diff --git a/vlib/v/ast/types.v b/vlib/v/ast/types.v
index 842c304629..7bc360d1c8 100644
--- a/vlib/v/ast/types.v
+++ b/vlib/v/ast/types.v
@@ -1155,6 +1155,13 @@ fn (t Table) shorten_user_defined_typenames(originalname string, import_aliases
 	} else if res in import_aliases {
 		res = import_aliases[res]
 	} else {
+		// FIXME: clean this case and remove the following if
+		// because it is an hack to format well the type when
+		// there is a []modul.name
+		if res.contains('[]') {
+			idx := res.index('.') or { -1 }
+			return res[idx + 1..]
+		}
 		// types defined by the user
 		// mod.submod.submod2.Type => submod2.Type
 		mut parts := res.split('.')
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/check_err_msg_with_generics.out b/vlib/v/checker/tests/check_err_msg_with_generics.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4587a294a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/check_err_msg_with_generics.out
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+vlib/v/checker/tests/check_err_msg_with_generics.vv:15:10: error: cannot cast struct `BSTree<Result<[]Token, Err<string>>>` to `int`
+   13 | fn test_err_msg() {
+   14 |     typ := datatypes.BSTree<Result<[]Token, Err<string>>>{}
+   15 |     println(int(typ))
+      |             ~~~~~~~~
+   16 | }
+vlib/datatypes/bstree.v:190:17: error: cannot append `T` to `[]T`
+  188 |     }
+  189 |     bst.in_order_traversal_helper(node.left, mut result)
+  190 |     result << node.value
+      |                    ~~~~~
+  191 |     bst.in_order_traversal_helper(node.right, mut result)
+  192 | }
+vlib/datatypes/bstree.v:210:17: error: cannot append `T` to `[]T`
+  208 |     bst.post_order_traversal_helper(node.left, mut result)
+  209 |     bst.post_order_traversal_helper(node.right, mut result)
+  210 |     result << node.value
+      |                    ~~~~~
+  211 | }
+  212 |
+vlib/datatypes/bstree.v:226:17: error: cannot append `T` to `[]T`
+  224 |         return
+  225 |     }
+  226 |     result << node.value
+      |                    ~~~~~
+  227 |     bst.pre_order_traversal_helper(node.left, mut result)
+  228 |     bst.pre_order_traversal_helper(node.right, mut result)
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/check_err_msg_with_generics.vv b/vlib/v/checker/tests/check_err_msg_with_generics.vv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57da5432de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/check_err_msg_with_generics.vv
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import datatypes
+
+type Result<T, U> = Err<U> | Ok<T>
+
+struct Ok<T> {
+	value T
+}
+
+struct Err<U> {
+	value U
+}
+
+fn test_err_msg() {
+	typ := datatypes.BSTree<Result<[]Token, Err<string>>>{}
+	println(int(typ))
+}