diff --git a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/best-practices.md b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/best-practices.md
index 6905ee13283a6..2bdc7f3a2431b 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/best-practices.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/best-practices.md
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ See [compiletest directives] for a listing of directives.
 - For `ignore-*`/`needs-*`/`only-*` directives, unless extremely obvious,
   provide a brief remark on why the directive is needed. E.g. `"//@ ignore-wasi
   (wasi codegens the main symbol differently)"`.
+- When using `//@ ignore-auxiliary`, specify the corresponding main test files,
+  e.g. ``//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./foo.rs`)``.
 
 ## FileCheck best practices
 
diff --git a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/directives.md b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/directives.md
index 0aad8be982ff4..dae659e6317b4 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/directives.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/directives.md
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ means the test won't be compiled or run.
 * `ignore-X` where `X` is a target detail or other criteria on which to ignore the test (see below)
 * `only-X` is like `ignore-X`, but will *only* run the test on that target or
   stage
+* `ignore-auxiliary` is intended for files that *participate* in one or more other
+  main test files but that `compiletest` should not try to build the file itself.
+  Please backlink to which main test is actually using the auxiliary file.
 * `ignore-test` always ignores the test. This can be used to temporarily disable
   a test if it is currently not working, but you want to keep it in tree to
   re-enable it later.
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/directive-list.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/directive-list.rs
index 086a8a67456f3..44c52c8c7663d 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/directive-list.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/directive-list.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ const KNOWN_DIRECTIVE_NAMES: &[&str] = &[
     "ignore-arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf",
     "ignore-arm-unknown-linux-musleabi",
     "ignore-arm-unknown-linux-musleabihf",
+    "ignore-auxiliary",
     "ignore-avr",
     "ignore-beta",
     "ignore-cdb",
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/cfg.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/cfg.rs
index c369fff97f4f0..f1f1384afb971 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/cfg.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/cfg.rs
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ fn parse_cfg_name_directive<'a>(
         name: "test",
         message: "always"
     }
+    condition! {
+        name: "auxiliary",
+        message: "used by another main test file"
+    }
     condition! {
         name: &config.target,
         allowed_names: &target_cfgs.all_targets,
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/tests.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/tests.rs
index 3a8c3748de99f..2525e0adc8385 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/tests.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/tests.rs
@@ -940,3 +940,9 @@ fn test_supported_crate_types() {
         "//@ needs-crate-type: bin, cdylib, dylib, lib, proc-macro, rlib, staticlib"
     ));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_ignore_auxiliary() {
+    let config = cfg().build();
+    assert!(check_ignore(&config, "//@ ignore-auxiliary"));
+}
diff --git a/tests/codegen/remap_path_prefix/aux_mod.rs b/tests/codegen/remap_path_prefix/aux_mod.rs
index c37e91c705ccd..3217e9e51e750 100644
--- a/tests/codegen/remap_path_prefix/aux_mod.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen/remap_path_prefix/aux_mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//@ ignore-test: this is not a test
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./main.rs`)
 
 #[inline]
 pub fn some_aux_mod_function() -> i32 {
diff --git a/tests/debuginfo/drop-locations.rs b/tests/debuginfo/drop-locations.rs
index a55cf7b50a81a..91b3da5c34a8e 100644
--- a/tests/debuginfo/drop-locations.rs
+++ b/tests/debuginfo/drop-locations.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //@ ignore-android
-//@ ignore-test: #128971
+
+// FIXME: stepping with "next" in a debugger skips past end-of-scope drops
+//@ ignore-test (broken, see #128971)
 
 #![allow(unused)]
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/borrowck/move-error-snippets-ext.rs b/tests/ui/borrowck/move-error-snippets-ext.rs
index f8103228cf81c..6dd68438f179c 100644
--- a/tests/ui/borrowck/move-error-snippets-ext.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/borrowck/move-error-snippets-ext.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//@ ignore-test (auxiliary, used by other tests)
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./move-error-snippets.rs`)
 
 macro_rules! aaa {
     ($c:ident) => {{
diff --git a/tests/ui/codemap_tests/two_files_data.rs b/tests/ui/codemap_tests/two_files_data.rs
index a4e4cf7e896ed..82852f6cfbdff 100644
--- a/tests/ui/codemap_tests/two_files_data.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/codemap_tests/two_files_data.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//@ ignore-test (auxiliary, used by other tests)
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./two_files.rs`)
 
 trait Foo { }
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/conditional-compilation/module_with_cfg.rs b/tests/ui/conditional-compilation/module_with_cfg.rs
index 778379fa6ea7a..b713689c63c83 100644
--- a/tests/ui/conditional-compilation/module_with_cfg.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/conditional-compilation/module_with_cfg.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-//@ ignore-test (auxiliary, used by other tests)
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./inner-cfg-non-inline-mod.rs`)
 
