diff --git a/linkml_runtime/linkml_model/meta.py b/linkml_runtime/linkml_model/meta.py
index fee7f676..8df715b3 100644
--- a/linkml_runtime/linkml_model/meta.py
+++ b/linkml_runtime/linkml_model/meta.py
@@ -4014,6 +4014,9 @@ def __post_init__(self, *_: List[str], **kwargs: Dict[str, Any]):
 
         super().__post_init__(**kwargs)
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return repr(getattr(self, 'text'))
+
 
 @dataclass(repr=False)
 class UniqueKey(YAMLRoot):