diff --git a/ophyd/sim.py b/ophyd/sim.py
index 632fbecc4..28244621e 100644
--- a/ophyd/sim.py
+++ b/ophyd/sim.py
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ def get(self, *, as_string=True, **kwargs):
     def describe(self):
         desc = super().describe()
         desc[self.name]["enum_strs"] = self._enum_strs
+        desc[self.name]['dtype'] = 'string'
         return desc
 
 
@@ -424,6 +425,9 @@ class SynAxis(Device):
     SUB_READBACK = "readback"
     _default_sub = SUB_READBACK
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return f"{self.__class__.__name__}(name={self.name!r})"
+
     def __init__(
         self,
         *,
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 85b8a5eae..2bd69c1f2 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -82,9 +82,12 @@ max-line-length = 115
 extend-ignore =
     W504,
     W503,
-    E203,  # See https://github.com/PyCQA/pycodestyle/issues/373
-    F811,  # support typing.overload decorator
-    F722,  # allow Annotated[typ, some_func("some string")]
+    # See https://github.com/PyCQA/pycodestyle/issues/373
+    E203,
+    # support typing.overload decorator
+    F811,
+    # allow Annotated[typ, some_func("some string")]
+    F722,
 exclude =
     ui_*
     .tox