diff --git a/src/repl/scala/tools/nsc/interpreter/MemberHandlers.scala b/src/repl/scala/tools/nsc/interpreter/MemberHandlers.scala
index c7f600afa411..1a929b1930ce 100644
--- a/src/repl/scala/tools/nsc/interpreter/MemberHandlers.scala
+++ b/src/repl/scala/tools/nsc/interpreter/MemberHandlers.scala
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ trait MemberHandlers {
   import global._
   import naming._
 
-  import ReplStrings.{string2codeQuoted, string2code, any2stringOf, emptyStringQuoted, quotedString}
+  import ReplStrings.{string2codeQuoted, string2code, any2stringOf, quotedString}
 
   private def codegenln(leadingPlus: Boolean, xs: String*): String = codegen(leadingPlus, (xs ++ Array("\n")): _*)
   private def codegenln(xs: String*): String = codegenln(true, xs: _*)
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ trait MemberHandlers {
       else {
         // if this is a lazy val we avoid evaluating it here
         val resultString =
-          if (mods.isLazy) emptyStringQuoted
+          if (mods.isLazy) quotedString(" // unevaluated")
           else quotedString(" = ") + " + " + any2stringOf(path, maxStringElements)
 
         val varOrValOrLzy =
diff --git a/src/repl/scala/tools/nsc/interpreter/ReplStrings.scala b/src/repl/scala/tools/nsc/interpreter/ReplStrings.scala
index db07ed993e2c..1334f6eb2332 100644
--- a/src/repl/scala/tools/nsc/interpreter/ReplStrings.scala
+++ b/src/repl/scala/tools/nsc/interpreter/ReplStrings.scala
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ object ReplStrings {
     res.toString
   }
 
-  def quotedString(str: String) =
-    "\"" + str + "\""
+  @inline final def quotedString(str: String) =
+    '"' + str + '"'
 
   def string2codeQuoted(str: String) =
     quotedString(string2code(str))
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ object ReplStrings {
   def any2stringOf(x: Any, maxlen: Int) =
     s"_root_.scala.runtime.ScalaRunTime.replStringOf($x, $maxlen)"
 
-  val emptyStringQuoted: String = quotedString("")
-
   // no escaped or nested quotes
   private[this] val inquotes = """(['"])(.*?)\1""".r
   def unquoted(s: String) = s match { case inquotes(_, w) => w ; case _ => s }
diff --git a/test/files/run/repl-serialization.check b/test/files/run/repl-serialization.check
index fc9164fa71d6..95422121e285 100644
--- a/test/files/run/repl-serialization.check
+++ b/test/files/run/repl-serialization.check
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ val extract: AnyRef => Unit = <function1>
 val x: Int = 0
 def getX(): Int
 class U
-lazy val y: Int
+lazy val y: Int // unevaluated
   evaluating z
   evaluating zz
 class D
diff --git a/test/files/run/t6937.check b/test/files/run/t6937.check
index 09aa2672d37e..dab91732663d 100644
--- a/test/files/run/t6937.check
+++ b/test/files/run/t6937.check
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ scala>     class A
 class A
 
 scala>     lazy val apiru = ru: ApiUniverse
-lazy val apiru: scala.reflect.api.Universe
+lazy val apiru: scala.reflect.api.Universe // unevaluated
 
 scala>     apiru.typeTag[A].in(cm)
 val res0: reflect.runtime.universe.TypeTag[A] = TypeTag[A]