diff --git a/src/commands.py b/src/commands.py
index 0b0fbdfe5..04b386f51 100644
--- a/src/commands.py
+++ b/src/commands.py
@@ -738,6 +738,7 @@ class first(context):
         if 'default' in kw:
             self.default = kw.pop('default')
             assert not kw, 'Bad kwargs for first.__init__'
+        self.spec = specs # for __repr__
         self.specs = map(contextify, specs)
 
     def __call__(self, irc, msg, args, state):
diff --git a/test/test_commands.py b/test/test_commands.py
index aef09f3ee..952d785b2 100644
--- a/test/test_commands.py
+++ b/test/test_commands.py
@@ -149,5 +149,9 @@ class ConverterTestCase(CommandsTestCase):
         self.assertError(['email'], ['foo@'])
         self.assertError(['email'], ['@foo'])
 
+class FirstTestCase(CommandsTestCase):
+    def testRepr(self):
+        self.failUnless(repr(first('int')))
+
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