diff --git a/src/backend/mxnet/model.jl b/src/backend/mxnet/model.jl
index 8d116480..60634634 100644
--- a/src/backend/mxnet/model.jl
+++ b/src/backend/mxnet/model.jl
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ type MXModel <: Model
 end
 
 Base.show(io::IO, m::MXModel) =
-  print(io, "MXModel($(unblock(syntax(Flux.graph(m.model)))))")
+  print(io, "MXModel($(m.model))")
 
 mxdims(dims::NTuple) =
   length(dims) == 1 ? (1, dims...) : reverse(dims)
diff --git a/src/layers/chain.jl b/src/layers/chain.jl
index 906e19c8..74f4a757 100644
--- a/src/layers/chain.jl
+++ b/src/layers/chain.jl
@@ -26,5 +26,11 @@ end
 back!(s::Chain, ∇) = foldr((m, ∇) -> back!(m, ∇), ∇, s.layers)
 update!(s::Chain, η) = foreach(l -> update!(l, η), s.layers)
 
+function Base.show(io::IO, c::Chain)
+  print(io, "Chain(")
+  print_joined(io, c.layers, ", ")
+  print(io, ")")
+end
+
 graph(s::Chain) =
   foldl((v, m) -> vertex(m, v), constant(ModelInput(1)), s.layers)
diff --git a/src/layers/dense.jl b/src/layers/dense.jl
index e2c3682e..30b010e2 100644
--- a/src/layers/dense.jl
+++ b/src/layers/dense.jl
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Dense(in::Integer, out::Integer; init = initn) =
   Dense(init(out, in), init(out))
 
 Base.show(io::IO, d::Dense) =
-  print(io, "Flux.Dense($(size(d.W.x,2)),$(size(d.W.x,1)))")
+  print(io, "Dense($(size(d.W.x,2)),$(size(d.W.x,1)))")
 
 @model type Sigmoid
   layer::Model