From 6d7a8650aaea16015500c3e8887bcd8e439dc4df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rageking8 <106309953+Rageking8@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 21:05:58 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Add blockquotes and update error message in C3083 error
 reference

---
 docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md
index 35cefa54416..7f5871d0304 100644
--- a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md
+++ b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ms.assetid: 05ff791d-52bb-41eb-9511-3ef89d7f4710
 ---
 # Compiler Error C3083
 
-'function': the symbol to the left of a '::' must be a type
+> '*identifier*': the symbol to the left of a '::' must be a type
 
 A function was called incorrectly.
 

From 80b3960228e32215cddd86e79303e70cfeb3c500 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rageking8 <106309953+Rageking8@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 21:06:51 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] Add "Remarks" heading in C3083 error reference

---
 docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md
index 7f5871d0304..3792c711f26 100644
--- a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md
+++ b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ ms.assetid: 05ff791d-52bb-41eb-9511-3ef89d7f4710
 
 > '*identifier*': the symbol to the left of a '::' must be a type
 
+## Remarks
+
 A function was called incorrectly.
 
 ## Example

From 4243428b360981ffec222356fe17d310cf0b5190 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rageking8 <106309953+Rageking8@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 21:28:30 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Overhaul remarks in C3083 error reference

---
 docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md
index 3792c711f26..7a86aaf4a0c 100644
--- a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md
+++ b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ms.assetid: 05ff791d-52bb-41eb-9511-3ef89d7f4710
 
 ## Remarks
 
-A function was called incorrectly.
+The qualification used is invalid. Ensure that no extra symbols were used in the qualification and that you included all required headers.
 
 ## Example
 

From 39250ac89130c2fa3ae880c0cf2cfbe41b48e1ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rageking8 <106309953+Rageking8@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 21:34:44 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Fix and improve example in C3083 error reference

---
 .../compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md      | 14 ++++++--------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md
index 7a86aaf4a0c..fd0580e5a49 100644
--- a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md
+++ b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md
@@ -16,19 +16,17 @@ The qualification used is invalid. Ensure that no extra symbols were used in the
 
 ## Example
 
-The following sample generates C3083.
+The following example generates C3083:
 
 ```cpp
 // C3083.cpp
 // compile with: /c
-struct N {
-   ~N();
-};
 
-struct N1 {
-   ~N1();
+struct S
+{
+    S();
 };
 
-N::N::~N() {}   // C3083
-N1::~N1() {}   // OK
+S::Extra::S() {}   // C3083
+S::S() {}          // OK
 ```

From 5f6fa92144dd7373e9270d16e5b283fb3d00b494 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rageking8 <106309953+Rageking8@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 21:35:31 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Update metadata in C3083 error reference

---
 .../error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md
index fd0580e5a49..8b0ec411136 100644
--- a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md
+++ b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3083.md
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 ---
-description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3083"
 title: "Compiler Error C3083"
-ms.date: "11/04/2016"
+description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3083"
+ms.date: 08/14/2025
 f1_keywords: ["C3083"]
 helpviewer_keywords: ["C3083"]
-ms.assetid: 05ff791d-52bb-41eb-9511-3ef89d7f4710
 ---
 # Compiler Error C3083