diff --git a/Lib/test/test_typing.py b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
index f87832a631d..f70311c95b2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_typing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
@@ -304,6 +304,15 @@ class UnionTests(BaseTestCase):
         u = Union[list[int], dict[str, float]]
         self.assertEqual(repr(u), 'typing.Union[list[int], dict[str, float]]')
 
+        u = Union[None, str]
+        self.assertEqual(repr(u), 'typing.Optional[str]')
+        u = Union[str, None]
+        self.assertEqual(repr(u), 'typing.Optional[str]')
+        u = Union[None, str, int]
+        self.assertEqual(repr(u), 'typing.Union[NoneType, str, int]')
+        u = Optional[str]
+        self.assertEqual(repr(u), 'typing.Optional[str]')
+
     def test_cannot_subclass(self):
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             class C(Union):