diff --git a/packages/react-params/src/Param/findComponent.ts b/packages/react-params/src/Param/findComponent.ts
index d4e8030f29..f36b999ac5 100644
--- a/packages/react-params/src/Param/findComponent.ts
+++ b/packages/react-params/src/Param/findComponent.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ const components: ComponentMap = ([
 export default function findComponent (def: TypeDef, overrides: ComponentMap = {}): React.ComponentType<Props> {
   const findOne = (type: string): React.ComponentType<Props> | null =>
     overrides[type] || components[type];
-  const type = (({ info, sub, type }: TypeDef): string => {
+  const type = (({ displayName, info, sub, type }: TypeDef): string => {
+    if (displayName) {
+      return displayName;
+    }
+
     switch (info) {
       case TypeDefInfo.Compact:
         return (sub as TypeDef).type;
diff --git a/packages/react-params/src/Param/index.tsx b/packages/react-params/src/Param/index.tsx
index ec8346d0c8..8114e6f7b3 100644
--- a/packages/react-params/src/Param/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-params/src/Param/index.tsx
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ function Param ({ className, defaultValue, isDisabled, isOptional, name, onChang
   }
 
   const label = isUndefined(name)
-    ? type.type
-    : `${name}: ${type.type}`;
+    ? (type.displayName || type.type)
+    : `${name}: ${type.displayName || type.type}`;
 
   return isOptional
     ? (