diff --git a/src/layers/basic.jl b/src/layers/basic.jl
index 59349aba..a6a8bd62 100644
--- a/src/layers/basic.jl
+++ b/src/layers/basic.jl
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ Compiler.graph(s::Chain) =
 
 Base.getindex(c::Chain, i::AbstractArray) = Chain(c.layers[i]...)
 
+function Base.show(io::IO, c::Chain)
+  print(io, "Chain(")
+  join(io, c.layers, ", ")
+  print(io, ")")
+end
+
 # Linear
 
 struct Linear{F,S,T}
@@ -27,3 +33,9 @@ Linear(in::Integer, out::Integer, σ = identity; init = initn) =
   Linear(σ, track(init(out, in)), track(init(out)))
 
 (a::Linear)(x) = a.σ.(a.W*x .+ a.b)
+
+function Base.show(io::IO, l::Linear)
+  print(io, "Linear(", size(l.W, 2), ", ", size(l.W, 1))
+  l.σ == identity || print(io, ", ", l.σ)
+  print(io, ")")
+end