diff --git a/lib/linguist/language.rb b/lib/linguist/language.rb
index 8cf8089b..724f2c9f 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/language.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist/language.rb
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ module Linguist
       lexer.colorize_without_wrapper(text)
     end
 
+    def to_s
+      name
+    end
+
     def ==(other)
       eql?(other)
     end