diff --git a/distributed/deploy/spec.py b/distributed/deploy/spec.py
index bb46f81db88..445949dc200 100644
--- a/distributed/deploy/spec.py
+++ b/distributed/deploy/spec.py
@@ -315,7 +315,8 @@ async def scale_down(self, workers):
     scale_up = scale  # backwards compatibility
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return "SpecCluster(%r, workers=%d)" % (
+        return "%s(%r, workers=%d)" % (
+            type(self).__name__,
             self.scheduler_address,
             len(self.workers),
         )
diff --git a/distributed/deploy/tests/test_spec_cluster.py b/distributed/deploy/tests/test_spec_cluster.py
index 0c062d3d3e0..e51e8f14260 100644
--- a/distributed/deploy/tests/test_spec_cluster.py
+++ b/distributed/deploy/tests/test_spec_cluster.py
@@ -81,6 +81,19 @@ def test_loop_started():
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_repr():
+    worker = {"cls": Worker, "options": {"nthreads": 1}}
+
+    class MyCluster(SpecCluster):
+        pass
+
+    async with MyCluster(
+        asynchronous=True, scheduler=scheduler, worker=worker
+    ) as cluster:
+        assert "MyCluster" in str(cluster)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_scale():
     worker = {"cls": Worker, "options": {"nthreads": 1}}