diff --git a/collects/typed-scheme/private/base-env.ss b/collects/typed-scheme/private/base-env.ss
index e6ce1de78f..c8e9b69a41 100644
--- a/collects/typed-scheme/private/base-env.ss
+++ b/collects/typed-scheme/private/base-env.ss
@@ -539,7 +539,9 @@
 [maybe-print-message (-String . -> . -Void)]
 
 ;; scheme/list
-[last-pair (-poly (a) ((-mu x (Un a (-val '()) (-pair a x))) . -> . (Un (-pair a a) (-pair a (-val '())))))]
+[last-pair (-poly (a) ((-mu x (Un a (-val '()) (-pair a x)))
+                       . -> . 
+                       (Un (-pair a a) (-pair a (-val '())))))]
 
 ;; scheme/tcp
 [tcp-listener? (make-pred-ty -TCP-Listener)]
diff --git a/collects/typed-scheme/private/type-effect-printer.ss b/collects/typed-scheme/private/type-effect-printer.ss
index 5a5a5d03ea..b5852df8d3 100644
--- a/collects/typed-scheme/private/type-effect-printer.ss
+++ b/collects/typed-scheme/private/type-effect-printer.ss
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 ;; FIXME - currently broken
 (define print-poly-types? #f)
 ;; do we use simple type aliases in printing
-(define print-aliases #f)
+(define print-aliases #t)
 
 ;; does t have a type name associated with it currently?
 ;; has-name : Type -> Maybe[Symbol]
diff --git a/collects/typed-scheme/private/union.ss b/collects/typed-scheme/private/union.ss
index 756ac4b827..816dbe7eb9 100644
--- a/collects/typed-scheme/private/union.ss
+++ b/collects/typed-scheme/private/union.ss
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
           (if (andmap Values? types)
               (make-Values (apply map Un (map Values-types types)))
               (int-err "Un: should not take the union of multiple values with some other type: ~a" types))]
-         [else (make-union* #;(remove-subtypes types) (foldr union2 (list) (remove-subtypes types)))]))]))
+         [else (make-union* #;(remove-subtypes types) (foldr union2 '() (remove-subtypes types)))]))]))
 
 #;(defintern (Un-intern args) (lambda (_ args) (apply Un args)) args)
 
diff --git a/collects/typed-scheme/utils/utils.ss b/collects/typed-scheme/utils/utils.ss
index 8cb1559cc4..485bc20b7f 100644
--- a/collects/typed-scheme/utils/utils.ss
+++ b/collects/typed-scheme/utils/utils.ss
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
       [(_ val)
        #'(? (lambda (x) (equal? val x)))])))
 
-(define-for-syntax printing? #f)
+(define-for-syntax printing? #t)
 
 (define print-type* (box (lambda _ (error "print-type* not yet defined"))))
 (define print-effect* (box (lambda _ (error "print-effect* not yet defined"))))