diff --git a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/handlers.rs b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/handlers.rs
index e8f9f21794..4d10a2eadc 100644
--- a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/handlers.rs
+++ b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/handlers.rs
@@ -927,22 +927,22 @@ pub(crate) fn handle_formatting(
     let captured_stderr = String::from_utf8(output.stderr).unwrap_or_default();
 
     if !output.status.success() {
-        match output.status.code() {
-            Some(1)
-                if !captured_stderr.contains("not installed")
-                    && !captured_stderr.contains("not available") =>
-            {
+        let rustfmt_not_installed =
+            captured_stderr.contains("not installed") || captured_stderr.contains("not available");
+
+        return match output.status.code() {
+            Some(1) if !rustfmt_not_installed => {
                 // While `rustfmt` doesn't have a specific exit code for parse errors this is the
                 // likely cause exiting with 1. Most Language Servers swallow parse errors on
                 // formatting because otherwise an error is surfaced to the user on top of the
                 // syntax error diagnostics they're already receiving. This is especially jarring
                 // if they have format on save enabled.
                 log::info!("rustfmt exited with status 1, assuming parse error and ignoring");
-                return Ok(None);
+                Ok(None)
             }
             _ => {
                 // Something else happened - e.g. `rustfmt` is missing or caught a signal
-                return Err(LspError::new(
+                Err(LspError::new(
                     -32900,
                     format!(
                         r#"rustfmt exited with:
@@ -952,9 +952,9 @@ pub(crate) fn handle_formatting(
                         output.status, captured_stdout, captured_stderr,
                     ),
                 )
-                .into());
+                .into())
             }
-        }
+        };
     }
 
     let (new_text, new_line_endings) = LineEndings::normalize(captured_stdout);
diff --git a/docs/dev/style.md b/docs/dev/style.md
index c594946be7..48ce4b92a6 100644
--- a/docs/dev/style.md
+++ b/docs/dev/style.md
@@ -842,7 +842,26 @@ Re-using originally single-purpose function often leads to bad coupling.
 
 ## Helper Variables
 
-Introduce helper variables freely, especially for multiline conditions.
+Introduce helper variables freely, especially for multiline conditions:
+
+```rust
+// GOOD
+let rustfmt_not_installed =
+    captured_stderr.contains("not installed") || captured_stderr.contains("not available");
+
+match output.status.code() {
+    Some(1) if !rustfmt_not_installed => Ok(None),
+    _ => Err(format_err!("rustfmt failed:\n{}", captured_stderr)),
+};
+
+// BAD
+match output.status.code() {
+    Some(1)
+        if !captured_stderr.contains("not installed")
+           && !captured_stderr.contains("not available") => Ok(None),
+    _ => Err(format_err!("rustfmt failed:\n{}", captured_stderr)),
+};
+```
 
 **Rationale:** like blocks, single-use variables are a cognitively cheap abstraction, as they have access to all the context.
 Extra variables help during debugging, they make it easy to print/view important intermediate results.