diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/watchhandler.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/watchhandler.cpp
index 7a3b7361c6e38a2868a7ecbe5d2a8fa9df648b00..139d30f7904bc2837ac9e23e9c2b20c55c33ccf3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/watchhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/watchhandler.cpp
@@ -1833,6 +1833,8 @@ void WatchHandler::showInEditorHelper(QString *contents, WatchItem *item, int de
     contents->append(item->name);
     contents->append(tab);
     contents->append(item->value);
+    contents->append(tab);
+    contents->append(item->type);
     contents->append(nl);
     foreach (WatchItem *child, item->children)
        showInEditorHelper(contents, child, depth + 1);