diff --git a/base/replutil.jl b/base/replutil.jl
index 39d6563ccb560..d2c026922c5da 100644
--- a/base/replutil.jl
+++ b/base/replutil.jl
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ function showerror_ambiguous(io::IO, meth, f, args)
     end
     print(io, " is ambiguous. Candidates:")
     for m in meth
-        print(io, "\n  ", m)
+        print(io, "\n  ", m[3])
     end
     nothing
 end
diff --git a/test/replutil.jl b/test/replutil.jl
index 40d69ef76f15f..a767d00f7b8e7 100644
--- a/test/replutil.jl
+++ b/test/replutil.jl
@@ -367,3 +367,13 @@ let d = Dict(1 => 2, 3 => 45)
         @test contains(replace(result, " ", ""), string(el))
     end
 end
+
+# issue #17007, printing ambiguity errors
+f17007(x::Integer, y::Integer) = true
+f17007(x::Int, y::Any) = false
+let
+    local buf = IOBuffer()
+    Base.showerror(buf, MethodError(f17007, (1, 2)))
+    @test contains(takebuf_string(buf),
+                   "MethodError: f17007(::Int64, ::Int64) is ambiguous. Candidates:\n  f17007(x::Int64, y)")
+end