diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.CSharp/CSharpKernel.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.CSharp/CSharpKernel.cs
index 4786082034..1591203b81 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.CSharp/CSharpKernel.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.CSharp/CSharpKernel.cs
@@ -336,7 +336,12 @@ await RunAsync(
             {
                 if (ScriptState is not null && HasReturnValue)
                 {
-                    var formattedValues = FormattedValue.CreateManyFromObject(ScriptState.ReturnValue);
+                    IReadOnlyList<FormattedValue> formattedValues = ScriptState.ReturnValue switch
+                    {
+                        FormattedValue formattedValue => new[] { formattedValue },
+                        IEnumerable<FormattedValue> formattedValueEnumerable => formattedValueEnumerable.ToArray(),
+                        _ => FormattedValue.CreateManyFromObject(ScriptState.ReturnValue)
+                    };
                     context.Publish(
                         new ReturnValueProduced(
                             ScriptState.ReturnValue,
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.FSharp/FSharpKernel.fs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.FSharp/FSharpKernel.fs
index a626d9158f..7165989e81 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.FSharp/FSharpKernel.fs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.FSharp/FSharpKernel.fs
@@ -215,9 +215,13 @@ type FSharpKernel () as this =
             | Ok(result) when not isError ->
                 match result with
                 | Some(value) when value.ReflectionType <> typeof<unit> ->
-                    let value = value.ReflectionValue
-                    let formattedValues = FormattedValue.CreateManyFromObject(value)
-                    context.Publish(ReturnValueProduced(value, codeSubmission, formattedValues))
+                    let resultValue = value.ReflectionValue
+                    let formattedValues : IReadOnlyList<FormattedValue> = 
+                        match resultValue with
+                        | :? FormattedValue as formattedValue -> Seq.singleton( formattedValue ).ToImmutableList()
+                        | :? IEnumerable<FormattedValue> as formattedValueEnumerable -> formattedValueEnumerable.ToImmutableList()
+                        | _ -> FormattedValue.CreateManyFromObject(resultValue)
+                    context.Publish(ReturnValueProduced(resultValue, codeSubmission, formattedValues))
                 | Some _
                 | None -> ()
             | _ ->
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Tests/LanguageKernelTests.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Tests/LanguageKernelTests.cs
index fe13df204f..dc7ebc69ea 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Tests/LanguageKernelTests.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Tests/LanguageKernelTests.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
 
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.CommandLine;
 using System.CommandLine.NamingConventionBinder;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -865,6 +866,42 @@ public async Task it_returns_a_result_for_a_if_expressions(Language language, st
             .Be(25);
     }
 
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(Language.CSharp, """
+                                 using Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive; 
+                                 FormattedValue.CreateSingleFromObject(1)
+                                 """)]
+    [InlineData(Language.FSharp, """
+                                 open Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive
+                                 FormattedValue.CreateSingleFromObject(1)
+                                 """)]
+                                
+    [InlineData(Language.CSharp, """
+                                 using Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive; 
+                                 FormattedValue.CreateManyFromObject(1, "text/plain","application/json")
+                                 """)]
+    [InlineData(Language.FSharp, """
+                                 open Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive
+                                 FormattedValue.CreateManyFromObject(1, "text/plain","application/json")
+                                 """)]
+                                 
+    public async Task it_returns_formattedValue_without_additional_formatting(Language language, string expression)
+    {
+        var kernel = CreateKernel(language);
+
+        await SubmitCode(kernel, expression);
+
+        var returnValueProduced = KernelEvents.Should().ContainSingle<ReturnValueProduced>().Which;
+
+        var returnedValues = returnValueProduced.Value switch
+        {
+            IEnumerable<FormattedValue> formattedValues => formattedValues,
+            FormattedValue formattedValue => new[] { formattedValue },
+            _ => throw new InvalidOperationException()
+        };
+        returnValueProduced.FormattedValues.Should().BeEquivalentTo(returnedValues);
+    }
+
 
     [Theory]
     [InlineData(Language.CSharp)]