diff --git a/base/loading.jl b/base/loading.jl
index 75b9d6e7e3b69..08a55b8c01405 100644
--- a/base/loading.jl
+++ b/base/loading.jl
@@ -90,10 +90,11 @@ struct SHA1
         return new(bytes)
     end
 end
-SHA1(s::Union{String,SubString{String}}) = SHA1(hex2bytes(s))
+SHA1(s::AbstractString) = SHA1(hex2bytes(s))
 string(hash::SHA1) = bytes2hex(hash.bytes)
+print(io::IO, hash::SHA1) = print(io, string(hash))
 
-show(io::IO, hash::SHA1) = print(io, "SHA1(", string(hash), ")")
+show(io::IO, hash::SHA1) = print(io, "SHA1(\"", string(hash), "\")")
 isless(a::SHA1, b::SHA1) = lexless(a.bytes, b.bytes)
 hash(a::SHA1, h::UInt) = hash((SHA1, a.bytes), h)
 ==(a::SHA1, b::SHA1) = a.bytes == b.bytes
diff --git a/base/uuid.jl b/base/uuid.jl
index 72ce1aa6b293f..a1f3eb7c03f8d 100644
--- a/base/uuid.jl
+++ b/base/uuid.jl
@@ -59,4 +59,5 @@ let groupings = [36:-1:25; 23:-1:20; 18:-1:15; 13:-1:10; 8:-1:1]
     end
 end
 
-show(io::IO, u::UUID) = write(io, string(u))
+print(io::IO, u::UUID) = print(io, string(u))
+show(io::IO, u::UUID) = print(io, "UUID(\"", u, "\")")
diff --git a/test/loading.jl b/test/loading.jl
index 3336fab4d272c..aa1bd829b7396 100644
--- a/test/loading.jl
+++ b/test/loading.jl
@@ -86,6 +86,20 @@ import UUIDs: UUID, uuid4, uuid_version
 import Random: shuffle, randstring
 using Test
 
+let shastr = "ab"^20
+    hash = SHA1(shastr)
+    @test hash == eval(Meta.parse(repr(hash))) # check show method
+    @test string(hash) == shastr
+    @test "check $hash" == "check $shastr"
+end
+
+let uuidstr = "ab"^4 * "-" * "ab"^2 * "-" * "ab"^2 * "-" * "ab"^2 * "-" * "ab"^6
+    uuid = UUID(uuidstr)
+    @test uuid == eval(Meta.parse(repr(uuid))) # check show method
+    @test string(uuid) == uuidstr
+    @test "check $uuid" == "check $uuidstr"
+end
+
 function subset(v::Vector{T}, m::Int) where T
     T[v[j] for j = 1:length(v) if ((m >>> (j - 1)) & 1) == 1]
 end