diff --git a/telethon/tl/tlobject.py b/telethon/tl/tlobject.py
index b048158c..fbc465ba 100644
--- a/telethon/tl/tlobject.py
+++ b/telethon/tl/tlobject.py
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ class TLObject:
 
     def __str__(self):
         return TLObject.pretty_format(self)
+    
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return TLObject.pretty_format(self, indent=1)
 
     def stringify(self):
         return TLObject.pretty_format(self, indent=0)