diff --git a/src/meshes/structured_mesh.jl b/src/meshes/structured_mesh.jl
index aa4402121e..81c6c1fd8d 100644
--- a/src/meshes/structured_mesh.jl
+++ b/src/meshes/structured_mesh.jl
@@ -106,17 +106,13 @@ function StructuredMesh(cells_per_dimension, faces::Tuple;
 
     # Collect definitions of face functions in one string (separated by semicolons)
     face2substring(face) = code_string(face, ntuple(_ -> RealT, NDIMS - 1))
-    join_newline(strings) = join(strings, "\n")
+    join_newline(strings) = join(strings, ";")
 
     faces_definition = faces .|> face2substring .|> string |> join_newline
 
     # Include faces definition in `mapping_as_string` to allow for evaluation
     # without knowing the face functions
-    mapping_as_string = """
-        $faces_definition
-        faces = $(string(faces))
-        mapping = transfinite_mapping(faces)
-        """
+    mapping_as_string = """$faces_definition;faces = $(string(faces));mapping = transfinite_mapping(faces)"""
 
     return StructuredMesh(cells_per_dimension, mapping; RealT = RealT,
                           periodicity = periodicity,
@@ -141,8 +137,10 @@ function StructuredMesh(cells_per_dimension, coordinates_min, coordinates_max;
     RealT = promote_type(eltype(coordinates_min), eltype(coordinates_max))
 
     mapping = coordinates2mapping(coordinates_min, coordinates_max)
-    mapping_as_string = """
-        coordinates_min = $coordinates_min;coordinates_max = $coordinates_max;mapping = coordinates2mapping(coordinates_min, coordinates_max)"""
+    ndims = length(cells_per_dimension)
+    mapping_as_string = join(["[$(coordinates_min[i]),$(coordinates_max[i])]"
+                              for i in 1:ndims], "x") *
+                        """;mapping = coordinates2mapping(coordinates_min, coordinates_max)"""
     return StructuredMesh(cells_per_dimension, mapping; RealT = RealT,
                           periodicity = periodicity,
                           mapping_as_string = mapping_as_string)
@@ -358,12 +356,18 @@ function Base.show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", mesh::StructuredMesh)
                        "StructuredMesh{" * string(ndims(mesh)) * ", " *
                        string(real(mesh)) * "}")
         summary_line(io, "size", size(mesh))
-
-        summary_line(io, "mapping", "")
         # Print code lines of mapping_as_string
         mapping_lines = split(mesh.mapping_as_string, ";")
-        for i in eachindex(mapping_lines)
-            summary_line(increment_indent(io), "line $i", strip(mapping_lines[i]))
+
+        if occursin("coordinates", mesh.mapping_as_string)
+            summary_line(io, "mapping", "linear")
+
+            summary_line(increment_indent(io), "domain", strip(mapping_lines[1]))
+        else
+            summary_line(io, "mapping", "")
+            for i in eachindex(mapping_lines)
+                summary_line(increment_indent(io), "line $i", strip(mapping_lines[i]))
+            end
         end
         summary_footer(io)
     end