diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/resolve/DescriptorRenderer.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/resolve/DescriptorRenderer.java
index fe48060d1bd..92ba84da251 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/resolve/DescriptorRenderer.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/resolve/DescriptorRenderer.java
@@ -252,9 +252,6 @@ public class DescriptorRenderer implements Renderer<DeclarationDescriptor> {
         @Override
         public Void visitValueParameterDescriptor(ValueParameterDescriptor descriptor, StringBuilder builder) {
             builder.append(renderKeyword("value-parameter")).append(" ");
-            if (descriptor.getVarargElementType() != null) {
-                builder.append(renderKeyword("vararg")).append(" ");
-            }
             return super.visitValueParameterDescriptor(descriptor, builder);
         }
 
@@ -264,12 +261,20 @@ public class DescriptorRenderer implements Renderer<DeclarationDescriptor> {
         }
 
         protected Void visitVariableDescriptor(VariableDescriptor descriptor, StringBuilder builder, boolean skipValVar) {
+            JetType type = descriptor.getType();
+            if (descriptor instanceof ValueParameterDescriptor) {
+                JetType varargElementType = ((ValueParameterDescriptor)descriptor).getVarargElementType();
+                if (varargElementType != null) {
+                    builder.append(renderKeyword("vararg")).append(" ");
+                    type = varargElementType;
+                }
+            }
             String typeString = renderPropertyPrefixAndComputeTypeString(
                     builder,
                     skipValVar ? null : descriptor.isVar(),
                     Collections.<TypeParameterDescriptor>emptyList(),
                     ReceiverDescriptor.NO_RECEIVER,
-                    descriptor.getType());
+                    type);
             renderName(descriptor, builder);
             builder.append(" : ").append(escape(typeString));
             return super.visitVariableDescriptor(descriptor, builder);
diff --git a/compiler/testData/renderer/GlobalFunctions.kt b/compiler/testData/renderer/GlobalFunctions.kt
index a8a859da282..b2226aa8547 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/renderer/GlobalFunctions.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/renderer/GlobalFunctions.kt
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ public fun <out T> withTypeParam(a : Array<T>) : Int {}
 //package rendererTest defined in root package
 //public final fun pub() : Unit defined in rendererTest
 //internal final fun int() : jet.String defined in rendererTest
-//internal final fun int2(ints : jet.IntArray) : jet.Int defined in rendererTest
-//value-parameter vararg val ints : jet.IntArray defined in rendererTest.int2
+//internal final fun int2(vararg ints : jet.Int) : jet.Int defined in rendererTest
+//value-parameter vararg val ints : jet.Int defined in rendererTest.int2
 //private final fun prv(a : jet.String, b : jet.Int = ...) : jet.Int defined in rendererTest
 //value-parameter val a : jet.String defined in rendererTest.prv
 //value-parameter val b : jet.Int defined in rendererTest.prv