diff --git a/spring-binding/src/main/java/org/springframework/binding/expression/support/LiteralExpression.java b/spring-binding/src/main/java/org/springframework/binding/expression/support/LiteralExpression.java
index 4f451ffa..ec9da6de 100644
--- a/spring-binding/src/main/java/org/springframework/binding/expression/support/LiteralExpression.java
+++ b/spring-binding/src/main/java/org/springframework/binding/expression/support/LiteralExpression.java
@@ -67,6 +67,6 @@ public class LiteralExpression implements Expression {
 	}
 
 	public String toString() {
-		return "literal('" + literal + "')";
+		return literal;
 	}
 }