diff --git a/libsolidity/ast/Types.cpp b/libsolidity/ast/Types.cpp
index 716a12045..e4b7e4fd8 100644
--- a/libsolidity/ast/Types.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/ast/Types.cpp
@@ -949,25 +949,25 @@ bool RationalNumberType::operator==(Type const& _other) const
 	return m_value == other.m_value;
 }
 
-string RationalNumberType::bigintToString(dev::bigint const& _num, bool _short)
+string RationalNumberType::bigintToReadableString(dev::bigint const& _num)
 {
 	string str = _num.str();
-	if (_short && str.size() > 32)
+	if (str.size() > 32)
 	{
 		int omitted = str.size() - 8;
-		return str.substr(0, 4) + "...(" + to_string(omitted) + " digits omitted)..." + str.substr(str.size() - 4, 4);
+		str = str.substr(0, 4) + "...(" + to_string(omitted) + " digits omitted)..." + str.substr(str.size() - 4, 4);
 	}
 	return str;
 }
 
-string RationalNumberType::toString(bool _short) const
+string RationalNumberType::toString(bool) const
 {
 	if (!isFractional())
-		return "int_const " + bigintToString(m_value.numerator(), _short);
+		return "int_const " + bigintToReadableString(m_value.numerator());
 
-	string numerator = bigintToString(m_value.numerator(), _short);
-	string denominator = bigintToString(m_value.denominator(), _short);
-	return "rational_const " + numerator + '/' + denominator;
+	string numerator = bigintToReadableString(m_value.numerator());
+	string denominator = bigintToReadableString(m_value.denominator());
+	return "rational_const " + numerator + " / " + denominator;
 }
 
 u256 RationalNumberType::literalValue(Literal const*) const
diff --git a/libsolidity/ast/Types.h b/libsolidity/ast/Types.h
index 05f23d040..2e7d05ba9 100644
--- a/libsolidity/ast/Types.h
+++ b/libsolidity/ast/Types.h
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ private:
 
 	/// @returns a truncated readable representation of the bigint keeping only
 	/// up to 4 leading and 4 trailing digits.
-	static std::string bigintToString(dev::bigint const& num, bool _short);
+	static std::string bigintToReadableString(dev::bigint const& num);
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/SolidityNameAndTypeResolution.cpp b/test/libsolidity/SolidityNameAndTypeResolution.cpp
index 871806fa5..4eade7f1e 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/SolidityNameAndTypeResolution.cpp
+++ b/test/libsolidity/SolidityNameAndTypeResolution.cpp
@@ -4574,7 +4574,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(rational_index_access)
 			}
 		}
 	)";
-	CHECK_ERROR(text, TypeError, "rational_const 1/2 is not implicitly convertible to expected type uint256");
+	CHECK_ERROR(text, TypeError, "rational_const 1 / 2 is not implicitly convertible to expected type uint256");
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(rational_to_fixed_literal_expression)