diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_redirector.py b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_redirector.py
index bd486d7da660108..58e7775071c19c1 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_redirector.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_redirector.py
@@ -64,8 +64,10 @@ def tearDown(self):
         self.redir.close()
 
     def test_repr(self):  # partly for 100% coverage
-        self.assertIn('Redirector', repr(self.redir))
-        self.assertIn('Original', repr(self.orig_insert))
+        self.assertEqual(repr(self.redir),
+                         f"WidgetRedirector(Text<{self.text._w}>)")
+        self.assertEqual(repr(self.orig_insert),
+                         f"OriginalCommand({self.redir!r}, 'insert')")
 
     def test_register(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.text.get('1.0', 'end'), '\n')
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/redirector.py b/Lib/idlelib/redirector.py
index 8e2ba68d3815bf0..821a45ee7982a47 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/redirector.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/redirector.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def __init__(self, widget):
 
     def __repr__(self):
         w = self.widget
-        return f"{self.__class__.__name__,}({w.__class__.__name__}<{w._w}>)"
+        return f"{self.__class__.__name__}({w.__class__.__name__}<{w._w}>)"
 
     def close(self):
         "Unregister operations and revert redirection created by .__init__."
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def __init__(self, redir, operation):
         self.orig_and_operation = (redir.orig, operation)
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return f"{self.__class__.__name__,}({self.redir!r}, {self.operation!r})"
+        return f"{self.__class__.__name__}({self.redir!r}, {self.operation!r})"
 
     def __call__(self, *args):
         return self.tk_call(self.orig_and_operation + args)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2026-11-06-17-12-40.gh-issue-161477.smXIKC.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2026-11-06-17-12-40.gh-issue-161477.smXIKC.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..ca955e608bc8936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2026-11-06-17-12-40.gh-issue-161477.smXIKC.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix ``repr()`` of ``idlelib.redirector.WidgetRedirector`` and
+``idlelib.redirector.OriginalCommand``, which displayed a spurious
+one-element tuple.