diff --git a/ext/ripper/lib/ripper/lexer.rb b/ext/ripper/lib/ripper/lexer.rb
index cff38c617d..35ef9b088c 100644
--- a/ext/ripper/lib/ripper/lexer.rb
+++ b/ext/ripper/lib/ripper/lexer.rb
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class Ripper
           q.breakable
           q.text("#{event}@#{pos[0]}:#{pos[1]}")
           q.breakable
-          q.text(state)
+          state.pretty_print(q)
           q.breakable
           q.text("token: ")
           tok.pretty_print(q)