 #![cfg_attr(all(), cfg(FALSE))]
diff --git a/tests/ui/cross/cross-file-errors/underscore.rs b/tests/ui/cross/cross-file-errors/underscore.rs
index 9d075735393d0..73eb36cec24cb 100644
--- a/tests/ui/cross/cross-file-errors/underscore.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/cross/cross-file-errors/underscore.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//@ ignore-test (auxiliary, used by other tests)
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./main.rs`)
 #![crate_type = "lib"]
 
 macro_rules! underscore {
diff --git a/tests/ui/directory_ownership/macro_expanded_mod_helper/foo/bar.rs b/tests/ui/directory_ownership/macro_expanded_mod_helper/foo/bar.rs
index 1d832a36ef500..2ccdd798c73d5 100644
--- a/tests/ui/directory_ownership/macro_expanded_mod_helper/foo/bar.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/directory_ownership/macro_expanded_mod_helper/foo/bar.rs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-//@ ignore-test not a test, auxiliary
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `../../macro-expanded-mod.rs`)
diff --git a/tests/ui/directory_ownership/macro_expanded_mod_helper/foo/mod.rs b/tests/ui/directory_ownership/macro_expanded_mod_helper/foo/mod.rs
index 08349ba6747d4..9009f80c69104 100644
--- a/tests/ui/directory_ownership/macro_expanded_mod_helper/foo/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/directory_ownership/macro_expanded_mod_helper/foo/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-//@ ignore-test not a test, auxiliary
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `../../macro-expanded-mod.rs`)
 
 mod_decl!(bar);
diff --git a/tests/ui/directory_ownership/mod_file_not_owning_aux1.rs b/tests/ui/directory_ownership/mod_file_not_owning_aux1.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d6884fef0400..0000000000000
--- a/tests/ui/directory_ownership/mod_file_not_owning_aux1.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-//@ ignore-test this is not a test
-
-macro_rules! m {
-    () => { mod mod_file_not_owning_aux2; }
-}
-m!();
diff --git a/tests/ui/directory_ownership/mod_file_not_owning_aux2.rs b/tests/ui/directory_ownership/mod_file_not_owning_aux2.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 76f1c1a727632..0000000000000
--- a/tests/ui/directory_ownership/mod_file_not_owning_aux2.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-//@ ignore-test this is not a test
diff --git a/tests/ui/directory_ownership/mod_file_not_owning_aux3.rs b/tests/ui/directory_ownership/mod_file_not_owning_aux3.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 96a5780d971f5..0000000000000
--- a/tests/ui/directory_ownership/mod_file_not_owning_aux3.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-//@ ignore-test this is not a test
-
-mod mod_file_not_owning_aux2;
diff --git a/tests/ui/lint/expansion-time-include.rs b/tests/ui/lint/expansion-time-include.rs
index 3ecc01b045c41..cbe3510f04ae2 100644
--- a/tests/ui/lint/expansion-time-include.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/lint/expansion-time-include.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//@ ignore-test auxiliary file for expansion-time.rs
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./expansion-time.rs`)
 
 1
 2
diff --git a/tests/ui/lint/known-tool-in-submodule/submodule.rs b/tests/ui/lint/known-tool-in-submodule/submodule.rs
index 0bb2b93d53b73..9c24964e94f92 100644
--- a/tests/ui/lint/known-tool-in-submodule/submodule.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/lint/known-tool-in-submodule/submodule.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//@ ignore-test: not a test
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./root.rs`)
 
 #[allow(tool::lint)]
 pub fn foo() {}
diff --git a/tests/ui/lint/lint_pre_expansion_extern_module_aux.rs b/tests/ui/lint/lint_pre_expansion_extern_module_aux.rs
index 6e16a796ff19d..10e3c0f956440 100644
--- a/tests/ui/lint/lint_pre_expansion_extern_module_aux.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/lint/lint_pre_expansion_extern_module_aux.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-//@ ignore-test: not a test
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./lint-pre-expansion-extern-module.rs`)
 
 pub fn try() {}
diff --git a/tests/ui/lint/unknown-lints/other.rs b/tests/ui/lint/unknown-lints/other.rs
index 253335849161e..7770bc59108d7 100644
--- a/tests/ui/lint/unknown-lints/other.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/lint/unknown-lints/other.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-//@ ignore-test (auxiliary)
-
-// Companion to allow-in-other-module.rs
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./allow-in-other-module.rs`)
 
