diff --git a/.golangci.next.reference.yml b/.golangci.next.reference.yml
index ff015539fabb..9801a5c3ff87 100644
--- a/.golangci.next.reference.yml
+++ b/.golangci.next.reference.yml
@@ -408,6 +408,10 @@ linters:
         - io.Copy(*bytes.Buffer)
         - io.Copy(os.Stdout)
 
+      # Display function signature instead of selector.
+      # Default: false
+      verbose: true
+
     errchkjson:
       # With check-error-free-encoding set to true, errchkjson does warn about errors
       # from json encoding functions that are safe to be ignored,
diff --git a/jsonschema/golangci.next.jsonschema.json b/jsonschema/golangci.next.jsonschema.json
index 9da8ac328072..e98d54dc4dc4 100644
--- a/jsonschema/golangci.next.jsonschema.json
+++ b/jsonschema/golangci.next.jsonschema.json
@@ -1115,6 +1115,11 @@
               "description": "To disable the errcheck built-in exclude list",
               "type": "boolean",
               "default": false
+            },
+            "verbose": {
+              "description": "Display function signature instead of selector",
+              "type": "boolean",
+              "default": false
             }
           }
         },
diff --git a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
index 065abfab47c1..cadb4a765914 100644
--- a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
+++ b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ type ErrcheckSettings struct {
 	CheckTypeAssertions      bool     `mapstructure:"check-type-assertions"`
 	CheckAssignToBlank       bool     `mapstructure:"check-blank"`
 	ExcludeFunctions         []string `mapstructure:"exclude-functions"`
+	Verbose                  bool     `mapstructure:"verbose"`
 }
 
 type ErrChkJSONSettings struct {
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/errcheck/errcheck.go b/pkg/golinters/errcheck/errcheck.go
index 2e2136caa2ea..ae34a53ef62c 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/errcheck/errcheck.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/errcheck/errcheck.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func New(settings *config.ErrcheckSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
 			checker.Tags = lintCtx.Cfg.Run.BuildTags
 
 			analyzer.Run = func(pass *analysis.Pass) (any, error) {
-				issues := runErrCheck(pass, checker)
+				issues := runErrCheck(pass, checker, settings.Verbose)
 
 				if len(issues) == 0 {
 					return nil, nil
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func New(settings *config.ErrcheckSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
 		WithLoadMode(goanalysis.LoadModeTypesInfo)
 }
 
-func runErrCheck(pass *analysis.Pass, checker *errcheck.Checker) []goanalysis.Issue {
+func runErrCheck(pass *analysis.Pass, checker *errcheck.Checker, verbose bool) []goanalysis.Issue {
 	pkg := &packages.Package{
 		Fset:      pass.Fset,
 		Syntax:    pass.Files,
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ func runErrCheck(pass *analysis.Pass, checker *errcheck.Checker) []goanalysis.Is
 
 		if err.FuncName != "" {
 			code := cmp.Or(err.SelectorName, err.FuncName)
+			if verbose {
+				code = err.FuncName
+			}
 
 			text = fmt.Sprintf("Error return value of %s is not checked", internal.FormatCode(code))
 		}