diff --git a/XSDDiagrams/Rendering/DiagramGdiRenderer.cs b/XSDDiagrams/Rendering/DiagramGdiRenderer.cs
index c1a46ae..44605b5 100644
--- a/XSDDiagrams/Rendering/DiagramGdiRenderer.cs
+++ b/XSDDiagrams/Rendering/DiagramGdiRenderer.cs
@@ -492,7 +492,10 @@ namespace XSDDiagram.Rendering
                 stringFormatText.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center;
                 stringFormatText.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center;
                 stringFormatText.FormatFlags |= StringFormatFlags.NoClip; //MONOFIX
-                _graphics.DrawString(drawingItem.Name, drawingItem.FontScaled, foreground, new RectangleF(scaledElementBox.X, scaledElementBox.Y, scaledElementBox.Width, scaledElementBox.Height), stringFormatText);
+
+
+                string type = drawingItem.GetTypeAnnotation();
+                _graphics.DrawString(drawingItem.Name +" : "+type,drawingItem.FontScaled, foreground, new RectangleF(scaledElementBox.X, scaledElementBox.Y, scaledElementBox.Width, scaledElementBox.Height), stringFormatText);
             }
 
             // Draw Documentation
diff --git a/XSDDiagrams/Rendering/DiagramItem.cs b/XSDDiagrams/Rendering/DiagramItem.cs
index 3ed1727..a5602d8 100644
--- a/XSDDiagrams/Rendering/DiagramItem.cs
+++ b/XSDDiagrams/Rendering/DiagramItem.cs
@@ -484,6 +484,24 @@ namespace XSDDiagram.Rendering
             return _diagram.ScaleRectangle(rectangle); 
         }
 
+        public String GetTypeAnnotation()
+        {
+            string text = null;
+            XMLSchema.element element = this.TabSchema as XMLSchema.element;
+            
+            if (element != null)
+            {
+                String t = "" + element.type;
+                int idx = t.LastIndexOf(':');
+                
+                return t.Substring(idx + 1); 
+                
+
+            }
+
+            return text;
+        }
+
         public string GetTextDocumentation()
         {
             string text = null;