diff --git a/Sources/SwiftFormat/PrettyPrint/PrettyPrint.swift b/Sources/SwiftFormat/PrettyPrint/PrettyPrint.swift
index 607364ee8..b8700014f 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftFormat/PrettyPrint/PrettyPrint.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftFormat/PrettyPrint/PrettyPrint.swift
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ public class PrettyPrinter {
     context.findingEmitter.emit(
       message,
       category: category,
-      location: Finding.Location(file: context.fileURL.path, line: outputBuffer.lineNumber, column: column)
+      location: Finding.Location(file: context.fileURL.relativePath, line: outputBuffer.lineNumber, column: column)
     )
   }
 }