diff --git a/src/data/local_storage.js b/src/data/local_storage.js
index 09c4ff8749..bfdec038fa 100644
--- a/src/data/local_storage.js
+++ b/src/data/local_storage.js
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ function storage(p5, fn){
           value = value.toString();
         } else if (value instanceof p5.Vector) {
           type = 'p5.Vector';
-          const coord = [value.x, value.y, value.z];
+          const coord = value.values;
           value = coord;
         }
         value = JSON.stringify(value);
diff --git a/src/math/p5.Vector.js b/src/math/p5.Vector.js
index 739c6406af..a264fb811e 100644
--- a/src/math/p5.Vector.js
+++ b/src/math/p5.Vector.js
@@ -265,14 +265,14 @@ class Vector {
    * function setup() {
    *   let v = createVector(20, 30);
    *
-   *   // Prints 'p5.Vector Object : [20, 30, 0]'.
+   *   // Prints 'vector[20, 30, 0]'.
    *   print(v.toString());
    * }
    * </code>
    * </div>
    */
   toString() {
-    return `[${this._values.join(', ')}]`;
+    return `vector[${this._values.join(', ')}]`;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/test/unit/math/p5.Vector.js b/test/unit/math/p5.Vector.js
index 8e2dcf157d..4028ee2dba 100644
--- a/test/unit/math/p5.Vector.js
+++ b/test/unit/math/p5.Vector.js
@@ -2035,7 +2035,7 @@ suite('p5.Vector', function () {
   describe('vector to string', () => {
     it('should return the string version of a vector', () => {
       v = new mockP5.Vector(1, 2, 3, 4);
-      expect(v.toString()).toBe('[1, 2, 3, 4]');
+      expect(v.toString()).toBe('vector[1, 2, 3, 4]');
     });
   });