diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/repl/GenericReplEvaluator.kt b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/repl/GenericReplEvaluator.kt
index 162799db033..7f8f79de8b1 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/repl/GenericReplEvaluator.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/repl/GenericReplEvaluator.kt
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ open class GenericReplEvaluator(
 
             val resultFieldName = scriptResultFieldName(compileResult.lineId.no)
             val resultField = scriptClass.getDeclaredField(resultFieldName).apply { isAccessible = true }
-            val resultValue: Any? = resultField.get(scriptInstance)
+            val resultValue: Any? = if (!compileResult.isFunctionType) resultField.get(scriptInstance) else "<function>"
 
             return if (compileResult.hasResult) ReplEvalResult.ValueResult(resultFieldName, resultValue, compileResult.type)
             else ReplEvalResult.UnitResult()
diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/repl/ReplApi.kt b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/repl/ReplApi.kt
index 569035fda60..ecc02606308 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/repl/ReplApi.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/repl/ReplApi.kt
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ sealed class ReplCompileResult : Serializable {
                           val classes: List<CompiledClassData>,
                           val hasResult: Boolean,
                           val classpathAddendum: List<File>,
-                          val type: String?) : ReplCompileResult() {
+                          val type: String?,
+                          val isFunctionType: Boolean) : ReplCompileResult() {
         companion object { private val serialVersionUID: Long = 2L }
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/repl/GenericReplCompiler.kt b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/repl/GenericReplCompiler.kt
index ae98c44a53a..d56fb5972ec 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/repl/GenericReplCompiler.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/repl/GenericReplCompiler.kt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.repl
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.Disposable
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Disposer
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.builtins.isFunctionType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.messages.AnalyzerWithCompilerReport
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.messages.MessageCollector
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.repl.*
@@ -124,7 +125,8 @@ open class GenericReplCompiler(
                 classpathAddendum ?: emptyList(),
                 generationState.replSpecific.resultType?.let {
                     DescriptorRenderer.FQ_NAMES_IN_TYPES.renderType(it)
-                }
+                },
+                type?.isFunctionType ?: false
             )
         }
     }