diff --git a/base/reflection.jl b/base/reflection.jl
index 8f968ef6065cb..3e8db3dcc3ce8 100644
--- a/base/reflection.jl
+++ b/base/reflection.jl
@@ -181,11 +181,6 @@ function _methods(f::ANY,t::ANY,lim)
     tt = isa(t,Type) ? Tuple{ft, t.parameters...} : Tuple{ft, t...}
     return _methods_by_ftype(tt, lim)
 end
-function methods_including_ambiguous(f::ANY, t::ANY)
-    ft = isa(f,Type) ? Type{f} : typeof(f)
-    tt = isa(t,Type) ? Tuple{ft, t.parameters...} : Tuple{ft, t...}
-    return ccall(:jl_matching_methods, Any, (Any,Cint,Cint), tt, -1, 1)
-end
 function _methods_by_ftype(t::ANY, lim)
     tp = t.parameters::SimpleVector
     nu = 1
@@ -255,6 +250,13 @@ end
 
 methods(f::Builtin) = MethodList(Method[], typeof(f).name.mt)
 
+function methods_including_ambiguous(f::ANY, t::ANY)
+    ft = isa(f,Type) ? Type{f} : typeof(f)
+    tt = isa(t,Type) ? Tuple{ft, t.parameters...} : Tuple{ft, t...}
+    ms = ccall(:jl_matching_methods, Any, (Any,Cint,Cint), tt, -1, 1)::Array{Any,1}
+    return MethodList(Method[m[3] for m in ms], typeof(f).name.mt)
+end
+
 function methods(f::ANY)
     # return all matches
     return methods(f, Tuple{Vararg{Any}})
diff --git a/test/ambiguous.jl b/test/ambiguous.jl
index 4c13725763ca6..fa2bc54c269e8 100644
--- a/test/ambiguous.jl
+++ b/test/ambiguous.jl
@@ -43,6 +43,21 @@ end
 callambig(x, y) = ambig(x, y)
 @test_throws MethodError callambig(0x03, 4)
 
+# Printing ambiguity errors
+let err = try
+              ambig(0x03, 4)
+          catch _e_
+              _e_
+          end
+    io = IOBuffer()
+    Base.showerror(io, err)
+    lines = split(takebuf_string(io), '\n')
+    ambig_checkline(str) = startswith(str, "  ambig(x, y::Integer) at") ||
+                           startswith(str, "  ambig(x::Integer, y) at")
+    @test ambig_checkline(lines[2])
+    @test ambig_checkline(lines[3])
+end
+
 ## Other ways of accessing functions
 # Test that non-ambiguous cases work
 io = IOBuffer()