diff --git a/releasenotes.md b/releasenotes.md
index d046f15b9..efd24aeb7 100644
--- a/releasenotes.md
+++ b/releasenotes.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 - Wrong size for structs containing overaligned structs #1219
 - $typeof(*x) should be valid when x is an `[out]` parameter #1226
 - Fix ABI lowering for 128 bit vectors on Linux.
+- Bad error message when using a generic method without generic parameters #1228
 
 ### Stdlib changes
 - Added `remove_first_item` `remove_last_item` and `remove_item` as aliases for the `match` functions.
diff --git a/src/compiler/sema_name_resolution.c b/src/compiler/sema_name_resolution.c
index 647c84132..27c0edab1 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sema_name_resolution.c
+++ b/src/compiler/sema_name_resolution.c
@@ -519,8 +519,9 @@ INLINE Decl *sema_resolve_symbol_common(SemaContext *context, NameResolve *name_
 				{
 					if (matches_subpath(module->name, name_resolve->path))
 					{
-						module_with_path = module;
-						break;
+						SEMA_ERROR(name_resolve->path, "%s is a generic module, did you forget to add the generic parameter(s) (<...>) after '%s'?",
+								   module->name->module, name_resolve->symbol);
+						return poisoned_decl;
 					}
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/test/test_suite/generic/generic_without_param.c3 b/test/test_suite/generic/generic_without_param.c3
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1915f162
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_suite/generic/generic_without_param.c3
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module test;
+import std;
+import abc;
+fn void main()
+{
+	abc::test(); // #error: (<...>)
+}
+module abc(<Type>);
+fn void test() {}
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