diff --git a/rust/ql/lib/ide-contextual-queries/localDefinitions.ql b/rust/ql/lib/ide-contextual-queries/localDefinitions.ql
index 5c2cb01f178c5..08114ed096348 100644
--- a/rust/ql/lib/ide-contextual-queries/localDefinitions.ql
+++ b/rust/ql/lib/ide-contextual-queries/localDefinitions.ql
@@ -10,14 +10,65 @@
 import codeql.IDEContextual
 import codeql.rust.elements.Variable
 import codeql.rust.elements.Locatable
+import codeql.rust.elements.FormatArgsExpr
+import codeql.rust.elements.FormatArgsArg
+import codeql.rust.elements.NamedFormatArgument
+import codeql.rust.elements.PositionalFormatArgument
 
 external string selectedSourceFile();
 
-predicate localVariable(Locatable e, Variable def) { e = def.getAnAccess() }
+newtype TDef =
+  TVariable(Variable v) or
+  TFormatArgsArgName(Name name) { name = any(FormatArgsArg a).getName() } or
+  TFormatArgsArgIndex(Expr e) { e = any(FormatArgsArg a).getExpr() }
 
-from Locatable e, Variable def, string kind
+class Definition extends TDef {
+  predicate hasLocationInfo(string file, int startLine, int startColumn, int endLine, int endColumn) {
+    this.asVariable()
+        .getLocation()
+        .hasLocationInfo(file, startLine, startColumn, endLine, endColumn) or
+    this.asName().hasLocationInfo(file, startLine, startColumn, endLine, endColumn) or
+    this.asExpr().hasLocationInfo(file, startLine, startColumn, endLine, endColumn)
+  }
+
+  Variable asVariable() { this = TVariable(result) }
+
+  Name asName() { this = TFormatArgsArgName(result) }
+
+  Expr asExpr() { this = TFormatArgsArgIndex(result) }
+
+  string toString() {
+    result = this.asExpr().toString() or
+    result = this.asVariable().toString() or
+    result = this.asName().getText()
+  }
+}
+
+predicate localVariable(AstNode e, Variable def) { e = def.getAnAccess() }
+
+predicate namedFormatArgument(NamedFormatArgument e, Name def) {
+  exists(FormatArgsExpr parent |
+    parent = e.getParent().getParent() and
+    parent.getAnArg().getName() = def and
+    e.getName() = def.getText()
+  )
+}
+
+predicate positionalFormatArgument(PositionalFormatArgument e, Expr def) {
+  exists(FormatArgsExpr parent |
+    parent = e.getParent().getParent() and
+    def = parent.getArg(e.getIndex()).getExpr()
+  )
+}
+
+from Locatable e, Definition def, string kind
 where
-  e.getLocation().getFile() = getFileBySourceArchiveName(selectedSourceFile()) and
-  localVariable(e, def) and
-  kind = "local variable"
+  e.hasLocationInfo(getFileBySourceArchiveName(selectedSourceFile()).getAbsolutePath(), _, _, _, _) and
+  (
+    localVariable(e, def.asVariable()) and kind = "local variable"
+    or
+    namedFormatArgument(e, def.asName()) and kind = "format argument"
+    or
+    positionalFormatArgument(e, def.asExpr()) and kind = "format argument"
+  )
 select e, def, kind