changes in response to review
diff --git a/gocheck.go b/gocheck.go
index c34d5cf..adbbd7d 100644
--- a/gocheck.go
+++ b/gocheck.go
@@ -53,10 +53,22 @@
 	return method.Info.Func.Pointer()
 }
 
-// The result of String is used as the pattern to match the
-// gocheck.run filter.
+func (method *methodType) suiteName() string {
+	t := method.Info.Type.In(0)
+	if t.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		t = t.Elem()
+	}
+	return t.Name()
+}
+
 func (method *methodType) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%v.%s", method.Info.Type.In(0), method.Info.Name)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v.%s", method.suiteName(), method.Info.Name)
+}
+
+func (method *methodType) matches(re *regexp.Regexp) bool {
+	return re.MatchString(method.Info.Name) ||
+		re.MatchString(method.suiteName()) ||
+		re.MatchString(method.String())
 }
 
 type C struct {
@@ -523,7 +535,7 @@
 			if !strings.HasPrefix(method.Info.Name, "Test") {
 				continue
 			}
-			if filterRegexp == nil || filterRegexp.MatchString(method.String()) {
+			if filterRegexp == nil || method.matches(filterRegexp) {
 				runner.tests[testsLen] = method
 				testsLen += 1
 			}
diff --git a/run.go b/run.go
index 97348bc..48a20c9 100644
--- a/run.go
+++ b/run.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 // Public running interface.
 
 var filterFlag = flag.String("gocheck.f", "",
-	"Regular expression selecting what to run (use -gocheck.list to see what this matches against)")
+	"Regular expression selecting which tests and/or suites to run")
 var verboseFlag = flag.Bool("gocheck.v", false,
 	"Verbose mode")
 var streamFlag = flag.Bool("gocheck.vv", false,
diff --git a/run_test.go b/run_test.go
index f48107a..be1fdf9 100644
--- a/run_test.go
+++ b/run_test.go
@@ -285,15 +285,15 @@
 func (s *RunS) TestListFiltered(c *C) {
 	names := List(&FixtureHelper{}, &RunConf{Filter: "1"})
 	c.Assert(names, DeepEquals, []string{
-		"*gocheck_test.FixtureHelper.Test1",
+		"FixtureHelper.Test1",
 	})
 }
 
 func (s *RunS) TestList(c *C) {
 	names := List(&FixtureHelper{}, &RunConf{})
 	c.Assert(names, DeepEquals, []string{
-		"*gocheck_test.FixtureHelper.Test1",
-		"*gocheck_test.FixtureHelper.Test2",
+		"FixtureHelper.Test1",
+		"FixtureHelper.Test2",
 	})
 }