diff --git a/django/template/defaultfilters.py b/django/template/defaultfilters.py
index a08ce2710d..faf3bbe5c8 100644
--- a/django/template/defaultfilters.py
+++ b/django/template/defaultfilters.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from decimal import ROUND_HALF_UP, Context, Decimal, InvalidOperation, getcontex
 from functools import wraps
 from inspect import unwrap
 from operator import itemgetter
-from pprint import pformat
 from urllib.parse import quote
 
 from django.utils import formats
@@ -967,12 +966,3 @@ def pluralize(value, arg="s"):
 def phone2numeric_filter(value):
     """Take a phone number and converts it in to its numerical equivalent."""
     return phone2numeric(value)
-
-
-@register.filter(is_safe=True)
-def pprint(value):
-    """A wrapper around pprint.pprint -- for debugging, really."""
-    try:
-        return pformat(value)
-    except Exception as e:
-        return "Error in formatting: %s: %s" % (e.__class__.__name__, e)
diff --git a/django/utils/repr.py b/django/utils/repr.py
index 510a7d990b..567b70903b 100644
--- a/django/utils/repr.py
+++ b/django/utils/repr.py
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ class DjangoRepr(reprlib.Repr):
                 setattr(self, attr, limit)
 
     def repr_str(self, x, level):
-        if len(x) > self.maxstring:
-            return x[: self.maxstring] + self.gen_trim_msg(len(x))
-        return x[: self.maxstring]
+        return "'%s'" % (x[: self.maxstring] + self.gen_trim_msg(len(x)))
 
     def repr_instance(self, x, level):
         s = builtins.repr(x)
diff --git a/django/views/debug.py b/django/views/debug.py
index f533a93657..f77c96d44d 100644
--- a/django/views/debug.py
+++ b/django/views/debug.py
@@ -358,13 +358,13 @@ class ExceptionReporter:
             if "vars" in frame:
                 frame_vars = []
                 for k, v in frame["vars"]:
+
                     try:
                         if isinstance(v, Sized) and len(v) > self.PRINT_LIMIT:
                             diff = len(v) - self.PRINT_LIMIT
                             self.repr_instance.fillvalue = (
                                 "...<trimmed %d bytes string>" % diff
                             )
-
                         v = self.repr_instance.repr(v)
 
                     except Exception as e: