1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/abbrev.el b/lisp/abbrev.el
index 0c140a84159..b6167d2c1a5 100644
--- a/lisp/abbrev.el
+++ b/lisp/abbrev.el
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ Only writes the non-system abbrevs.
 Presumes that `standard-output' points to `current-buffer'."
   (unless (or (null (symbol-value sym)) (abbrev-get sym :system))
     (insert "    (")
-    (prin1 sym)
+    (prin1 (symbol-name sym))
     (insert " ")
     (prin1 (symbol-value sym))
     (insert " ")