diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 8df183f..2066cfa 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ S3method(format,tab_list)
 S3method(knit_print,tab_list)
 S3method(knit_print,tab_tibble)
 S3method(print,tab_list)
+S3method(vctrs::vec_ptype_abbr,tab_list)
 export(knit_print)
 export(new_tab_list)
 export(new_tab_tibble)
diff --git a/R/objects.R b/R/objects.R
index 80b319f..374e259 100644
--- a/R/objects.R
+++ b/R/objects.R
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ new_tab_list <- function(x) {
   vctrs::new_vctr(x, class = "tab_list")
 }
 
+#' @exportS3Method vctrs::vec_ptype_abbr
 vec_ptype_abbr.tab_list <- function(x, ...) {
-  "tablist"
+  "tab_list"
 }
 
 #' @export
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-knit_print.R b/tests/testthat/test-knit_print.R
index 8fb284a..9f7f082 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-knit_print.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-knit_print.R
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ test_that("knit_print.tab_tibble (and implicitly knit_print.tab_list and print_t
     ) |>
     new_tab_tibble()
   expect_output(
-    knit_print(d_tab),
+    suppressWarnings(knit_print(d_tab)),
     regexp = "Cars with 8 cylinders"
   )
   expect_output(