diff --git a/base/replutil.jl b/base/replutil.jl
index 48517a906dd835..7852827f33de1e 100644
--- a/base/replutil.jl
+++ b/base/replutil.jl
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ function showerror(io::IO, ex::MethodError)
         name = ft.name.mt.name
         arg_types_param = arg_types_param[3:end]
         temp = ex.args[1]
-        kwargs = [(temp[i*2-1], temp[i*2]) for i in 1:(length(temp) ÷ 2)]
+        kwargs = Any[(temp[i*2-1], temp[i*2]) for i in 1:(length(temp) ÷ 2)]
         ex = MethodError(f, ex.args[3:end])
     end
     if f == Base.convert && length(arg_types_param) == 2 && !is_arg_types
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ function showerror(io::IO, ex::MethodError)
         if !isempty(kwargs)
             print(io, "; ")
             for (i ,(k, v)) in enumerate(kwargs)
-                print(io, k, "=", v)
+                print(io, k, "=")
+                show(IOContext(io, :limit=>true), v)
                 i == length(kwargs) || print(io, ", ")
             end
         end
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ function showerror_nostdio(err, msg::AbstractString)
     ccall(:jl_printf, Cint, (Ptr{Void},Cstring), stderr_stream, "\n")
 end
 
-function show_method_candidates(io::IO, ex::MethodError, kwargs=Tuple{Symbol, Any}[])
+function show_method_candidates(io::IO, ex::MethodError, kwargs::Vector=Any[])
     is_arg_types = isa(ex.args, DataType)
     arg_types = is_arg_types ? ex.args : typesof(ex.args...)
     arg_types_param = Any[arg_types.parameters...]
diff --git a/test/replutil.jl b/test/replutil.jl
index fc1c624150d679..321a379db807c4 100644
--- a/test/replutil.jl
+++ b/test/replutil.jl
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ method_c7(a, b; kargs...) = a
 Base.show_method_candidates(buf, MethodError(method_c7, (1, 1)), [(:x, 1), (:y, 2)])
 test_have_color(buf, "\e[0m\nClosest candidates are:\n  method_c7(::Any, ::Any; kargs...)\e[0m",
                      "\nClosest candidates are:\n  method_c7(::Any, ::Any; kargs...)")
+method_c8(a, b; y=1, w=1) = a
+Base.show_method_candidates(buf, MethodError(method_c8, (1, 1)), [(:x, 1), (:y, 2), (:z, 1), (:w, 1)])
+test_have_color(buf, "\e[0m\nClosest candidates are:\n  method_c8(::Any, ::Any; y, w)\e[1m\e[31m got an unsupported keyword argument \"x\", \"z\"\e[0m\e[0m",
+                     "\nClosest candidates are:\n  method_c8(::Any, ::Any; y, w) got an unsupported keyword argument \"x\", \"z\"")
 
 addConstraint_15639(c::Int32) = c
 addConstraint_15639(c::Int64; uncset=nothing) = addConstraint_15639(Int32(c), uncset=uncset)