diff --git a/data/core.yaml b/data/core.yaml
index 1893dc9ed..95ad8d4e2 100644
--- a/data/core.yaml
+++ b/data/core.yaml
@@ -1306,6 +1306,12 @@ en:
       tip: "Find features that should possibly be connected to other nearby features"
       highway-highway:
         reference: Intersecting highways should share a junction vertex.
+    close_nodes:
+      title: "Very Close Points"
+      message: "Two points in {way} are very close together"
+      tip: "Find redundant points in ways"
+      ref_merge: "Nodes are less than 2 meters away; you may want to merge them."
+      ref_move_away: "Nodes are less than 2 meters away but not mergable; you may want to move them further apart."
     crossing_ways:
       title: Crossings Ways
       message: "{feature} crosses {feature2}"
@@ -1403,11 +1409,6 @@ en:
     unknown_road:
       message: "{feature} has no classification"
       reference: "Roads without a specific type may not appear in maps or routing."
-    dupe_node_on_road:
-      title: Very close nodes on road
-      message: "Very close nodes on road"
-      ref_merge: "Nodes are less than 2 meters away; you may want to merge them."
-      ref_move_away: "Nodes are less than 2 meters away but not mergable; you may want to move them further apart."
     impossible_oneway:
       title: Impossible One-Ways
       tip: "Find route issues with one-way features"
@@ -1447,6 +1448,8 @@ en:
         title: Continue drawing from end
       delete_feature:
         title: Delete this feature
+      merge_points:
+        title: Merge these points
       move_tags:
         title: Move the tags
         annotation: Moved tags.
@@ -1496,8 +1499,6 @@ en:
         title: Use different levels
       use_tunnel:
         title: Use a tunnel
-      merge_nodes:
-        title: Merge these nodes
   intro:
     done: done
     ok: OK
diff --git a/dist/locales/en.json b/dist/locales/en.json
index 5ef4fd160..ebdb35f47 100644
--- a/dist/locales/en.json
+++ b/dist/locales/en.json
@@ -1604,6 +1604,13 @@
                     "reference": "Intersecting highways should share a junction vertex."
                 }
             },
+            "close_nodes": {
+                "title": "Very Close Points",
+                "message": "Two points in {way} are very close together",
+                "tip": "Find redundant points in ways",
+                "ref_merge": "Nodes are less than 2 meters away; you may want to merge them.",
+                "ref_move_away": "Nodes are less than 2 meters away but not mergable; you may want to move them further apart."
+            },
             "crossing_ways": {
                 "title": "Crossings Ways",
                 "message": "{feature} crosses {feature2}",
@@ -1737,12 +1744,6 @@
                 "message": "{feature} has no classification",
                 "reference": "Roads without a specific type may not appear in maps or routing."
             },
-            "dupe_node_on_road": {
-                "title": "Very close nodes on road",
-                "message": "Very close nodes on road",
-                "ref_merge": "Nodes are less than 2 meters away; you may want to merge them.",
-                "ref_move_away": "Nodes are less than 2 meters away but not mergable; you may want to move them further apart."
-            },
             "impossible_oneway": {
                 "title": "Impossible One-Ways",
                 "tip": "Find route issues with one-way features",
@@ -1799,6 +1800,9 @@
                 "delete_feature": {
                     "title": "Delete this feature"
                 },
+                "merge_points": {
+                    "title": "Merge these points"
+                },
                 "move_tags": {
                     "title": "Move the tags",
                     "annotation": "Moved tags."
@@ -1869,9 +1873,6 @@
                 },
                 "use_tunnel": {
                     "title": "Use a tunnel"
-                },
-                "merge_nodes": {
-                    "title": "Merge these nodes"
                 }
             }
         },
diff --git a/modules/validations/dupe_node_on_road.js b/modules/validations/close_nodes.js
similarity index 77%
rename from modules/validations/dupe_node_on_road.js
rename to modules/validations/close_nodes.js
index 78f6f7022..618b45a09 100644
--- a/modules/validations/dupe_node_on_road.js
+++ b/modules/validations/close_nodes.js
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 import { operationMerge } from '../operations/index';
+import { utilDisplayLabel } from '../util';
 import { t } from '../util/locale';
 import { validationIssue, validationIssueFix } from '../core/validation';
+import { osmRoutableHighwayTagValues } from '../osm/tags';
 import { geoExtent } from '../geo';
 
 
-export function validationDupeNodeOnRoad() {
-    var type = 'dupe_node_on_road';
+export function validationCloseNodes() {
+    var type = 'close_nodes';
 
 
     function isNodeOnRoad(node, context) {
         var parentWays = context.graph().parentWays(node);
         for (var i = 0; i < parentWays.length; i++) {
-            if (parentWays[i].tags.highway) {
-              return true;
+            var parentWay = parentWays[i];
+            if (osmRoutableHighwayTagValues[parentWay.tags.highway]) {
+                return parentWay;
             }
         }
         return false;
@@ -39,7 +42,11 @@ export function validationDupeNodeOnRoad() {
 
 
     var validation = function(entity, context) {
-        if (entity.type !== 'node' || !isNodeOnRoad(entity, context)) return [];
+
+        if (entity.type !== 'node') return [];
+
+        var road = isNodeOnRoad(entity, context);
+        if (!road) return [];
 
         var dupe = findDupeNode(entity, context);
         if (dupe === null) return [];
@@ -50,7 +57,7 @@ export function validationDupeNodeOnRoad() {
             fixes.push(
                 new validationIssueFix({
                     icon: 'iD-icon-plus',
-                    title: t('issues.fix.merge_nodes.title'),
+                    title: t('issues.fix.merge_points.title'),
                     onClick: function() {
                         var entities = this.issue.entities,
                             operation = operationMerge([entities[0].id, entities[1].id], context);
@@ -65,7 +72,7 @@ export function validationDupeNodeOnRoad() {
         return [new validationIssue({
             type: type,
             severity: 'warning',
-            message: t('issues.dupe_node_on_road.message'),
+            message: t('issues.close_nodes.message', { way: utilDisplayLabel(road, context) }),
             reference: showReference,
             entities: [entity, dupe],
             fixes: fixes
@@ -74,8 +81,8 @@ export function validationDupeNodeOnRoad() {
 
         function showReference(selection) {
             var referenceText = mergable
-                ? t('issues.dupe_node_on_road.ref_merge')
-                : t('issues.dupe_node_on_road.ref_move_away');
+                ? t('issues.close_nodes.ref_merge')
+                : t('issues.close_nodes.ref_move_away');
             selection.selectAll('.issue-reference')
                 .data([0])
                 .enter()
diff --git a/modules/validations/index.js b/modules/validations/index.js
index a2dd6b6c9..cecaafeb5 100644
--- a/modules/validations/index.js
+++ b/modules/validations/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export { validationAlmostJunction } from './almost_junction';
+export { validationCloseNodes } from './close_nodes';
 export { validationCrossingWays } from './crossing_ways';
 export { validationDisconnectedWay } from './disconnected_way';
-export { validationDupeNodeOnRoad } from './dupe_node_on_road';
 export { validationFixmeTag } from './fixme_tag';
 export { validationGenericName } from './generic_name';
 export { validationImpossibleOneway } from './impossible_oneway';