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diff --git a/‎apps/api-extractor-model/src/items/ApiItem.ts‎
Lines changed: 7 additions & 1 deletion b/‎apps/api-extractor-model/src/items/ApiItem.ts‎
Lines changed: 7 additions & 1 deletion
@@ -108,7 +108,13 @@ export class ApiItem {
    */
   public get canonicalReference(): DeclarationReference {
     if (!this._canonicalReference) {
-      this._canonicalReference = this.buildCanonicalReference();
+      try {
+        this._canonicalReference = this.buildCanonicalReference();
+      } catch (e) {
+        const name: string = this.getScopedNameWithinPackage() || this.displayName;
+        throw new InternalError(`Error building canonical reference for ${name}:\n`
+          + e.message);
+      }
     }
     return this._canonicalReference;
   }