diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9c46cf2..47a130a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -149,11 +149,18 @@
     if(TINT_DOCS_WARN_AS_ERROR)
       set(DOXYGEN_WARN_AS_ERROR YES)
     endif()
+
+    set(DOXYGEN_WARN_FORMAT "$file:$line: $text")
+    if (MSVC)
+      set(DOXYGEN_WARN_FORMAT "$file($line): $text")
+    endif()
+
     add_custom_target(tint-docs ALL
         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
           -E env
           "DOXYGEN_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/docs"
           "DOXYGEN_WARN_AS_ERROR=${DOXYGEN_WARN_AS_ERROR}"
+          "DOXYGEN_WARN_FORMAT=${DOXYGEN_WARN_FORMAT}"
           ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Doxyfile
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
         COMMENT "Generating API documentation"
diff --git a/Doxyfile b/Doxyfile
index 0fe2602..63bbc67 100644
--- a/Doxyfile
+++ b/Doxyfile
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@
 # FILE_VERSION_FILTER)
 # The default value is: $file:$line: $text.
 
-WARN_FORMAT            = "$file:$line: $text"
+WARN_FORMAT             = $(DOXYGEN_WARN_FORMAT)
 
 # The WARN_LOGFILE tag can be used to specify a file to which warning and error
 # messages should be written. If left blank the output is written to standard