diff --git a/src/libcmd/repl.cc b/src/libcmd/repl.cc
index 63f6c1bdd..0aed7eda8 100644
--- a/src/libcmd/repl.cc
+++ b/src/libcmd/repl.cc
@@ -790,6 +790,19 @@ void NixRepl::addAttrsToScope(Value & attrs)
     staticEnv->sort();
     staticEnv->deduplicate();
     notice("Added %1% variables.", attrs.attrs()->size());
+
+    const int max_print = 10;
+    int count = 0;
+    for (auto & i : *attrs.attrs()) {
+        count += 1;
+        if (count > max_print) {
+            notice("... And %1% other variables", attrs.attrs()->size() - max_print);
+            break;
+        }
+
+        std::string_view name = state->symbols[i.name];
+        notice("- %1%", name);
+    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/repl.sh b/tests/functional/repl.sh
index 706e0f5db..cdd4d9dd4 100755
--- a/tests/functional/repl.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/repl.sh
@@ -153,6 +153,49 @@ foo + baz
 ' "3" \
     ./flake ./flake\#bar --experimental-features 'flakes'
 
+testReplResponse '
+:a { a = 1; b = 2; longerName = 3; "with spaces" = 4; }
+' 'Added 4 variables.
+- a
+- b
+- longerName
+- with spaces
+'
+
+cat <<EOF > attribute-set.nix
+{
+    a = 1;
+    b = 2;
+    longerName = 3;
+    "with spaces" = 4;
+}
+EOF
+testReplResponse '
+:l ./attribute-set.nix
+' 'Added 4 variables.
+- a
+- b
+- longerName
+- with spaces
+'
+
+testReplResponse $'
+attributes = builtins.foldl\' (x: y: x // y) {} (map (x: { ${builtins.toString x} = x; }) (builtins.genList (x: x) 13))
+:a attributes
+' 'Added 13 variables.
+- 0
+- 1
+- 2
+- 3
+- 4
+- 5
+- 6
+- 7
+- 8
+- 9
+... And 3 other variables
+'
+
 # Test the `:reload` mechansim with flakes:
 # - Eval `./flake#changingThing`
 # - Modify the flake
@@ -302,6 +345,8 @@ runRepl () {
       -e "s@$testDirNoUnderscores@/path/to/tests/functional@g" \
       -e "s@$nixVersion@<nix version>@g" \
       -e "s@Added [0-9]* variables@Added <number omitted> variables@g" \
+      -e '/^- /d' \
+      -e '/\.\.\. And [0-9]* other variables/d' \
     | grep -vF $'warning: you don\'t have Internet access; disabling some network-dependent features' \
     ;
 }