diff --git a/test/test_uops.py b/test/test_uops.py
index f520135ecb..f9484a909b 100644
--- a/test/test_uops.py
+++ b/test/test_uops.py
@@ -393,6 +393,10 @@ class TestUOpStr(unittest.TestCase):
     uop = UOp(UOps.CONST, dtypes.int, (), arg=Variable("a",1,10))
     assert str(eval(str(uop))) == str(uop)
 
+  def test_vectorized_str(self):
+    vec = UOp(UOps.VECTORIZE, dtypes.int.vec(4), tuple(UOp.const(dtypes.int, x) for x in range(4)))
+    assert str(eval(str(vec))) == str(vec)
+
 class TestIndexingOrdering(unittest.TestCase):
   # NOTE: these tests skip type_verify since they add dtype to STORE
   @unittest.expectedFailure
diff --git a/tinygrad/dtype.py b/tinygrad/dtype.py
index ca1df1f006..ca92e6adee 100644
--- a/tinygrad/dtype.py
+++ b/tinygrad/dtype.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class DType:
   name: str
   fmt: Optional[str]
   count: int
-  def __repr__(self): return f"dtypes.{'_'*(c:=self.count!=1)}{INVERSE_DTYPES_DICT[self.name if not c else self.scalar().name]}{str(self.count)*c}"
+  def __repr__(self): return f"dtypes.{INVERSE_DTYPES_DICT[self.scalar().name]}"+(f".vec({self.count})" if self.count > 1 else "")
   def vec(self, sz:int):
     assert self.count == 1, f"can't vectorize {self} with size {sz}"
     if sz == 1 or self.name == 'void': return self  # void doesn't vectorize, and sz=1 is scalar