diff --git a/docs/examples/MCP.md b/docs/examples/MCP.md
index 318433a43..7321990a1 100644
--- a/docs/examples/MCP.md
+++ b/docs/examples/MCP.md
@@ -949,6 +949,8 @@ With Mermaid output:
 
 Show exported symbols of a file with per-symbol consumers — who calls each export and from where.
 
+Each entry in a symbol's `consumers[]` array carries a `consumerKind` field: `"symbol"` for a real caller/constructor (`name`/`line` are a genuine call-site), or `"file"` for a whole-file reference such as `import type { X }`, where there is no specific calling symbol — `name` equals `file` and `line` is always `0`.
+
 ```json
 {
   "tool": "file_exports",
diff --git a/src/domain/analysis/exports.ts b/src/domain/analysis/exports.ts
index ff32eb212..9de21cec1 100644
--- a/src/domain/analysis/exports.ts
+++ b/src/domain/analysis/exports.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ import { paginateResult } from '../../shared/paginate.js';
 import type { BetterSqlite3Database, NodeRow, StmtCache } from '../../types.js';
 import { resolveAnalysisOpts, withReadonlyDb } from './query-helpers.js';
 
-const _consumersStmtCache: StmtCache<{ name: string; file: string; line: number }> = new WeakMap();
+const _consumersStmtCache: StmtCache<{
+  name: string;
+  file: string;
+  line: number;
+  sourceKind: string;
+}> = new WeakMap();
 const _reexportsFromStmtCache: StmtCache<{ file: string }> = new WeakMap();
 const _reexportsToStmtCache: StmtCache<{ file: string }> = new WeakMap();
 const _reexportSymbolsStmtCache: StmtCache<NodeRow> = new WeakMap();
@@ -165,7 +170,7 @@ function exportsFileImpl(
   const consumersStmt = cachedStmt(
     _consumersStmtCache,
     db,
-    `SELECT n.name, n.file, n.line FROM edges e JOIN nodes n ON e.source_id = n.id
+    `SELECT n.name, n.file, n.line, n.kind AS sourceKind FROM edges e JOIN nodes n ON e.source_id = n.id
          WHERE e.target_id = ? AND e.kind IN ('calls', 'imports-type')`,
   );
   const reexportsFromStmt = cachedStmt(
@@ -203,6 +208,7 @@ function exportsFileImpl(
         name: string;
         file: string;
         line: number;
+        sourceKind: string;
       }>;
       if (noTests) consumers = consumers.filter((c) => !isTestFile(c.file));
 
@@ -214,7 +220,18 @@ function exportsFileImpl(
         role: s.role || null,
         signature: fileLines ? extractSignature(fileLines, s.line, displayOpts) : null,
         summary: fileLines ? extractSummary(fileLines, s.line, displayOpts) : null,
-        consumers: consumers.map((c) => ({ name: c.name, file: c.file, line: c.line })),
+        // `consumerKind` discriminates a real caller/constructor symbol
+        // (source is a function/method/class node with a genuine call-site
+        // line) from a whole-file reference such as `import type { X }`
+        // (source is the importing file node itself — see the comment on
+        // `consumersStmt` above). Renderers must not treat `name`/`line` on
+        // a `'file'` entry as a caller symbol/call-site (#1830).
+        consumers: consumers.map((c) => ({
+          name: c.name,
+          file: c.file,
+          line: c.line,
+          consumerKind: c.sourceKind === 'file' ? ('file' as const) : ('symbol' as const),
+        })),
         consumerCount: consumers.length,
       };
     };
diff --git a/src/presentation/queries-cli/exports.ts b/src/presentation/queries-cli/exports.ts
index 44c6b7831..534b52743 100644
--- a/src/presentation/queries-cli/exports.ts
+++ b/src/presentation/queries-cli/exports.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@ interface ExportConsumer {
   name: string;
   file: string;
   line: number;
+  /**
+   * `'symbol'` — a real caller/constructor (`name`/`line` are a genuine
+   * call-site). `'file'` — a whole-file reference such as
+   * `import type { X }`, where `name` equals `file` and `line` is always
+   * `0` because there is no specific call-site to report (#1830).
+   */
+  consumerKind: 'file' | 'symbol';
+}
+
+/** Render one consumer entry, without a fabricated call-site line for file-level entries. */
+function formatConsumer(c: ExportConsumer): string {
+  if (c.consumerKind === 'file') {
+    return `${c.file} (type-only import)`;
+  }
+  return `${c.name} (${c.file}:${c.line})`;
 }
 
 interface ExportSymbol {
@@ -65,7 +80,7 @@ function printExportSymbols(results: ExportSymbol[]): void {
       console.log('    (no consumers)');
     } else {
       for (const c of sym.consumers) {
-        console.log(`    <- ${c.name} (${c.file}:${c.line})`);
+        console.log(`    <- ${formatConsumer(c)}`);
       }
     }
   }
@@ -89,7 +104,7 @@ function printReexportSymbol(sym: ExportSymbol, indent: string): void {
     console.log(`${indent}  (no consumers)`);
   } else {
     for (const c of sym.consumers) {
-      console.log(`${indent}  <- ${c.name} (${c.file}:${c.line})`);
+      console.log(`${indent}  <- ${formatConsumer(c)}`);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index ecc8bf832..451490958 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -2024,10 +2024,26 @@ export interface FileExportEntry {
   role: Role | null;
   signature: string | null;
   summary: string | null;
-  consumers: Array<{ name: string; file: string; line: number }>;
+  consumers: Array<FileExportConsumer>;
   consumerCount: number;
 }
 
+/**
+ * A single caller of an exported symbol. `consumerKind` discriminates two
+ * shapes that share this same struct:
+ *   - `'symbol'` — a real caller/constructor: `name` is the calling
+ *     function/method/class, `line` is the actual call-site line.
