diff --git a/python/README.md b/python/README.md
index 8996f170..25c9de96 100644
--- a/python/README.md
+++ b/python/README.md
@@ -187,16 +187,14 @@ assert store.query('ASK { ?s ?s ?s }')
 
 The `SELECT` queries return an iterator of query solutions that could be indexed by variable name or position in the `SELECT` clause:
 ```python
-solutions = list(store.query('SELECT ?s WHERE { ?s ?p ?o }'))
-assert solutions[0][0] == s
-assert solutions[0]['s'] == s
+for solution in store.query('SELECT ?s WHERE { ?s ?p ?o }'):
+    assert solution[0] == solution['s']
 ```
 
-The `CONSTRUCT` and `DESCRIBE` queries return an iterator of query solutions that could be indexed by variable name or position in the `SELECT` clause:
+The `CONSTRUCT` and `DESCRIBE` queries return an iterator of triples:
 ```python
-solutions = list(store.query('SELECT ?s WHERE { ?s ?p ?o }'))
-assert solutions[0][0] == s
-assert solutions[0]['s'] == s
+for (s, p, o) in store.query('CONSTRUCT { ?s ?p ?o } WHERE { ?s ?p ?o }'):
+    print(s)
 ```
 
 ### `load`
diff --git a/python/src/store_utils.rs b/python/src/store_utils.rs
index f4520cfe..4fed0a4a 100644
--- a/python/src/store_utils.rs
+++ b/python/src/store_utils.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ use oxigraph::sparql::{QueryResult, QuerySolution};
 use oxigraph::Result;
 use pyo3::exceptions::TypeError;
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
-use pyo3::{create_exception, PyIterProtocol, PyMappingProtocol, PyNativeType};
+use pyo3::{create_exception, PyIterProtocol, PyMappingProtocol, PyNativeType, PyObjectProtocol};
+use std::fmt::Write;
 use std::vec::IntoIter;
 
 create_exception!(oxigraph, ParseError, pyo3::exceptions::Exception);
@@ -77,6 +78,18 @@ pub struct PyQuerySolution {
     inner: QuerySolution,
 }
 
+#[pyproto]
+impl PyObjectProtocol for PyQuerySolution {
+    fn __repr__(&self) -> String {
+        let mut buffer = "<QuerySolution".to_owned();
+        for (k, v) in self.inner.iter() {
+            write!(&mut buffer, " {}={}", k.as_str(), v).unwrap();
+        }
+        buffer.push('>');
+        buffer
+    }
+}
+
 #[pyproto]
 impl PyMappingProtocol for PyQuerySolution {
     fn __len__(&self) -> usize {
diff --git a/python/tests/test_store.py b/python/tests/test_store.py
index 5901a628..8baa0202 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_store.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_store.py
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ class TestAbstractStore(unittest.TestCase, ABC):
             [(foo, bar, baz, DefaultGraph()), (foo, bar, baz, graph)],
         )
         self.assertEqual(
-            list(store.match(None, None, None, graph)),
-            [(foo, bar, baz, graph)],
+            list(store.match(None, None, None, graph)), [(foo, bar, baz, graph)],
         )
         self.assertEqual(
             list(store.match(foo, None, None, DefaultGraph())),