diff --git a/racket/collects/racket/contract/region.rkt b/racket/collects/racket/contract/region.rkt
index 847a55b7ab..28b9139407 100644
--- a/racket/collects/racket/contract/region.rkt
+++ b/racket/collects/racket/contract/region.rkt
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@
     [(_ name:id contract fv:fvs body0 body ...)
      (raise-syntax-error 'define/contract
                          "multiple expressions after identifier and contract"
-                         #'(body ...))]
+                         define-stx
+                         #'body0
+                         (syntax->list #'(body ...)))]
     [(_ name+arg-list contract fv:fvs body0 body ...)
      (let-values ([(name body-expr)
                    (normalize-definition