diff --git a/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/plugins/BaselineExactDependencies.java b/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/plugins/BaselineExactDependencies.java
index 301c6281b..3d69f7577 100644
--- a/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/plugins/BaselineExactDependencies.java
+++ b/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/plugins/BaselineExactDependencies.java
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.ModuleVersionIdentifier;
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.ResolvedArtifact;
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.ResolvedDependency;
+import org.gradle.api.artifacts.component.ComponentIdentifier;
+import org.gradle.api.artifacts.component.ProjectComponentIdentifier;
 import org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPlugin;
 import org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPluginConvention;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.SourceSet;
@@ -99,11 +101,45 @@ public static Stream<String> referencedClasses(File classFile) {
     }
 
     public static String asString(ResolvedArtifact artifact) {
-        return asString(artifact.getModuleVersion().getId());
+        ModuleVersionIdentifier moduleVersionId = artifact.getModuleVersion().getId();
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder()
+                .append(moduleVersionId.getGroup())
+                .append(":")
+                .append(moduleVersionId.getName());
+        if (artifact.getClassifier() != null) {
+            builder
+                    .append("::")
+                    .append(artifact.getClassifier());
+        }
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+
+    public static String asDependencyStringWithName(ResolvedArtifact artifact) {
+        return asDependencyString(artifact, true);
     }
 
-    public static String asString(ModuleVersionIdentifier id) {
-        return id.getGroup() + ":" + id.getName();
+    public static String asDependencyStringWithoutName(ResolvedArtifact artifact) {
+        return asDependencyString(artifact, false);
+    }
+
+    private static String asDependencyString(ResolvedArtifact artifact, boolean withName) {
+        ComponentIdentifier componentId = artifact.getId().getComponentIdentifier();
+        if (componentId instanceof ProjectComponentIdentifier) {
+            ProjectComponentIdentifier projectComponentId = (ProjectComponentIdentifier) componentId;
+            StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder()
+                    .append("project('")
+                    .append(projectComponentId.getProjectPath())
+                    .append("')");
+            if (withName) {
+                builder
+                    .append(" (")
+                    .append(artifact.getId().getDisplayName())
+                    .append(")");
+            }
+            return builder.toString();
+        }
+
+        return asString(artifact);
     }
 
     @ThreadSafe
diff --git a/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/tasks/CheckUnusedDependenciesTask.java b/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/tasks/CheckUnusedDependenciesTask.java
index 006d3d8b7..0616839f0 100644
--- a/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/tasks/CheckUnusedDependenciesTask.java
+++ b/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/tasks/CheckUnusedDependenciesTask.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask;
 import org.gradle.api.GradleException;
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.Configuration;
-import org.gradle.api.artifacts.ModuleVersionIdentifier;
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.ResolvedArtifact;
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.ResolvedDependency;
 import org.gradle.api.file.FileCollection;
@@ -95,11 +94,15 @@ public final void checkUnusedDependencies() {
                 .collect(Collectors.toList());
         if (!declaredButUnused.isEmpty()) {
             // TODO(dfox): don't print warnings for jars that define service loaded classes (e.g. meta-inf)
-            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-            sb.append(String.format("Found %s dependencies unused during compilation, please delete them from '%s' or "
-                    + "choose one of the suggested fixes:\n", declaredButUnused.size(), buildFile()));
+            StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+            builder.append(String.format(
+                    "Found %s dependencies unused during compilation, please delete them from '%s' or choose one of "
+                    + "the suggested fixes:\n", declaredButUnused.size(), buildFile()));
             for (ResolvedArtifact resolvedArtifact : declaredButUnused) {
-                sb.append('\t').append(BaselineExactDependencies.asString(resolvedArtifact)).append('\n');
+                builder
+                        .append('\t')
+                        .append(BaselineExactDependencies.asDependencyStringWithName(resolvedArtifact))
+                        .append('\n');
 
                 // Suggest fixes by looking at all transitive classes, filtering the ones we have declarations on,
                 // and mapping the remaining ones back to the jars they came from.
@@ -117,16 +120,17 @@ public final void checkUnusedDependencies() {
                         .collect(Collectors.toSet());
 
                 if (!didYouMean.isEmpty()) {
-                    sb.append("\t\tDid you mean:\n");
+                    builder.append("\t\tDid you mean:\n");
                     didYouMean.stream()
-                            .map(BaselineExactDependencies::asString)
+                            .map(BaselineExactDependencies::asDependencyStringWithoutName)
                             .sorted()
-                            .forEach(transitive -> sb.append("\t\t\timplementation '")
-                                    .append(transitive)
-                                    .append("\' \n"));
+                            .forEach(dependencyString -> builder
+                                    .append("\t\t\timplementation ")
+                                    .append(dependencyString)
+                                    .append("\n"));
                 }
             }
-            throw new GradleException(sb.toString());
+            throw new GradleException(builder.toString());
         }
     }
 
@@ -138,16 +142,14 @@ public final void checkUnusedDependencies() {
      */
     private void excludeSourceOnlyDependencies() {
         sourceOnlyConfigurations.get().forEach(config ->
-                config.getResolvedConfiguration().getFirstLevelModuleDependencies().forEach(dependency -> {
-                    ignoreDependency(config, dependency.getModule().getId());
-                    dependency.getModuleArtifacts().forEach(artifact ->
-                            ignoreDependency(config, artifact.getModuleVersion().getId()));
-                }));
+                config.getResolvedConfiguration().getFirstLevelModuleDependencies().stream()
+                        .flatMap(dependency -> dependency.getModuleArtifacts().stream())
+                        .forEach(artifact -> ignoreDependency(config, artifact)));
     }
 
-    private void ignoreDependency(Configuration config, ModuleVersionIdentifier id) {
-        String dependencyId = BaselineExactDependencies.asString(id);
-        getLogger().info("Ignoring {} dependency: '{}'", config.getName(), dependencyId);
+    private void ignoreDependency(Configuration config, ResolvedArtifact artifact) {
+        String dependencyId = BaselineExactDependencies.asString(artifact);
+        getLogger().info("Ignoring {} dependency: {}", config.getName(), dependencyId);
         ignore.add(dependencyId);
     }
 
diff --git a/gradle-baseline-java/src/test/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/BaselineExactDependenciesTest.groovy b/gradle-baseline-java/src/test/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/BaselineExactDependenciesTest.groovy
index ab45cebf7..c71277916 100644
--- a/gradle-baseline-java/src/test/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/BaselineExactDependenciesTest.groovy
+++ b/gradle-baseline-java/src/test/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/BaselineExactDependenciesTest.groovy
@@ -153,6 +153,16 @@ class BaselineExactDependenciesTest extends AbstractPluginTest {
         result.task(':sub-project-no-deps:checkImplicitDependencies').getOutcome() == TaskOutcome.SUCCESS
     }
 
+    def 'checkUnusedDependencies fails when a redundant project dep is present'() {
+        when:
+        setupMultiProject()
+
+        then:
+        BuildResult result = with(':checkUnusedDependencies', '--stacktrace').withDebug(true).buildAndFail()
+        result.output.contains "project(':sub-project-with-deps') (sub-project-with-deps.jar (project :sub-project-with-deps))"
+        result.output.contains "implementation project(':sub-project-no-deps')"
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets up a multi-module project with 2 sub projects.  The root project has a transitive dependency on sub-project-no-deps
      * and so checkImplicitDependencies should fail on it.