diff --git a/src/types.jl b/src/types.jl
index 683f58d44..97d97b5a7 100644
--- a/src/types.jl
+++ b/src/types.jl
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ end
 """
 $(SIGNATURES)
 
-Returns the [numeric type](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/base/numbers/#Standard-Numeric-Types) 
+Returns the [numeric type](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/base/numbers/#Standard-Numeric-Types)
 of `x`. By default this is just `typeof(x)`.
 Define this for your symbolic types if you want [`SymbolicUtils.simplify`](@ref) to apply rules
 specific to numbers (such as commutativity of multiplication). Or such
@@ -561,9 +561,9 @@ function TermInterface.maketerm(T::Type{<:BasicSymbolic}, head, args, metadata)
     st = symtype(T)
     pst = _promote_symtype(head, args)
     # Use promoted symtype only if not a subtype of the existing symtype of T.
-    # This is useful when calling `maketerm(BasicSymbolic{Number}, (==), [true, false])` 
-    # Where the result would have a symtype of Bool. 
-    # Please see discussion in https://github.com/JuliaSymbolics/SymbolicUtils.jl/pull/609 
+    # This is useful when calling `maketerm(BasicSymbolic{Number}, (==), [true, false])`
+    # Where the result would have a symtype of Bool.
+    # Please see discussion in https://github.com/JuliaSymbolics/SymbolicUtils.jl/pull/609
     # TODO this should be optimized.
     new_st = if st <: AbstractArray
         st
@@ -816,27 +816,37 @@ function show_ref(io, f, args)
     print(io, "]")
 end
 
+import Base.nameof
+# To fall through the `nameof` in the `show_call` below
+Base.nameof(f, arg, args...) = nameof(f)
+
+"""
+    show_call(io, f, args)
+Displays the function call with given args. There are different outputs if `f`
+is unary, binary or otherwise. `f`'s output can also be decorated using
+`Base.nameof` provided with the function as well as with the `symtype`
+of `f`'s arguments.
+"""
 function show_call(io, f, args)
-    fname = iscall(f) ? Symbol(repr(f)) : nameof(f)
+    fname = nameof(f, symtype.(args)...)
+    frep = Symbol(repr(f))
+
     len_args = length(args)
-    if Base.isunaryoperator(fname) && len_args == 1
+
+    if Base.isunaryoperator(frep) && len_args == 1
         print(io, "$fname")
         print_arg(io, first(args), paren=true)
-    elseif Base.isbinaryoperator(fname) && len_args > 1
+    elseif Base.isbinaryoperator(frep) && len_args > 1
         for (i, t) in enumerate(args)
             i != 1 && print(io, " $fname ")
             print_arg(io, t, paren=true)
         end
     else
-        if issym(f)
-            Base.show_unquoted(io, nameof(f))
-        else
-            Base.show(io, f)
-        end
+        print(io, "$fname")
         print(io, "(")
-        for i=1:length(args)
+        for i=1:len_args
             print(io, args[i])
-            i != length(args) && print(io, ", ")
+            i != len_args && print(io, ", ")
         end
         print(io, ")")
     end
diff --git a/test/basics.jl b/test/basics.jl
index 1402f9aca..23945115a 100644
--- a/test/basics.jl
+++ b/test/basics.jl
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ using SymbolicUtils
 using IfElse: ifelse
 using Setfield
 using Test, ReferenceTests
+import Base.nameof
 
 include("utils.jl")
 
 @testset "@syms" begin
     let
-        @syms a b::Float64 f(::Real) g(p, h(q::Real))::Int 
+        @syms a b::Float64 f(::Real) g(p, h(q::Real))::Int
 
         @test issym(a) && symtype(a) == Number
         @test a.name === :a
@@ -235,6 +236,38 @@ end
     @test_reference "inspect_output/sub14.txt" sprint(io->SymbolicUtils.inspect(io, SymbolicUtils.pluck(ex, 14)))
 end
 
+let
+
+sq(x) = return SymbolicUtils.Term{Number}(sq, [x])
+
+function Base.nameof(::typeof(sq), arg)
+    if arg <: Real
+        return :sqrt_R
+    elseif arg <: Complex
+        return :sqrt_C
+    else
+        return :sqrt
+    end
+end
+
+@testset "call printing" begin
+    get_print(sym) = begin b = IOBuffer(); print(b, sym); String(take!(b)); end
+
+    x,y,z = @syms x::Real y::Complex z
+    @syms e() f(x) g(x,y) h(x,y,z)
+
+    @test get_print(e()) == "e()"
+    @test get_print(f(x)) == "f(x)"
+    @test get_print(g(x,y)) == "g(x, y)"
+    @test get_print(h(x,y,z)) == "h(x, y, z)"
+
+    @test get_print(sq(x)) == "sqrt_R(x)"
+    @test get_print(sq(y)) == "sqrt_C(y)"
+    @test get_print(sq(z)) == "sqrt(z)"
+end
+
+end
+
 @testset "maketerm" begin
     @syms a b c
     @test isequal(SymbolicUtils.maketerm(typeof(b + c), +, [a,  (b+c)], nothing).dict, Dict(a=>1,b=>1,c=>1))
@@ -249,7 +282,7 @@ end
     # test that maketerm sets metadata correctly
     metadata = Base.ImmutableDict{DataType, Any}(Ctx1, "meta_1")
     metadata2 = Base.ImmutableDict{DataType, Any}(Ctx2, "meta_2")
-    
+
     d = b * c
     @set! d.metadata = metadata2
 
@@ -277,12 +310,12 @@ end
     @test symtype(new_expr) == Bool
 
     # Doesn't know return type, promoted symtype is Any
-    foo(x,y) = x^2 + x 
+    foo(x,y) = x^2 + x
     new_expr = SymbolicUtils.maketerm(typeof(ref_expr), foo, [a, b], nothing)
     @test symtype(new_expr) == Number
 
     # Promoted symtype is a subtype of referred
-    @syms x::Int y::Int 
+    @syms x::Int y::Int
     new_expr = SymbolicUtils.maketerm(typeof(ref_expr), (+), [x, y], nothing)
     @test symtype(new_expr) == Int64
 
@@ -384,5 +417,5 @@ end
     ax = adjoint(x)
     @test isequal(ax, x)
     @test ax === x
-    @test isequal(adjoint(y), conj(y)) 
+    @test isequal(adjoint(y), conj(y))
 end