diff --git a/Tests/helper.py b/Tests/helper.py
index f4b6b52cf..f8eed3e2d 100644
--- a/Tests/helper.py
+++ b/Tests/helper.py
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ class PillowTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         if skip:
             self.skipTest(msg or "Known Bad Test")
 
+    def shortDescription(self):
+        # Prevents `nose -v` printing docstrings
+        return None
+
     def tempfile(self, template):
         assert template[:5] in ("temp.", "temp_")
         fd, path = tempfile.mkstemp(template[4:], template[:4])