diff --git a/src/services/navigationBar.ts b/src/services/navigationBar.ts
index 760d6e7103..60f1283f7e 100644
--- a/src/services/navigationBar.ts
+++ b/src/services/navigationBar.ts
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ namespace ts.NavigationBar {
         else if (isCallExpression(parent)) {
             const name = getCalledExpressionName(parent.expression);
             if (name !== undefined) {
-                const args = mapDefined(parent.arguments, a => isStringLiteral(a) ? a.getText(curSourceFile) : undefined).join(", ");
+                const args = mapDefined(parent.arguments, a => isStringLiteralLike(a) ? a.getText(curSourceFile) : undefined).join(", ");
                 return `${name}(${args}) callback`;
             }
         }
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/navigationBarAnonymousClassAndFunctionExpressions.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/navigationBarAnonymousClassAndFunctionExpressions.ts
index 23fe81fe48..ad1ba1e72f 100644
--- a/tests/cases/fourslash/navigationBarAnonymousClassAndFunctionExpressions.ts
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/navigationBarAnonymousClassAndFunctionExpressions.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 ////    // These will only show up as childItems.
 ////    function z() {}
 ////    console.log(function() {})
-////    describe("this", 'function', () => {});
+////    describe("this", 'function', `is a function`, `but this ${"wont"} show`, () => {});
 ////    [].map(() => {});
 ////})
 ////(function classes() {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ verify.navigationTree({
                     "kind": "function"
                 },
                 {
-                    "text": `describe("this", 'function') callback`,
+                    "text": `describe("this", 'function', \`is a function\`) callback`,
                     "kind": "function"
                 },
                 {
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ verify.navigationBar([
                 "kind": "function"
             },
             {
-                "text": `describe("this", 'function') callback`,
+                "text": `describe("this", 'function', \`is a function\`) callback`,
                 "kind": "function"
             },
             {