diff --git a/src/dataspaces.jl b/src/dataspaces.jl
index 8eb6e6ad2..5bb704ac1 100644
--- a/src/dataspaces.jl
+++ b/src/dataspaces.jl
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function Base.close(obj::Dataspace)
 end
 
 # null dataspace constructor
-Dataspace(nothing) = Dataspace(API.h5s_create(API.H5S_NULL))
+Dataspace(::Nothing) = Dataspace(API.h5s_create(API.H5S_NULL))
 
 # reverese dims order, convert to hsize_t
 _to_h5_dims(dims::Dims{N}) where {N} = API.hsize_t[dims[i] for i in N:-1:1]
diff --git a/test/dataspace.jl b/test/dataspace.jl
index 0e656f55c..4611e7ff6 100644
--- a/test/dataspace.jl
+++ b/test/dataspace.jl
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ using Test
     @test dataspace(HDF5.EmptyArray{Bool}()) == ds_null
 
     @test repr(ds_null) == "HDF5.Dataspace(nothing): null dataspace"
+
+    close(ds_null)
+    @test repr(ds_null) == "HDF5.Dataspace: (invalid)"
 end
 
 @testset "scalar dataspace" begin
@@ -216,3 +219,23 @@ end
     @test HDF5.get_extent_dims(dspace_maxd)[1] == (3, 1)
     @test HDF5.get_extent_dims(dspace_maxd)[2] == (-1, -1)
 end
+
+
+@testset "hyperslab" begin
+    
+    dspace_slab = HDF5.hyperslab(Dataspace((100, 4)), 1:20:100, 1:4)
+    @test repr(dspace_slab) == """
+    HDF5.Dataspace((100, 4)): 2-dimensional dataspace
+      hyperslab selection: (1:20:81, 1:4)"""
+
+
+    if HDF5.libversion ≥ v"1.10.7"
+        dspace_irrg = 
+            HDF5.select_hyperslab!(
+                copy(dspace_slab),
+                :or,
+                (2, 2),
+            )
+        @test repr(dspace_irrg) == "HDF5.Dataspace((100, 4)): 2-dimensional dataspace [irregular selection]"
+    end
+end
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diff --git a/test/plain.jl b/test/plain.jl
index 0fbd4774f..f9a96afef 100644
--- a/test/plain.jl
+++ b/test/plain.jl
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ end
         dtype = HDF5.Datatype(HDF5.API.h5t_copy(HDF5.API.H5T_C_S1))
         HDF5.API.h5t_set_size(dtype, HDF5.API.H5T_VARIABLE)
         HDF5.API.h5t_set_cset(dtype, HDF5.cset(typeof(salut)))
-        dspace = Dataspace(salut)
+        dspace = dataspace(salut)
         dset = create_dataset(f, "salut-vlen", dtype, dspace)
         GC.@preserve salut begin
             HDF5.API.h5d_write(
@@ -906,31 +906,9 @@ end # generic read of native types
     dtypeattrs = attributes(dtype)
     @test sprint(show, dtypeattrs) == "Attributes of HDF5.Datatype: /type H5T_IEEE_F64LE"
 
-    dspace_null = HDF5.Dataspace(HDF5.API.h5s_create(HDF5.API.H5S_NULL))
-    dspace_scal = HDF5.Dataspace(HDF5.API.h5s_create(HDF5.API.H5S_SCALAR))
-    dspace_norm = Dataspace((100, 4))
-    dspace_maxd = Dataspace((100, 4); max_dims=(256, 4))
-    dspace_slab = HDF5.hyperslab(Dataspace((100, 4)), 1:20:100, 1:4)
-    if HDF5.libversion ≥ v"1.10.7"
-        dspace_irrg = HDF5.Dataspace(
-            HDF5.API.h5s_combine_select(
-                HDF5.API.h5s_copy(dspace_slab),
-                HDF5.API.H5S_SELECT_OR,
-                HDF5.hyperslab(Dataspace((100, 4)), 2, 2)
-            )
-        )
-        @test sprint(show, dspace_irrg) == "HDF5.Dataspace: (100, 4) [irregular selection]"
-    end
-    @test sprint(show, dspace_null) == "HDF5.Dataspace: H5S_NULL"
-    @test sprint(show, dspace_scal) == "HDF5.Dataspace: H5S_SCALAR"
-    @test sprint(show, dspace_norm) == "HDF5.Dataspace: (100, 4)"
-    @test sprint(show, dspace_maxd) == "HDF5.Dataspace: (100, 4) / (256, 4)"
-    @test sprint(show, dspace_slab) == "HDF5.Dataspace: (1:20:81, 1:4) / (1:100, 1:4)"
 
     # Now test printing after closing each object
 
-    close(dspace_null)
-    @test sprint(show, dspace_null) == "HDF5.Dataspace: (invalid)"
 
     close(dtype)
     @test sprint(show, dtype) == "HDF5.Datatype: (invalid)"