 // This should not warn.
 #![allow(not_a_real_lint)]
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/auxiliary/macro-include-items-expr.rs b/tests/ui/macros/auxiliary/macro-include-items-expr.rs
index 7394f194b80ea..d00491fd7e5bb 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/auxiliary/macro-include-items-expr.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/auxiliary/macro-include-items-expr.rs
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-// ignore-test: this is not a test
-
 1
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/auxiliary/macro-include-items-item.rs b/tests/ui/macros/auxiliary/macro-include-items-item.rs
index 7d54745e03bff..761cd00218977 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/auxiliary/macro-include-items-item.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/auxiliary/macro-include-items-item.rs
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-// ignore-test: this is not a test
-
 fn foo() { bar() }
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/include-single-expr-helper-1.rs b/tests/ui/macros/include-single-expr-helper-1.rs
index ddeeb982f64cd..6802719afa1b3 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/include-single-expr-helper-1.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/include-single-expr-helper-1.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//@ ignore-test auxiliary file for include-single-expr.rs
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./include-single-expr.rs`)
 
 0
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/include-single-expr-helper.rs b/tests/ui/macros/include-single-expr-helper.rs
index e8ad9746b02cd..bd75bbbd583e6 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/include-single-expr-helper.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/include-single-expr-helper.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//@ ignore-test auxiliary file for include-single-expr.rs
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./include-single-expr.rs`)
 
 0
 10
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/issue-69838-dir/bar.rs b/tests/ui/macros/issue-69838-dir/bar.rs
index 4433005b85f15..6f91f8e2ffadc 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/issue-69838-dir/bar.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/issue-69838-dir/bar.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-//@ ignore-test -- this is an auxiliary file as part of another test.
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `../issue-69838-mods-relative-to-included-path.rs`)
 
 pub fn i_am_in_bar() {}
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/issue-69838-dir/included.rs b/tests/ui/macros/issue-69838-dir/included.rs
index 11fcd3eff725d..328334d5e66af 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/issue-69838-dir/included.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/issue-69838-dir/included.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-//@ ignore-test -- this is an auxiliary file as part of another test.
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `../issue-69838-mods-relative-to-included-path.rs`)
 
 pub mod bar;
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/macro-expanded-include/foo/mod.rs b/tests/ui/macros/macro-expanded-include/foo/mod.rs
index 926d84c93e58f..4e6d9e4aea407 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/macro-expanded-include/foo/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/macro-expanded-include/foo/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//@ ignore-test (auxiliary, used by other tests)
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `../test.rs`)
 
 macro_rules! m {
     () => { include!("file.txt"); }
diff --git a/tests/ui/missing_non_modrs_mod/foo.rs b/tests/ui/missing_non_modrs_mod/foo.rs
index dd3e970b8c6e9..afdc5e39b84d2 100644
--- a/tests/ui/missing_non_modrs_mod/foo.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/missing_non_modrs_mod/foo.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-//
-//@ ignore-test this is just a helper for the real test in this dir
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./missing_non_modrs_mod.rs`)
 
 mod missing;
diff --git a/tests/ui/missing_non_modrs_mod/foo_inline.rs b/tests/ui/missing_non_modrs_mod/foo_inline.rs
index 9d46e9bdd0c36..ed6d3a49101da 100644
--- a/tests/ui/missing_non_modrs_mod/foo_inline.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/missing_non_modrs_mod/foo_inline.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//@ ignore-test this is just a helper for the real test in this dir
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./missing_non_modrs_mod_inline.rs`)
 
 mod inline {
     mod missing;
diff --git a/tests/ui/missing_non_modrs_mod/missing_non_modrs_mod.stderr b/tests/ui/missing_non_modrs_mod/missing_non_modrs_mod.stderr
index 4e48799318b6b..c084fbf00c26f 100644
--- a/tests/ui/missing_non_modrs_mod/missing_non_modrs_mod.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/missing_non_modrs_mod/missing_non_modrs_mod.stderr
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 error[E0583]: file not found for module `missing`
-  --> $DIR/foo.rs:4:1
+  --> $DIR/foo.rs:3:1
    |
 LL | mod missing;
    | ^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/tests/ui/modules/mod_file_aux.rs b/tests/ui/modules/mod_file_aux.rs
index f37296b3af0be..eec38d189b4a8 100644
--- a/tests/ui/modules/mod_file_aux.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/modules/mod_file_aux.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-//@ run-pass
-//@ ignore-test Not a test. Used by other tests
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./mod_file_with_path_attr.rs` and `mod_file.rs`)
 
