diff -r a2e71ebc9df0 Lib/collections.py
--- a/Lib/collections.py	Wed Aug 04 12:27:51 2010 +0200
+++ b/Lib/collections.py	Wed Aug 04 12:13:13 2010 +0100
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
             return result \n
         def __repr__(self):
             'Return a nicely formatted representation string'
-            return '%(typename)s(%(reprtxt)s)' %% self \n
+            return self.__class__.__name__ + '(%(reprtxt)s)' %% self \n
         def _asdict(self):
             'Return a new OrderedDict which maps field names to their values'
             return OrderedDict(zip(self._fields, self)) \n
diff -r a2e71ebc9df0 Lib/test/test_collections.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_collections.py	Wed Aug 04 12:27:51 2010 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/test_collections.py	Wed Aug 04 12:26:19 2010 +0100
@@ -215,6 +215,16 @@
         # test __getnewargs__
         self.assertEqual(t.__getnewargs__(), values)
 
+    def test_repr(self):
+        with test_support.captured_stdout() as template:
+            A = namedtuple('A', 'x', verbose=True)
+        self.assertEqual(repr(A(1)), 'A(x=1)')
+        # repr should show the name of the subclass
+        class B(A):
+            pass
+        self.assertEqual(repr(B(1)), 'B(x=1)')
+
+
 class ABCTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def validate_abstract_methods(self, abc, *names):
diff -r a2e71ebc9df0 Doc/library/collections.rst
--- a/Doc/library/collections.rst	Wed Aug 04 12:27:51 2010 +0200
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst	Wed Aug 04 12:43:39 2010 +0100
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@
    <BLANKLINE>
            def __repr__(self):
                'Return a nicely formatted representation string'
-               return 'Point(x=%r, y=%r)' % self
+               return self.__class__.__name__ + '(x=%r, y=%r)' % self
    <BLANKLINE>
            def _asdict(self):
                'Return a new OrderedDict which maps field names to their values'