diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/NumberDeserializers.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/NumberDeserializers.java
index 1ce3aec218..8b40dc4f97 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/NumberDeserializers.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/NumberDeserializers.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.TypeDeserializer;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.LogicalType;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.AccessPattern;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.ClassUtil;
 
 /**
  * Container class for deserializers that handle core JDK primitive
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ public final T getNullValue(DeserializationContext ctxt) throws JsonMappingExcep
             if (_primitive && ctxt.isEnabled(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_NULL_FOR_PRIMITIVES)) {
                 ctxt.reportInputMismatch(this,
                         "Cannot map `null` into type %s (set DeserializationConfig.DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_NULL_FOR_PRIMITIVES to 'false' to allow)",
-                        handledType().toString());
+                        ClassUtil.classNameOf(handledType()));
             }
             return _nullValue;
         }