diff --git a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
index d52e976c0bb449..f26b35b2874846 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
@@ -404,8 +404,7 @@ function formatProxy(ctx, proxy, recurseTimes) {
     formatValue(ctx, proxy[1], recurseTimes)
   ];
   ctx.indentationLvl -= 2;
-  const str = reduceToSingleString(ctx, res, '', ['[', ']']);
-  return `Proxy ${str}`;
+  return reduceToSingleString(ctx, res, '', ['Proxy [', ']']);
 }
 
 function findTypedConstructor(value) {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect-proxy.js b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect-proxy.js
index adc0810722d553..0d6ebc6271af40 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect-proxy.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect-proxy.js
@@ -50,12 +50,15 @@ const expected1 = 'Proxy [ {}, {} ]';
 const expected2 = 'Proxy [ Proxy [ {}, {} ], {} ]';
 const expected3 = 'Proxy [ Proxy [ Proxy [ {}, {} ], {} ], Proxy [ {}, {} ] ]';
 const expected4 = 'Proxy [ Proxy [ {}, {} ], Proxy [ Proxy [ {}, {} ], {} ] ]';
-const expected5 = 'Proxy [ Proxy [ Proxy [ Proxy [Array], {} ],' +
-                  ' Proxy [ {}, {} ] ],\n  Proxy [ Proxy [ {}, {} ]' +
-                  ', Proxy [ Proxy [Array], {} ] ] ]';
-const expected6 = 'Proxy [ Proxy [ Proxy [ Proxy [Array], Proxy [Array]' +
-                  ' ],\n    Proxy [ Proxy [Array], Proxy [Array] ] ],\n' +
-                  '  Proxy [ Proxy [ Proxy [Array], Proxy [Array] ],\n' +
+const expected5 = 'Proxy [\n  ' +
+                  'Proxy [ Proxy [ Proxy [Array], {} ], Proxy [ {}, {} ] ],\n' +
+                  '  Proxy [ Proxy [ {}, {} ], Proxy [ Proxy [Array], {} ] ] ]';
+const expected6 = 'Proxy [\n' +
+                  '  Proxy [\n' +
+                  '    Proxy [ Proxy [Array], Proxy [Array] ],\n' +
+                  '    Proxy [ Proxy [Array], Proxy [Array] ] ],\n' +
+                  '  Proxy [\n' +
+                  '    Proxy [ Proxy [Array], Proxy [Array] ],\n' +
                   '    Proxy [ Proxy [Array], Proxy [Array] ] ] ]';
 assert.strictEqual(
   util.inspect(proxy1, { showProxy: true, depth: null }),