diff --git a/python_typing/strict.py b/python_typing/strict.py
index 22c3262..b095c7e 100644
--- a/python_typing/strict.py
+++ b/python_typing/strict.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import typing
 from copy import deepcopy
-from inspect import _empty, getfullargspec, signature
+from inspect import _empty, getfullargspec, isclass, signature
 
 
 class Typing:
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ def check_return_type(self, func, return_value):
             # impact users of this library
             pass
 
+    def _format_type(self, type):
+        # Get rid of <class ...> repr
+        return type.__name__ if isclass(type) else type
+
     def _assert_type_helper(self, value, expected_types):
         multiple_valid_types = False
         is_an_expected_type = False
@@ -75,10 +79,10 @@ def _assert_type_helper(self, value, expected_types):
             msg = ""
             if self._return_type is not None:
                 msg += "return "
-                return_type = getattr(self._return_type, "__name__", self._return_type)
+                return_type = self._format_type(self._return_type)
                 func_sig = f'"{self._func_name}() -> {return_type}" '
             else:
-                arg_type = getattr(self._arg_type, "__name__", self._arg_type)
+                arg_type = self._format_type(self._arg_type)
                 func_sig = f'"{self._func_name}({self._arg_name}={arg_type})" '
 
             shortened_value = str(value)[:10] + (str(value)[10:] and "..")
@@ -101,7 +105,7 @@ def _assert_structure(self, structure, expected_structure):
             expected_structure, "__origin__", expected_structure
         )
         if structure is not expected_structure_type:
-            arg_type = getattr(self._arg_type, "__name__", self._arg_type)
+            arg_type = self._format_type(self._arg_type)
             msg = (
                 f"Expected type {arg_type} in "
                 f'"{self._func_name}({self._arg_name}={arg_type})" '
diff --git a/python_typing_tests/test_defaults.py b/python_typing_tests/test_defaults.py
index 210f921..36e0590 100644
--- a/python_typing_tests/test_defaults.py
+++ b/python_typing_tests/test_defaults.py
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ def _func(_: Optional[str]):
 
     with pytest.raises(TypeError) as err:
         _func()
-    assert str(err.value) == "_func() missing 1 required positional argument: '_'"
+    # Assert "in" for python 3.10+ compatibility
+    assert "_func() missing 1 required positional argument: '_'" in str(err.value)
 
 
 def test_arg_optional_give_none():
diff --git a/python_typing_tests/test_strict.py b/python_typing_tests/test_strict.py
index b8593aa..65c2a78 100644
--- a/python_typing_tests/test_strict.py
+++ b/python_typing_tests/test_strict.py
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ def _func():
 
     with pytest.raises(TypeError) as err:
         _func("arg")
-    assert str(err.value) == "_func() takes 0 positional arguments but 1 was given"
+    # Assert "in" for python 3.10+ compatibility
+    assert "_func() takes 0 positional arguments but 1 was given" in str(err.value)
 
 
 def test_arg_pass_nothing():
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ def _func(_):
 
     with pytest.raises(TypeError) as err:
         _func()
-    assert str(err.value) == "_func() missing 1 required positional argument: '_'"
+    # Assert "in" for python 3.10+ compatibility
+    assert "_func() missing 1 required positional argument: '_'" in str(err.value)
 
 
 def test_arg_no_type():
@@ -184,4 +186,7 @@ def _func(_: Callable):
 
     with pytest.raises(TypeError) as err:
         _func(1)
-    assert str(err.value) == 'Value (1) in "_func(_=typing.Callable)" is not of type Callable'
+    assert (
+        str(err.value)
+        == 'Value (1) in "_func(_=typing.Callable)" is not of type Callable'
+    )