diff --git a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/type_check/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/type_check/mod.rs
index a960b96b91c20..8db2904cfd7b7 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/type_check/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/type_check/mod.rs
@@ -1895,7 +1895,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> TypeChecker<'a, 'tcx> {
             if !output_ty
                 .is_privately_uninhabited(self.tcx(), self.infcx.typing_env(self.infcx.param_env))
             {
-                span_mirbug!(self, term, "call to converging function {:?} w/o dest", sig);
+                span_mirbug!(self, term, "call to non-diverging function {:?} w/o dest", sig);
             }
         } else {
             let dest_ty = destination.ty(self.body, tcx).ty;
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/check_tail_calls.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/check_tail_calls.rs
index d4b6da2c14b76..e0cbe8519edd5 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/check_tail_calls.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/check_tail_calls.rs
@@ -135,30 +135,23 @@ impl<'tcx> TailCallCkVisitor<'_, 'tcx> {
             self.report_abi_mismatch(expr.span, caller_sig.abi, callee_sig.abi);
         }
 
+        // FIXME(explicit_tail_calls): this currently fails for cases where opaques are used.
+        // e.g.
+        // ```
+        // fn a() -> impl Sized { become b() } // ICE
+        // fn b() -> u8 { 0 }
+        // ```
+        // we should think what is the expected behavior here.
+        // (we should probably just accept this by revealing opaques?)
         if caller_sig.inputs_and_output != callee_sig.inputs_and_output {
-            if caller_sig.inputs() != callee_sig.inputs() {
-                self.report_arguments_mismatch(
-                    expr.span,
-                    self.tcx.liberate_late_bound_regions(
-                        CRATE_DEF_ID.to_def_id(),
-                        self.caller_ty.fn_sig(self.tcx),
-                    ),
-                    self.tcx
-                        .liberate_late_bound_regions(CRATE_DEF_ID.to_def_id(), ty.fn_sig(self.tcx)),
-                );
-            }
-
-            // FIXME(explicit_tail_calls): this currently fails for cases where opaques are used.
-            // e.g.
-            // ```
-            // fn a() -> impl Sized { become b() } // ICE
-            // fn b() -> u8 { 0 }
-            // ```
-            // we should think what is the expected behavior here.
-            // (we should probably just accept this by revealing opaques?)
-            if caller_sig.output() != callee_sig.output() {
-                span_bug!(expr.span, "hir typeck should have checked the return type already");
-            }
+            self.report_signature_mismatch(
+                expr.span,
+                self.tcx.liberate_late_bound_regions(
+                    CRATE_DEF_ID.to_def_id(),
+                    self.caller_ty.fn_sig(self.tcx),
+                ),
+                self.tcx.liberate_late_bound_regions(CRATE_DEF_ID.to_def_id(), ty.fn_sig(self.tcx)),
+            );
         }
 
         {
@@ -365,7 +358,7 @@ impl<'tcx> TailCallCkVisitor<'_, 'tcx> {
         self.found_errors = Err(err);
     }
 
-    fn report_arguments_mismatch(
+    fn report_signature_mismatch(
         &mut self,
         sp: Span,
         caller_sig: ty::FnSig<'_>,
diff --git a/tests/ui/explicit-tail-calls/ret-ty-hr-mismatch.rs b/tests/ui/explicit-tail-calls/ret-ty-hr-mismatch.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8ad244568a3ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ui/explicit-tail-calls/ret-ty-hr-mismatch.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#![feature(explicit_tail_calls)]
+#![expect(incomplete_features)]
+
+fn foo() -> for<'a> fn(&'a i32) {
+    become bar();
+    //~^ ERROR mismatched signatures
+}
+
+fn bar() -> fn(&'static i32) {
+    dummy
+}
+
+fn dummy(_: &i32) {}
+
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/tests/ui/explicit-tail-calls/ret-ty-hr-mismatch.stderr b/tests/ui/explicit-tail-calls/ret-ty-hr-mismatch.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f6594580ba52d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ui/explicit-tail-calls/ret-ty-hr-mismatch.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+error: mismatched signatures
+  --> $DIR/ret-ty-hr-mismatch.rs:5:5
+   |
+LL |     become bar();
+   |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^
+   |
+   = note: `become` requires caller and callee to have matching signatures
+   = note: caller signature: `fn() -> for<'a> fn(&'a i32)`
+   = note: callee signature: `fn() -> fn(&'static i32)`
+
+error: aborting due to 1 previous error
+
diff --git a/tests/ui/explicit-tail-calls/ret-ty-modulo-anonymization.rs b/tests/ui/explicit-tail-calls/ret-ty-modulo-anonymization.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0cd4e204278ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ui/explicit-tail-calls/ret-ty-modulo-anonymization.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Ensure that we anonymize the output of a function for tail call signature compatibility.
+
+//@ check-pass
+
+#![feature(explicit_tail_calls)]
+#![expect(incomplete_features)]
+
+fn foo() -> for<'a> fn(&'a ()) {
+    become bar();
+}
+
+fn bar() -> for<'b> fn(&'b ()) {
+    todo!()
+}
+
+fn main() {}