 pub fn foo() -> isize { 10 }
diff --git a/tests/ui/modules_and_files_visibility/mod_file_aux.rs b/tests/ui/modules_and_files_visibility/mod_file_aux.rs
index 77390da75f8f3..6fac8dae3d766 100644
--- a/tests/ui/modules_and_files_visibility/mod_file_aux.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/modules_and_files_visibility/mod_file_aux.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-//@ ignore-test Not a test. Used by other tests
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./mod_file_correct_spans.rs`)
 
 pub fn foo() -> isize { 10 }
diff --git a/tests/ui/modules_and_files_visibility/mod_file_disambig_aux.rs b/tests/ui/modules_and_files_visibility/mod_file_disambig_aux.rs
index e00b5629c0833..9a0b1c4b0d8e8 100644
--- a/tests/ui/modules_and_files_visibility/mod_file_disambig_aux.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/modules_and_files_visibility/mod_file_disambig_aux.rs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-//@ ignore-test not a test. aux file
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./mod_file_disambig.rs`)
diff --git a/tests/ui/modules_and_files_visibility/mod_file_disambig_aux/mod.rs b/tests/ui/modules_and_files_visibility/mod_file_disambig_aux/mod.rs
index e00b5629c0833..232c933c4cbfc 100644
--- a/tests/ui/modules_and_files_visibility/mod_file_disambig_aux/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/modules_and_files_visibility/mod_file_disambig_aux/mod.rs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-//@ ignore-test not a test. aux file
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `../mod_file_disambig.rs`)
diff --git a/tests/ui/non_modrs_mods/foors_mod.rs b/tests/ui/non_modrs_mods/foors_mod.rs
index b215e5f09e93e..dfaa11bfe13f3 100644
--- a/tests/ui/non_modrs_mods/foors_mod.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/non_modrs_mods/foors_mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-//@ run-pass
-//
-//@ ignore-test: not a test, used by non_modrs_mods.rs
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./non_modrs_mods.rs`)
 
 pub mod inner_modrs_mod;
 pub mod inner_foors_mod;
diff --git a/tests/ui/non_modrs_mods_and_inline_mods/x.rs b/tests/ui/non_modrs_mods_and_inline_mods/x.rs
index c4548d39fad88..38ff011d40956 100644
--- a/tests/ui/non_modrs_mods_and_inline_mods/x.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/non_modrs_mods_and_inline_mods/x.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//@ ignore-test: not a test
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./non_modrs_mods_and_inline_mods.rs`)
 
 pub mod y {
     pub mod z;
diff --git a/tests/ui/non_modrs_mods_and_inline_mods/x/y/z/mod.rs b/tests/ui/non_modrs_mods_and_inline_mods/x/y/z/mod.rs
index ec7b7de78d8b7..cac5e274fbed6 100644
--- a/tests/ui/non_modrs_mods_and_inline_mods/x/y/z/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/non_modrs_mods_and_inline_mods/x/y/z/mod.rs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-//@ ignore-test: not a test
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `../../../non_modrs_mods_and_inline_mods.rs`)
diff --git a/tests/ui/numbers-arithmetic/saturating-float-casts-impl.rs b/tests/ui/numbers-arithmetic/saturating-float-casts-impl.rs
index 4b176ef5caa60..4e578f6132fc2 100644
--- a/tests/ui/numbers-arithmetic/saturating-float-casts-impl.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/numbers-arithmetic/saturating-float-casts-impl.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//@ ignore-test (auxiliary, used by other tests)
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./saturating-float-casts.rs` and `./saturating-float-casts-wasm.rs`)
 
 // Tests saturating float->int casts. See u128-as-f32.rs for the opposite direction.
 //
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/circular_modules_hello.rs b/tests/ui/parser/circular_modules_hello.rs
index eb0284d8b410f..540752ea2311f 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/circular_modules_hello.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/circular_modules_hello.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//@ ignore-test: this is an auxiliary file for circular-modules-main.rs
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./circular-modules-main.rs`)
 
 #[path = "circular_modules_main.rs"]
 mod circular_modules_main;
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/issues/circular-module-with-doc-comment-issue-97589/recursive.rs b/tests/ui/parser/issues/circular-module-with-doc-comment-issue-97589/recursive.rs
index 3d758be8c0553..2e9a15eb06dae 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/issues/circular-module-with-doc-comment-issue-97589/recursive.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/issues/circular-module-with-doc-comment-issue-97589/recursive.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//@ ignore-test: this is an auxiliary file for circular-module-with-doc-comment-issue-97589.rs
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./circular-module-with-doc-comment-issue-97589.rs`)
 
