diff --git a/src/providers/XPath.ts b/src/providers/XPath.ts
index 6a7a4d1..c8babb4 100644
--- a/src/providers/XPath.ts
+++ b/src/providers/XPath.ts
@@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ export class XPathFeatureProvider {
             outputChannel.appendLine(`XPath Query: ${query}`);
             outputChannel.append('');
             
+            // node.lineNumber and node.columnNumber are not standard properties of the Node object (implemented by xmldom)
+            // TypeScript will complain, but should still compile. this is preferable right now over mocking the entire typedef
             nodes.forEach((node: Node) => {
-                outputChannel.appendLine(`${node.localName}: ${node.textContent}`);
+                outputChannel.appendLine(`[${node.lineNumber}, ${node.columnNumber}] ${node.localName}: ${node.textContent}`);
             });
 
             outputChannel.show(vsc.ViewColumn.Three);