diff --git a/mock/mock.go b/mock/mock.go
index a6d9526..c6df448 100644
--- a/mock/mock.go
+++ b/mock/mock.go
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ func (args Arguments) String(indexOrNil ...int) string {
 		// normal String() method - return a string representation of the args
 		var argsStr []string
 		for _, arg := range args {
-			argsStr = append(argsStr, reflect.TypeOf(arg).String())
+			argsStr = append(argsStr, fmt.Sprintf("%T", arg)) // handles nil nicely
 		}
 		return strings.Join(argsStr, ",")
 	} else if len(indexOrNil) == 1 {
diff --git a/mock/mock_test.go b/mock/mock_test.go
index 1b681aa..cb49541 100644
--- a/mock/mock_test.go
+++ b/mock/mock_test.go
@@ -778,6 +778,7 @@ func Test_Mock_findExpectedCall_Respects_Repeatability(t *testing.T) {
 func Test_callString(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Equal(t, `Method(int,bool,string)`, callString("Method", []interface{}{1, true, "something"}, false))
+	assert.Equal(t, `Method(<nil>)`, callString("Method", []interface{}{nil}, false))
 
 }