diff --git a/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/element/element.dart b/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/element/element.dart
index ad47b820684..f5fbe976086 100644
--- a/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/element/element.dart
+++ b/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/element/element.dart
@@ -3679,7 +3679,7 @@ class HideElementCombinatorImpl implements HideElementCombinator {
   @override
   String toString() {
     StringBuffer buffer = StringBuffer();
-    buffer.write("show ");
+    buffer.write("hide ");
     int count = hiddenNames.length;
     for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
       if (i > 0) {