+ *   - `'file'` — a whole-file reference such as `import type { X }`, where
+ *     there is no specific calling symbol: `name` equals `file` and `line`
+ *     is always `0` (no real call-site exists to report; see #1830).
+ */
+export interface FileExportConsumer {
+  name: string;
+  file: string;
+  line: number;
+  consumerKind: 'file' | 'symbol';
+}
+
 // ── Path ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 export interface PathResult {
diff --git a/tests/integration/exports.test.ts b/tests/integration/exports.test.ts
index 3133b12fd..f0f56fb9b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/exports.test.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/exports.test.ts
@@ -117,11 +117,14 @@ describe('exportsData', () => {
     // main and testAdd both call add from other files
     expect(addExport.consumers.length).toBe(2);
     expect(addExport.consumers.map((c) => c.name).sort()).toEqual(['main', 'testAdd']);
+    // Real callers are discriminated as symbol-level consumers (#1830)
+    expect(addExport.consumers.every((c) => c.consumerKind === 'symbol')).toBe(true);
 
     const mulExport = data.results.find((r) => r.name === 'multiply');
     expect(mulExport).toBeDefined();
     expect(mulExport.consumers.length).toBe(1);
     expect(mulExport.consumers[0].name).toBe('main');
+    expect(mulExport.consumers[0].consumerKind).toBe('symbol');
 
     const unusedExport = data.results.find((r) => r.name === 'unusedFn');
     expect(unusedExport).toBeDefined();
@@ -300,6 +303,20 @@ describe('exportsData — import type consumer crediting (#1724)', () => {
     expect(config.consumers[0].file).toBe('consumer.ts');
   });
 
+  // Regression coverage for #1830: a file-level `imports-type` consumer entry
+  // must be discriminated from a real symbol-level caller so downstream
+  // renderers don't treat `consumer.ts` as a calling function or `0` as a
+  // real call-site line.
+  test('import-type consumer is discriminated as file-level, not symbol-level (#1830)', () => {
+    const data = exportsData('types.ts', dbPath2);
+    const config = data.results.find((r) => r.name === 'Config');
+    expect(config.consumers[0].consumerKind).toBe('file');
+    // The file-level source node's own name/file coincide (both are the
+    // importing file), unlike a real caller whose name is a function/method.
+    expect(config.consumers[0].name).toBe('consumer.ts');
+    expect(config.consumers[0].line).toBe(0);
+  });
+
   test('interface consumed only via `import type` is excluded from --unused', () => {
     const data = exportsData('types.ts', dbPath2, { unused: true });
     expect(data.results.find((r) => r.name === 'Config')).toBeUndefined();
diff --git a/tests/presentation/queries-cli.test.ts b/tests/presentation/queries-cli.test.ts
index 18fd76ea4..5c57e8c0f 100644
--- a/tests/presentation/queries-cli.test.ts
+++ b/tests/presentation/queries-cli.test.ts
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ describe('fileExports', () => {
           line: 1,
           role: 'utility',
           signature: { params: 'a, b' },
-          consumers: [{ name: 'main', file: 'index.js', line: 5 }],
+          consumers: [{ name: 'main', file: 'index.js', line: 5, consumerKind: 'symbol' }],
         },
         {
           name: 'subtract',
@@ -511,6 +511,32 @@ describe('fileExports', () => {
     expect(out).toContain('(no consumers)');
   });
 
+  it('renders a file-level consumer (import type) without a fabricated call-site line (#1830)', () => {
+    mocks.exportsData.mockReturnValue({
+      file: 'types.ts',
+      totalExported: 1,
+      totalInternal: 0,
+      totalUnused: 0,
+      results: [
+        {
+          name: 'Config',
+          kind: 'interface',
+          line: 1,
+          role: null,
+          signature: null,
+          consumers: [{ name: 'consumer.ts', file: 'consumer.ts', line: 0, consumerKind: 'file' }],
+        },
+      ],
+      reexportedSymbols: [],
+      reexports: [],
+    });
+    fileExports('types.ts', '/db');
+    const out = output();
+    expect(out).toContain('consumer.ts (type-only import)');
+    // Must not render the fabricated `:0` as if it were a real call-site line.
+    expect(out).not.toContain('consumer.ts:0');
+  });
+
   it('renders barrel file header when no direct exports', () => {
     mocks.exportsData.mockReturnValue({
       file: 'index.js',