diff --git a/base/methodshow.jl b/base/methodshow.jl
index fd9aa090b1f0b..fa03de7d232d1 100644
--- a/base/methodshow.jl
+++ b/base/methodshow.jl
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 
 # Method and method table pretty-printing
 
-function argtype_decl(env, n, t) # -> (argname, argtype)
+function argtype_decl(env, n, sig, i, nargs, isva) # -> (argname, argtype)
+    t = sig.parameters[i]
+    if i == nargs && isva && !isvarargtype(t)
+        t = Vararg{t,length(sig.parameters)-nargs+1}
+    end
     if isa(n,Expr)
         n = n.args[1]  # handle n::T in arg list
     end
@@ -30,26 +34,6 @@ function argtype_decl(env, n, t) # -> (argname, argtype)
     return s, string_with_env(env, t)
 end
 
-function argtype_decl_vararg(env, n, t)
-    if isa(n, Expr)
-        s = string(n.args[1])
-        if n.args[2].head == :...
-            # x... or x::T... declaration
-            if t.parameters[1] === Any
-                return string(s, "..."), ""
-            else
-                return s, string_with_env(env, t.parameters[1]) * "..."
-            end
-        elseif t == String
-            return s, "String"
-        end
-    end
-    # x::Vararg, x::Vararg{T}, or x::Vararg{T,N} declaration
-    s, length(n.args[2].args) < 4 ?
-       string_with_env(env, "Vararg{", t.parameters[1], "}") :
-       string_with_env(env, "Vararg{", t.parameters[1], ",", t.parameters[2], "}")
-end
-
 function arg_decl_parts(m::Method)
     tv = m.tvars
     if !isa(tv,SimpleVector)
@@ -61,9 +45,8 @@ function arg_decl_parts(m::Method)
     file, line = "", 0
     if li !== nothing
         argnames = li.slotnames[1:li.nargs]
-        s = Symbol("?")
-        decls = Any[argtype_decl(:tvar_env => tv, get(argnames, i, s), m.sig.parameters[i])
-                    for i = 1:length(m.sig.parameters)]
+        decls = Any[argtype_decl(:tvar_env => tv, argnames[i], m.sig, i, li.nargs, li.isva)
+                    for i = 1:li.nargs]
         if isdefined(li, :def)
             file, line = li.def.file, li.def.line
         end
diff --git a/src/jltypes.c b/src/jltypes.c
index c3975601a4b15..7bb3ddc3aa571 100644
--- a/src/jltypes.c
+++ b/src/jltypes.c
@@ -2155,28 +2155,22 @@ static jl_value_t *inst_datatype(jl_datatype_t *dt, jl_svec_t *p, jl_value_t **i
             if (nt < 0)
                 jl_errorf("apply_type: Vararg length N is negative: %zd", nt);
             va = jl_tparam0(va);
-            if (nt == 0 || jl_is_leaf_type(va)) {
+            if (nt == 0 || !jl_has_typevars(va)) {
                 if (ntp == 1)
                     return jl_tupletype_fill(nt, va);
                 size_t i, l;
+                p = jl_alloc_svec(ntp - 1 + nt);
                 for (i = 0, l = ntp - 1; i < l; i++) {
-                    if (!jl_is_leaf_type(iparams[i]))
-                        break;
+                    jl_svecset(p, i, iparams[i]);
                 }
-                if (i == l) {
-                    p = jl_alloc_svec(ntp - 1 + nt);
-                    for (i = 0, l = ntp - 1; i < l; i++) {
-                        jl_svecset(p, i, iparams[i]);
-                    }
-                    l = ntp - 1 + nt;
-                    for (; i < l; i++) {
-                        jl_svecset(p, i, va);
-                    }
-                    JL_GC_PUSH1(&p);
-                    jl_value_t *ndt = (jl_value_t*)jl_apply_tuple_type(p);
-                    JL_GC_POP();
-                    return ndt;
+                l = ntp - 1 + nt;
+                for (; i < l; i++) {
+                    jl_svecset(p, i, va);
                 }
+                JL_GC_PUSH1(&p);
+                jl_value_t *ndt = (jl_value_t*)jl_apply_tuple_type(p);
+                JL_GC_POP();
+                return ndt;
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/core.jl b/test/core.jl
index 2863d79efb373..d98db8c25826f 100644
--- a/test/core.jl
+++ b/test/core.jl
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ let N = TypeVar(:N,true)
     @test is(Bottom,typeintersect(Tuple{Array{Int,N},Vararg{Int,N}}, Tuple{Vector{Int},Real,Real,Real}))
     @test is(Bottom,typeintersect(Tuple{Vector{Int},Real,Real,Real}, Tuple{Array{Int,N},Vararg{Int,N}}))
     @test Tuple{Int,Vararg{Int,2}} == Tuple{Int,Int,Int}
+    @test Tuple{Int,Vararg{Int,2}} === Tuple{Int,Int,Int}
+    @test Tuple{Any, Any} === Tuple{Vararg{Any,2}}
     @test Tuple{Int,Vararg{Int,2}} == Tuple{Int,Int,Vararg{Int,1}}
     @test Tuple{Int,Vararg{Int,2}} == Tuple{Int,Int,Int,Vararg{Int,0}}
     @test !(Tuple{Int,Vararg{Int,2}} <: Tuple{Int,Int,Int,Vararg{Int,1}})