diff --git a/lib/pry/command_set.rb b/lib/pry/command_set.rb
index 70ec2e532..339e6424b 100644
--- a/lib/pry/command_set.rb
+++ b/lib/pry/command_set.rb
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ def alias_command(match, action, options = {})
 
       options = original_options.merge!(
         desc: "Alias for `#{action}`",
-        listing: match
+        listing: match.is_a?(String) ? match : match.inspect
       ).merge!(options)
 
       # ensure default description is used if desc is nil
diff --git a/lib/pry/commands/bang.rb b/lib/pry/commands/bang.rb
index ca42834ed..1879c64eb 100644
--- a/lib/pry/commands/bang.rb
+++ b/lib/pry/commands/bang.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class Bang < Pry::ClassCommand
       match(/^\s*!\s*$/)
       group 'Editing'
       description 'Clear the input buffer.'
-      command_options use_prefix: false
+      command_options use_prefix: false, listing: '!'
 
       banner <<-'BANNER'
         Clear the input buffer. Useful if the parsing process goes wrong and you get
diff --git a/spec/command_set_spec.rb b/spec/command_set_spec.rb
index fc67d1409..c52439991 100644
--- a/spec/command_set_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/command_set_spec.rb
@@ -185,11 +185,16 @@
       expect(new_command.description).to eq('Alias for `test`')
     end
 
-    it "sets aliased command's listing" do
+    it "sets aliased command's listing for string alias" do
       new_command = subject.alias_command('new-test', 'test')
       expect(new_command.options).to include(listing: 'new-test')
     end
 
+    it "sets aliased command's listing for regex alias" do
+      new_command = subject.alias_command(/test[!?]+/, 'test')
+      expect(new_command.options[:listing].to_s).to eq('/test[!?]+/')
+    end
+
     it "sets group for the aliased command automatically" do
       new_command = subject.alias_command('new-test', 'test')
       expect(new_command.group).to eq('Aliases')