diff --git a/src/Type.cc b/src/Type.cc
index c9b92784b3..770d15d48e 100644
--- a/src/Type.cc
+++ b/src/Type.cc
@@ -847,36 +847,34 @@ TableVal* RecordType::GetRecordFieldsVal(const RecordVal* rv) const
 		if ( ft->Tag() == TYPE_RECORD )
 			nr->Assign(0, new StringVal("record " + ft->GetName()));
 		else if ( ft->Tag() == TYPE_VECTOR )
-                        {
-                        string s = "vector[";
-                        s += type_name(ft->YieldType()->Tag());
-                        s += "]";
-                        nr->Assign(0, new StringVal(s));
-                        }
+			{
+			string s = fmt("vector of %s", ft->YieldType()->Tag());
+			nr->Assign(0, new StringVal(s));
+			}
 		else if ( ft->Tag() == TYPE_TABLE )
-                        {
-                        string s;
-                        if ( ft->IsSet() )
-                                s = "set[";
-                        else
-                                s = "table[";
-                        const type_list* tl = ((const IndexType*) ft)->IndexTypes();
-                        loop_over_list(*tl, i)
-                                {
-                                if ( i > 0 )
-                                        s += ",";
-                                s += type_name((*tl)[i]->Tag());
-                                }
-                        s += "]";
-                        if ( ft->YieldType() )
-                                {
-                                s += " of ";
-                                s += type_name(ft->YieldType()->Tag());
-                                }
-                        nr->Assign(0, new StringVal(s));
-                        }
-                else
-                        nr->Assign(0, new StringVal(type_name(ft->Tag())));
+			{
+			string s;
+			if ( ft->IsSet() )
+				s = "set[";
+			else
+				s = "table[";
+			const type_list* tl = ((const IndexType*) ft)->IndexTypes();
+			loop_over_list(*tl, i)
+				{
+				if ( i > 0 )
+					s += ",";
+				s += type_name((*tl)[i]->Tag());
+				}
+			s += "]";
+			if ( ft->YieldType() )
+				{
+				s += " of ";
+				s += type_name(ft->YieldType()->Tag());
+				}
+			nr->Assign(0, new StringVal(s));
+			}
+		else
+			nr->Assign(0, new StringVal(type_name(ft->Tag())));
 
 		nr->Assign(1, val_mgr->GetBool(logged));
 		nr->Assign(2, fv);