 //! this comment caused the circular dependency checker to break
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/issues/issue-48508-aux.rs b/tests/ui/parser/issues/issue-48508-aux.rs
index 0f2b4427383fd..0bf6490edf4db 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/issues/issue-48508-aux.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/issues/issue-48508-aux.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-//@ run-pass
-//@ ignore-test Not a test. Used by issue-48508.rs
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./issue-48508.rs`)
 
 pub fn other() -> f64 {
     let µ = 1.0;
diff --git a/tests/ui/proc-macro/module.rs b/tests/ui/proc-macro/module.rs
index 210c05988bf23..5878f1b7ddd8a 100644
--- a/tests/ui/proc-macro/module.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/proc-macro/module.rs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-//@ ignore-test (auxiliary, used by other tests)
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./attributes-on-modules-fail.rs`)
diff --git a/tests/ui/proc-macro/module_with_attrs.rs b/tests/ui/proc-macro/module_with_attrs.rs
index 8a4ca92e44b6c..7e4ec978736f1 100644
--- a/tests/ui/proc-macro/module_with_attrs.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/proc-macro/module_with_attrs.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//@ ignore-test (auxiliary, used by other tests)
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `../inner-attr-non-inline-mod.rs`)
 
 #![rustfmt::skip]
 #![print_attr]
diff --git a/tests/ui/proc-macro/outer/inner.rs b/tests/ui/proc-macro/outer/inner.rs
index 210c05988bf23..d0f2087321f45 100644
--- a/tests/ui/proc-macro/outer/inner.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/proc-macro/outer/inner.rs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-//@ ignore-test (auxiliary, used by other tests)
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `../attributes-on-modules-fail.rs`)
diff --git a/tests/ui/proc-macro/pretty-print-hack/allsorts-rental-0.5.6/src/lib.rs b/tests/ui/proc-macro/pretty-print-hack/allsorts-rental-0.5.6/src/lib.rs
index f89098f3a5ecc..a27176a38e224 100644
--- a/tests/ui/proc-macro/pretty-print-hack/allsorts-rental-0.5.6/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/proc-macro/pretty-print-hack/allsorts-rental-0.5.6/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//@ ignore-test (auxiliary, used by other tests)
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `../../../pretty-print-hack-show.rs`)
 
 #[derive(Print)]
 enum ProceduralMasqueradeDummyType {
diff --git a/tests/ui/proc-macro/pretty-print-hack/rental-0.5.5/src/lib.rs b/tests/ui/proc-macro/pretty-print-hack/rental-0.5.5/src/lib.rs
index f89098f3a5ecc..a27176a38e224 100644
--- a/tests/ui/proc-macro/pretty-print-hack/rental-0.5.5/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/proc-macro/pretty-print-hack/rental-0.5.5/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//@ ignore-test (auxiliary, used by other tests)
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `../../../pretty-print-hack-show.rs`)
 
 #[derive(Print)]
 enum ProceduralMasqueradeDummyType {
diff --git a/tests/ui/proc-macro/pretty-print-hack/rental-0.5.6/src/lib.rs b/tests/ui/proc-macro/pretty-print-hack/rental-0.5.6/src/lib.rs
index f89098f3a5ecc..765ee4be656e3 100644
--- a/tests/ui/proc-macro/pretty-print-hack/rental-0.5.6/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/proc-macro/pretty-print-hack/rental-0.5.6/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//@ ignore-test (auxiliary, used by other tests)
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `../../../pretty-print-hack/hide.rs`)
 
 #[derive(Print)]
 enum ProceduralMasqueradeDummyType {
diff --git a/tests/ui/runtime/backtrace-debuginfo-aux.rs b/tests/ui/runtime/backtrace-debuginfo-aux.rs
index 24180ed219665..4493fa51f9503 100644
--- a/tests/ui/runtime/backtrace-debuginfo-aux.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/runtime/backtrace-debuginfo-aux.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-//@ run-pass
-//@ ignore-test: not a test, used by backtrace-debuginfo.rs to test file!()
+//@ ignore-auxiliary (used by `./backtrace-debuginfo.rs` to test `file!()`)
 
 #[inline(never)]
 pub fn callback<F>(f: F) where F: FnOnce((&'static str, u32)) {