diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/DecompilerPrinter.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/DecompilerPrinter.scala
index 392d719cfefd..ee4ff251ff8b 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/DecompilerPrinter.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/DecompilerPrinter.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package dotty.tools.dotc.printing
 
-import dotty.tools.dotc.ast.Trees.{Closure, DefDef, Untyped, ValDef}
+import dotty.tools.dotc.ast.Trees._
 import dotty.tools.dotc.ast.untpd.{PackageDef, Template, TypeDef}
 import dotty.tools.dotc.ast.{Trees, untpd}
 import dotty.tools.dotc.printing.Texts._
@@ -51,4 +51,10 @@ class DecompilerPrinter(_ctx: Context) extends RefinedPrinter(_ctx) {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  override protected def typeApplyText[T >: Untyped](tree: TypeApply[T]): Text = {
+    if (tree.symbol eq defn.quoteMethod) "'"
+    else if (tree.symbol eq defn.typeQuoteMethod) "'[" ~ toTextGlobal(tree.args, ", ") ~ "]"
+    else super.typeApplyText(tree)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/RefinedPrinter.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/RefinedPrinter.scala
index 48bc992f8a47..447c033a4d18 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/RefinedPrinter.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/RefinedPrinter.scala
@@ -229,7 +229,10 @@ class RefinedPrinter(_ctx: Context) extends PlainPrinter(_ctx) {
   protected def blockText[T >: Untyped](trees: List[Tree[T]]): Text =
     ("{" ~ toText(trees, "\n") ~ "}").close
 
-  override def toText[T >: Untyped](tree: Tree[T]): Text = controlled {
+  protected def typeApplyText[T >: Untyped](tree: TypeApply[T]): Text =
+    toTextLocal(tree.fun) ~ "[" ~ toTextGlobal(tree.args, ", ") ~ "]"
+
+  protected def toTextCore[T >: Untyped](tree: Tree[T]): Text = {
     import untpd.{modsDeco => _, _}
 
     def isLocalThis(tree: Tree) = tree.typeOpt match {
@@ -274,7 +277,7 @@ class RefinedPrinter(_ctx: Context) extends PlainPrinter(_ctx) {
       case _ => toTextGlobal(arg)
     }
 
-    def toTextCore(tree: Tree): Text = tree match {
+    tree match {
       case id: Trees.BackquotedIdent[_] if !homogenizedView =>
         "`" ~ toText(id.name) ~ "`"
       case id: Trees.SearchFailureIdent[_] =>
@@ -308,8 +311,8 @@ class RefinedPrinter(_ctx: Context) extends PlainPrinter(_ctx) {
           }
         else
           toTextLocal(fun) ~ "(" ~ toTextGlobal(args, ", ") ~ ")"
-      case TypeApply(fun, args) =>
-        toTextLocal(fun) ~ "[" ~ toTextGlobal(args, ", ") ~ "]"
+      case tree: TypeApply =>
+        typeApplyText(tree)
       case Literal(c) =>
         tree.typeOpt match {
           case ConstantType(tc) => withPos(toText(tc), tree.pos)
@@ -511,6 +514,10 @@ class RefinedPrinter(_ctx: Context) extends PlainPrinter(_ctx) {
       case _ =>
         tree.fallbackToText(this)
     }
+  }
+
+  override def toText[T >: Untyped](tree: Tree[T]): Text = controlled {
+    import untpd.{modsDeco => _, _}
 
     var txt = toTextCore(tree)
 
@@ -550,7 +557,7 @@ class RefinedPrinter(_ctx: Context) extends PlainPrinter(_ctx) {
       if (ctx.settings.YprintPosSyms.value && tree.isDef)
         txt = (txt ~
           s"@@(${tree.symbol.name}=" ~ tree.symbol.pos.toString ~ ")").close
-   }
+    }
     if (ctx.settings.YshowTreeIds.value)
       txt = (txt ~ "#" ~ tree.uniqueId.toString).close
     tree match {
diff --git a/tests/run-with-compiler/quote-nested-1.check b/tests/run-with-compiler/quote-nested-1.check
index 2378a7f62ea6..1ab350bb1762 100644
--- a/tests/run-with-compiler/quote-nested-1.check
+++ b/tests/run-with-compiler/quote-nested-1.check
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<special-ops>.'[Int](3)
+'(3)
diff --git a/tests/run-with-compiler/quote-nested-2.check b/tests/run-with-compiler/quote-nested-2.check
index aea924902147..90df317c6cb6 100644
--- a/tests/run-with-compiler/quote-nested-2.check
+++ b/tests/run-with-compiler/quote-nested-2.check
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  val a: quoted.Expr[Int] = <special-ops>.'[Int](4)
+  val a: quoted.Expr[Int] = '(4)
   a
 }
diff --git a/tests/run-with-compiler/quote-nested-4.check b/tests/run-with-compiler/quote-nested-4.check
index ff8256f4afe7..5d37730e8890 100644
--- a/tests/run-with-compiler/quote-nested-4.check
+++ b/tests/run-with-compiler/quote-nested-4.check
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  val t: quoted.Type[String] = <special-ops>.type_'[String]
+  val t: quoted.Type[String] = '[String]
   t: quoted.Type[String]
 }
diff --git a/tests/run-with-compiler/quote-nested-5.check b/tests/run-with-compiler/quote-nested-5.check
index aea924902147..90df317c6cb6 100644
--- a/tests/run-with-compiler/quote-nested-5.check
+++ b/tests/run-with-compiler/quote-nested-5.check
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  val a: quoted.Expr[Int] = <special-ops>.'[Int](4)
+  val a: quoted.Expr[Int] = '(4)
   a
 }