diff --git a/formatter.go b/formatter.go
index f8ed18d..420729b 100644
--- a/formatter.go
+++ b/formatter.go
@@ -185,6 +185,14 @@
 		if showType {
 			io.WriteString(p, t.String())
 		}
+		if v.IsNil() && showType {
+			io.WriteString(p, "(nil)")
+			break
+		}
+		if v.IsNil() {
+			io.WriteString(p, "nil")
+			break
+		}
 		writeByte(p, '{')
 		expand := !canInline(v.Type())
 		pp := p
diff --git a/formatter_test.go b/formatter_test.go
index 223ae73..7f25f71 100644
--- a/formatter_test.go
+++ b/formatter_test.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 	{"a", `"a"`},
 	{1, "int(1)"},
 	{1.0, "float64(1)"},
+	{[]int(nil), "[]int(nil)"},
 	{complex(1, 0), "(1+0i)"},
 	//{make(chan int), "(chan int)(0x1234)"},
 	{unsafe.Pointer(uintptr(1)), "unsafe.Pointer(0x1)"},