 here
   let s = frmt % [toMsgFilename(info), coordToStr(info.line),
-                  coordToStr(info.col), getMessageStr(msg, arg)]
+                  coordToStr(info.col+1), getMessageStr(msg, arg)]
   if not ignoreMsg and not ignoreMsgBecauseOfIdeTools(msg):
     msgWriteln(s)
     if optPrintSurroundingSrc and msg in errMin..errMax: