diff --git a/doc/build/changelog/unreleased_11/4126.rst b/doc/build/changelog/unreleased_11/4126.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f269f1cd53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/build/changelog/unreleased_11/4126.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+.. change::
+    :tags: bug, sql
+    :tickets: 4126
+    :versions: 1.2.0b4
+
+    Fixed bug where ``__repr__`` of :class:`.ColumnDefault` would fail
+    if the argument were a tuple.  Pull request courtesy Nicolas Caniart.
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diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/schema.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/schema.py
index 592dc390d3..68baa80b66 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/schema.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/schema.py
@@ -2081,7 +2081,7 @@ class ColumnDefault(DefaultGenerator):
     __visit_name__ = property(_visit_name)
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return "ColumnDefault(%r)" % self.arg
+        return "ColumnDefault(%r)" % (self.arg, )
 
 
 class Sequence(DefaultGenerator):
diff --git a/test/sql/test_metadata.py b/test/sql/test_metadata.py
index 61fbbc57b4..5fac032fa5 100644
--- a/test/sql/test_metadata.py
+++ b/test/sql/test_metadata.py
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ class MetaDataTest(fixtures.TestBase, ComparesTables):
              "CheckConstraint("
              "%s"
              ", name='someconstraint')" % repr(ck.sqltext)),
+            (ColumnDefault(('foo', 'bar')), "ColumnDefault(('foo', 'bar'))")
         ):
             eq_(
                 repr(const),