diff --git a/lib/src/node.c b/lib/src/node.c
index bb76fcb8..f9960213 100644
--- a/lib/src/node.c
+++ b/lib/src/node.c
@@ -439,7 +439,14 @@ const char *ts_node_grammar_type(TSNode self) {
 }
 
 char *ts_node_string(TSNode self) {
-  return ts_subtree_string(ts_node__subtree(self), self.tree->language, false);
+  TSSymbol alias_symbol = ts_node__alias(&self);
+  return ts_subtree_string(
+    ts_node__subtree(self),
+    alias_symbol,
+    ts_language_symbol_metadata(self.tree->language, alias_symbol).visible,
+    self.tree->language,
+    false
+  );
 }
 
 bool ts_node_eq(TSNode self, TSNode other) {
diff --git a/lib/src/subtree.c b/lib/src/subtree.c
index c8960a2c..4524e182 100644
--- a/lib/src/subtree.c
+++ b/lib/src/subtree.c
@@ -890,9 +890,15 @@ static size_t ts_subtree__write_to_string(
       }
     }
   } else if (is_root) {
-    TSSymbol symbol = ts_subtree_symbol(self);
+    TSSymbol symbol = alias_symbol ? alias_symbol : ts_subtree_symbol(self);
     const char *symbol_name = ts_language_symbol_name(language, symbol);
-    cursor += snprintf(*writer, limit, "(\"%s\")", symbol_name);
+    if (ts_subtree_child_count(self) > 0) {
+      cursor += snprintf(*writer, limit, "(%s", symbol_name);
+    } else if (ts_subtree_named(self)) {
+      cursor += snprintf(*writer, limit, "(%s)", symbol_name);
+    } else {
+      cursor += snprintf(*writer, limit, "(\"%s\")", symbol_name);
+    }
   }
 
   if (ts_subtree_child_count(self)) {
@@ -947,6 +953,8 @@ static size_t ts_subtree__write_to_string(
 
 char *ts_subtree_string(
   Subtree self,
+  TSSymbol alias_symbol,
+  bool alias_is_named,
   const TSLanguage *language,
   bool include_all
 ) {
@@ -954,13 +962,13 @@ char *ts_subtree_string(
   size_t size = ts_subtree__write_to_string(
     self, scratch_string, 1,
     language, include_all,
-    0, false, ROOT_FIELD
+    alias_symbol, alias_is_named, ROOT_FIELD
   ) + 1;
   char *result = ts_malloc(size * sizeof(char));
   ts_subtree__write_to_string(
     self, result, size,
     language, include_all,
-    0, false, ROOT_FIELD
+    alias_symbol, alias_is_named, ROOT_FIELD
   );
   return result;
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/subtree.h b/lib/src/subtree.h
index 8f97afa1..f140ecdb 100644
--- a/lib/src/subtree.h
+++ b/lib/src/subtree.h
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ void ts_subtree_summarize(MutableSubtree, const Subtree *, uint32_t, const TSLan
 void ts_subtree_summarize_children(MutableSubtree, const TSLanguage *);
 void ts_subtree_balance(Subtree, SubtreePool *, const TSLanguage *);
 Subtree ts_subtree_edit(Subtree, const TSInputEdit *edit, SubtreePool *);
-char *ts_subtree_string(Subtree, const TSLanguage *, bool include_all);
+char *ts_subtree_string(Subtree, TSSymbol, bool, const TSLanguage *, bool include_all);
 void ts_subtree_print_dot_graph(Subtree, const TSLanguage *, FILE *);
 Subtree ts_subtree_last_external_token(Subtree);
 const ExternalScannerState *ts_subtree_external_scanner_state(Subtree self);