diff --git a/Libraries/Text/Text/RCTTextView.m b/Libraries/Text/Text/RCTTextView.m
index cf872397a327d2..3f64e313ab58f1 100644
--- a/Libraries/Text/Text/RCTTextView.m
+++ b/Libraries/Text/Text/RCTTextView.m
@@ -38,10 +38,8 @@ - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
 
 - (NSString *)description
 {
-  NSString *superDescription = super.description;
-  NSRange replacementRange = [superDescription rangeOfString:@">"];
-  NSString *replacement = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"; reactTag: %@; text: %@>", self.reactTag, _textStorage.string];
-  return [superDescription stringByReplacingCharactersInRange:replacementRange withString:replacement];
+  NSString *stringToAppend = [NSString stringWithFormat:@" reactTag: %@; text: %@", self.reactTag, _textStorage.string];
+  return [[super description] stringByAppendingString:stringToAppend];
 }
 
 - (void)setSelectable:(BOOL)selectable
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTView.m b/React/Views/RCTView.m
index eb30e9da667843..619509f9bd5665 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTView.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTView.m
@@ -452,10 +452,10 @@ - (void)accessibilityDecrement
 
 - (NSString *)description
 {
-  NSString *superDescription = super.description;
-  NSRange semicolonRange = [superDescription rangeOfString:@";"];
-  NSString *replacement = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"; reactTag: %@;", self.reactTag];
-  return [superDescription stringByReplacingCharactersInRange:semicolonRange withString:replacement];
+  return [[super description] stringByAppendingFormat:@" reactTag: %@; frame = %@; layer = %@",
+                                                      self.reactTag,
+                                                      NSStringFromCGRect(self.frame),
+                                                      self.layer];
 }
 
 #pragma mark - Statics for dealing with layoutGuides