diff -u b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Form/FormErrorHandler.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Form/FormErrorHandler.php
--- b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Form/FormErrorHandler.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Form/FormErrorHandler.php
@@ -76,13 +76,15 @@
     foreach ($this->errorLinkElements as $form_element) {
       $title = FormElementHelper::getElementTitle($form_element);
 
-      // Only show links to erroneous elements that are visible
+      // Only show links to erroneous elements that are visible.
       $is_visible_element = Element::isVisibleElement($form_element) ? TRUE : FALSE;
-      // And don't show links to elements which use their parent element for inline errors
+      // And don't show links to elements which use their parent element for
+      // inline errors.
       $not_use_parent = empty($form_element['#error_use_parent']);
-      // And only show links for elements that have a title themselves or have children with a title
+      // And only show links for elements that have a title themselves or have
+      // children with a title.
       $has_title = !empty($title);
-      // And only show links for elements with an id
+      // And only show links for elements with an ID.
       $has_id = !empty($form_element['#id']);
 
       if ($is_visible_element && $not_use_parent && $has_title && $has_id) {
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@
       }
     }
 
-    // For all left over errors set normal error messages
+    // For all left over errors set normal error messages.
     foreach ($errors as $error) {
       $this->drupalSetMessage($error, 'error');
     }
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@
   }
 
   /**
-   * Stores the errors of each element directly on the element and keep a list
+   * Stores the errors of each element directly on the element and keeps a list
    * of these elements
    *
    * We must provide a way for non-form functions to check the errors for a
diff -u b/core/modules/file/src/Element/ManagedFile.php b/core/modules/file/src/Element/ManagedFile.php
--- b/core/modules/file/src/Element/ManagedFile.php
+++ b/core/modules/file/src/Element/ManagedFile.php
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@
       '#size' => $element['#size'],
       '#multiple' => $element['#multiple'],
       '#theme_wrappers' => [],
+      // Errors should only be shown on the parent element.
+     '#error_use_parent' => TRUE,
       '#weight' => -10,
     ];
 
diff -u b/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileFieldValidateTest.php b/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileFieldValidateTest.php
--- b/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileFieldValidateTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileFieldValidateTest.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     $edit = array();
     $edit['title[0][value]'] = $this->randomMachineName();
     $this->drupalPostForm('node/add/' . $type_name, $edit, t('Save and publish'));
-    $this->assertText('1 error has been found: Choose a file', 'Node save failed when required file field was empty.');
+    $this->assertText('1 error has been found: ' . $edit['title[0][value]'], 'Node save failed when required file field was empty.');
     $this->assertIdentical(1, count($this->xpath('//div[contains(concat(" ", normalize-space(@class), " "), :class)]//a', array(':class' => ' messages--error '))), 'There is one link in the error message.');
 
     // Create a new node with the uploaded file.
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     $edit = array();
     $edit['title[0][value]'] = $this->randomMachineName();
     $this->drupalPostForm('node/add/' . $type_name, $edit, t('Save and publish'));
-    $this->assertText('1 error has been found: Choose a file', 'Node save failed when required multiple value file field was empty.');
+    $this->assertText('1 error has been found: ' . $edit['title[0][value]'], 'Node save failed when required multiple value file field was empty.');
     $this->assertIdentical(1, count($this->xpath('//div[contains(concat(" ", normalize-space(@class), " "), :class)]//a', array(':class' => ' messages--error '))), 'There is one link in the error message.');
 
     // Create a new node with the uploaded file into the multivalue field.