diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 3d3bbdb6120fa2..aceda1e0b2a1ea 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -662,6 +662,8 @@ function formatValue(ctx, value, recurseTimes) {
       formatter = formatMap;
     } else if (isTypedArray(value)) {
       braces = [`${getPrefix(constructor, tag)}[`, ']'];
+      if (value.length === 0 && keyLength === 0 && !ctx.showHidden)
+        return `${braces[0]}]`;
       formatter = formatTypedArray;
     } else if (isMapIterator(value)) {
       braces = [`[${tag}] {`, '}'];
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-read-empty-buffer.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-read-empty-buffer.js
index 281d2675e72730..840e52d60c7a97 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-read-empty-buffer.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-read-empty-buffer.js
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ assert.throws(
   {
     code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE',
     message: 'The argument \'buffer\' is empty and cannot be written. ' +
-    'Received Uint8Array [  ]'
+    'Received Uint8Array []'
   }
 );
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
index 7b3da75a6ef084..2197ad3051b296 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const JSStream = process.binding('js_stream').JSStream;
 const util = require('util');
 const vm = require('vm');
 const { previewEntries } = process.binding('util');
+const { inspect } = util;
 
 assert.strictEqual(util.inspect(1), '1');
 assert.strictEqual(util.inspect(false), 'false');
@@ -78,7 +79,8 @@ assert.strictEqual(util.inspect({ 'a': { 'b': { 'c': 2 } } }, false, 1),
                    '{ a: { b: [Object] } }');
 assert.strictEqual(util.inspect({ 'a': { 'b': ['c'] } }, false, 1),
                    '{ a: { b: [Array] } }');
-assert.strictEqual(util.inspect(new Uint8Array(0)), 'Uint8Array [  ]');
+assert.strictEqual(util.inspect(new Uint8Array(0)), 'Uint8Array []');
+assert(inspect(new Uint8Array(0), { showHidden: true }).includes('[buffer]'));
 assert.strictEqual(
   util.inspect(
     Object.create(