diff --git a/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js b/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js
index 5e8f1678..9330bb70 100644
--- a/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js
+++ b/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js
@@ -5055,10 +5055,12 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().pp = function(j$) {
         this.emitScalar(value.toString());
       } else if (typeof value === 'function') {
         this.emitScalar('Function');
-      } else if (value.nodeType === 1) {
-        this.emitDomElement(value);
-      } else if (typeof value.nodeType === 'number') {
-        this.emitScalar('HTMLNode');
+      } else if (j$.isDomNode(value)) {
+        if (value.tagName) {
+          this.emitDomElement(value);
+        } else {
+          this.emitScalar('HTMLNode');
+        }
       } else if (value instanceof Date) {
         this.emitScalar('Date(' + value + ')');
       } else if (j$.isSet(value)) {
@@ -5249,15 +5251,29 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().pp = function(j$) {
   };
 
   PrettyPrinter.prototype.emitDomElement = function(el) {
-    var closingTag = '</' + el.tagName.toLowerCase() + '>';
+    var tagName = el.tagName.toLowerCase(),
+      attrs = el.attributes,
+      i,
+      len = attrs.length,
+      out = '<' + tagName,
+      attr;
 
-    if (el.innerHTML === '') {
-      this.append(el.outerHTML.replace(closingTag, ''));
-    } else {
-      var tagEnd = el.outerHTML.indexOf('>');
-      this.append(el.outerHTML.substring(0, tagEnd + 1));
-      this.append('...' + closingTag);
+    for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+      attr = attrs[i];
+      out += ' ' + attr.name;
+
+      if (attr.value !== '') {
+        out += '="' + attr.value + '"';
+      }
     }
+
+    out += '>';
+
+    if (el.childElementCount !== 0 || el.textContent !== '') {
+      out += '...</' + tagName + '>';
+    }
+
+    this.append(out);
   };
 
   PrettyPrinter.prototype.formatProperty = function(obj, property, isGetter) {
diff --git a/spec/core/PrettyPrintSpec.js b/spec/core/PrettyPrintSpec.js
index ed101eda..f2a0f6d9 100644
--- a/spec/core/PrettyPrintSpec.js
+++ b/spec/core/PrettyPrintSpec.js
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ describe("jasmineUnderTest.pp", function () {
     }, bar: [1, 2, 3]})).toEqual("Object({ foo: Function, bar: [ 1, 2, 3 ] })");
   });
 
+  it("should stringify objects that almost look like DOM nodes", function() {
+    expect(jasmineUnderTest.pp({nodeType: 1})).toEqual("Object({ nodeType: 1 })");
+  });
+
   it("should truncate objects with too many keys", function () {
     var originalMaxLength = jasmineUnderTest.MAX_PRETTY_PRINT_ARRAY_LENGTH;
     var long = {a: 1, b: 2, c: 3};
diff --git a/src/core/PrettyPrinter.js b/src/core/PrettyPrinter.js
index 39b85e56..cb738d28 100644
--- a/src/core/PrettyPrinter.js
+++ b/src/core/PrettyPrinter.js
@@ -34,10 +34,12 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().pp = function(j$) {
         this.emitScalar(value.toString());
       } else if (typeof value === 'function') {
         this.emitScalar('Function');
-      } else if (value.nodeType === 1) {
-        this.emitDomElement(value);
-      } else if (typeof value.nodeType === 'number') {
-        this.emitScalar('HTMLNode');
+      } else if (j$.isDomNode(value)) {
+        if (value.tagName) {
+          this.emitDomElement(value);
+        } else {
+          this.emitScalar('HTMLNode');
+        }
       } else if (value instanceof Date) {
         this.emitScalar('Date(' + value + ')');
       } else if (j$.isSet(value)) {