diff --git a/Lib/test/test_typing.py b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
index eff0f5bfc4b1e1..e1b0e77491a77c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_typing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
@@ -3643,24 +3643,32 @@ def foo(a: A) -> Optional[BaseException]:
         assert foo(None) is None
 
 
+UserId = NewType('UserId', int)
+
+
 class NewTypeTests(BaseTestCase):
+    UserName = NewType('NewTypeTests.UserName', str)
 
     def test_basic(self):
-        UserId = NewType('UserId', int)
-        UserName = NewType('UserName', str)
         self.assertIsInstance(UserId(5), int)
-        self.assertIsInstance(UserName('Joe'), str)
+        self.assertIsInstance(NewTypeTests.UserName('Joe'), str)
         self.assertEqual(UserId(5) + 1, 6)
 
     def test_errors(self):
-        UserId = NewType('UserId', int)
-        UserName = NewType('UserName', str)
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             issubclass(UserId, int)
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
-            class D(UserName):
+            class D(UserId):
                 pass
 
+    def test_introspection(self):
+        UserName = NewTypeTests.UserName
+        self.assertEqual(UserName.__name__, 'UserName')
+        self.assertEqual(UserName.__qualname__, 'NewTypeTests.UserName')
+        self.assertEqual(UserName.__module__, __name__)
+        self.assertEqual(UserName.__supertype__, str)
+        self.assertIn('UserName', repr(UserName))
+
 
 class NamedTupleTests(BaseTestCase):
     class NestedEmployee(NamedTuple):
diff --git a/Lib/typing.py b/Lib/typing.py
index 00a0df591cbfcc..a094e059ce824e 100644
--- a/Lib/typing.py
+++ b/Lib/typing.py
@@ -2352,7 +2352,14 @@ def name_by_id(user_id: UserId) -> str:
     def new_type(x):
         return x
 
+    new_type.__qualname__ = name
+    if '.' in name:
+        name = name.rpartition('.')[-1]
     new_type.__name__ = name
+    try:
+        new_type.__module__ = sys._getframe(1).f_globals.get('__name__', '__main__')
+    except (AttributeError, ValueError):
+        pass
     new_type.__supertype__ = tp
     return new_type
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-10-18-14-00-37.bpo-34963.LT5FWe.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-10-18-14-00-37.bpo-34963.LT5FWe.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..067e00439a2046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-10-18-14-00-37.bpo-34963.LT5FWe.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The repr of the result of :func:`typing.NewType` is more meaningful now.