diff -r 01943b2114a6 Lib/test/test_functools.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_functools.py	Thu Sep 08 15:04:38 2016 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/test_functools.py	Fri Sep 09 07:36:16 2016 +0300
@@ -226,21 +226,21 @@ class TestPartialC(TestPartial, unittest
         f = self.partial(capture)
         f.__setstate__((f, (), {}, {}))
         try:
-            self.assertEqual(repr(f), '%s(%s(...))' % (name, name))
+            self.assertEqual(repr(f), '%s(...)' % (name,))
         finally:
             f.__setstate__((capture, (), {}, {}))
 
         f = self.partial(capture)
         f.__setstate__((capture, (f,), {}, {}))
         try:
-            self.assertEqual(repr(f), '%s(%r, %s(...))' % (name, capture, name))
+            self.assertEqual(repr(f), '%s(%r, ...)' % (name, capture,))
         finally:
             f.__setstate__((capture, (), {}, {}))
 
         f = self.partial(capture)
         f.__setstate__((capture, (), {'a': f}, {}))
         try:
-            self.assertEqual(repr(f), '%s(%r, a=%s(...))' % (name, capture, name))
+            self.assertEqual(repr(f), '%s(%r, a=...)' % (name, capture,))
         finally:
             f.__setstate__((capture, (), {}, {}))
 
diff -r 01943b2114a6 Modules/_functoolsmodule.c
--- a/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c	Thu Sep 08 15:04:38 2016 +0200
+++ b/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c	Fri Sep 09 07:36:16 2016 +0300
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ partial_repr(partialobject *pto)
     if (status != 0) {
         if (status < 0)
             return NULL;
-        return PyUnicode_FromFormat("%s(...)", Py_TYPE(pto)->tp_name);
+        return PyUnicode_FromString("...");
     }
 
     arglist = PyUnicode_FromString("");