diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index b82e0e7..2bcf4c9 100755
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@
             argspec = inspect.formatargspec(
                 args, varargs, varkw, defaults, formatvalue=self.formatvalue)
             if realname == '<lambda>':
-                title = 'lambda'
+                title = self.bold(name) + ' lambda '
                 argspec = argspec[1:-1] # remove parentheses
         else:
             argspec = '(...)'
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index cd63e32..9af61e1 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -363,6 +363,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- The names of lambda functions are now properly displayed in pydoc.
+
 - Patch #1412872: zipfile now sets the creator system to 3 (Unix)
   unless the system is Win32.