diff --git a/Qq/Macro.lean b/Qq/Macro.lean
index 4f1a5ea..d7ce920 100644
--- a/Qq/Macro.lean
+++ b/Qq/Macro.lean
@@ -253,6 +253,10 @@ partial def unquoteExpr (e : Expr) : UnquoteM Expr := do
       abstractedFVars := s.abstractedFVars.push fvarId
     }
     return fv
+  if let .fvar _ := e then
+    Lean.logWarning m!"Interpolated variable `{e}` should have type `Q(_)` not `{eTy}`. \
+      Adding `have {e} : Q(_) := {e}` may fix this."
+    return e
   let e ← whnf e
   let .const c _ := e.getAppFn | throwError "unquoteExpr: {e} : {eTy}"
   let nargs := e.getAppNumArgs
diff --git a/examples/unquoteExprWarning.lean b/examples/unquoteExprWarning.lean
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d993386
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/unquoteExprWarning.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import Lean
+import Qq.Macro
+
+open Qq
+open Lean Meta Elab Tactic Command
+
+elab "iff_constructor" : tactic => do
+  let mvarId ← getMainGoal
+  let goalType ← getMainTarget
+
+  let_expr Iff a b := goalType
+    | throwError "Goal type is not of the form `a ↔ b`"
+
+  let a : Q(Prop) := a
+  let b : Q(Prop) := b
+
+  let mvarId1 ← mkFreshExprMVar q($a → $b) (userName := `mp)
+  let mvarId2 ← mkFreshExprMVar q($b → $a) (userName := `mpr)
+
+  let mvarId1 : Q($a → $b) := mvarId1
+  let mvarId2 : Q($b → $a) := mvarId2
+
+  mvarId.assign q(@Iff.intro $a $b $mvarId1 $mvarId2)
+
+  modify fun _ => { goals := [mvarId1.mvarId!, mvarId2.mvarId!] }
+
+example (p q : Prop) (h1 : p → q) (h2 : q → p) : p ↔ q := by
+  iff_constructor
+
+  case mp => assumption
+  case mpr => assumption