diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c2434ce4dd2..6e1ee5ee268 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,10 +46,12 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.7.5",
+    "@babel/generator": "^7.12.11",
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.7.6",
     "ast-types": "^0.14.2",
     "commander": "^2.19.0",
     "doctrine": "^3.0.0",
+    "estree-to-babel": "^3.1.0",
     "neo-async": "^2.6.1",
     "node-dir": "^0.1.10",
     "resolve": "^1.17.0",
diff --git a/src/utils/__tests__/printValue-test.js b/src/utils/__tests__/printValue-test.js
index b5856c71770..bcbd29d1efa 100644
--- a/src/utils/__tests__/printValue-test.js
+++ b/src/utils/__tests__/printValue-test.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  *
  */
 
+import { builders, NodePath } from 'ast-types';
 import { parse } from '../../../tests/utils';
 import printValue from '../printValue';
 
@@ -21,4 +22,32 @@ describe('printValue', () => {
   it('does not print trailing comments', () => {
     expect(printValue(pathFromSource('bar//foo'))).toEqual('bar');
   });
+
+  it('handles arbitrary generated nodes', () => {
+    expect(
+      printValue(
+        new NodePath(
+          builders.arrayExpression([
+            builders.literal('bar'),
+            builders.literal('foo'),
+            builders.literal(1),
+            builders.literal(2),
+            builders.literal(3),
+            builders.literal(null),
+            builders.memberExpression(
+              builders.identifier('foo'),
+              builders.identifier('bar'),
+            ),
+            builders.jsxElement(
+              builders.jsxOpeningElement(
+                builders.jsxIdentifier('Baz'),
+                [],
+                true,
+              ),
+            ),
+          ]),
+        ),
+      ),
+    ).toEqual('["bar", "foo", 1, 2, 3, null, foo.bar, <Baz />]');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/utils/printValue.js b/src/utils/printValue.js
index 288bc42023d..bcf0cc19867 100644
--- a/src/utils/printValue.js
+++ b/src/utils/printValue.js
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
  */
 
 import strip from 'strip-indent';
+import toBabel from 'estree-to-babel';
+import generate from '@babel/generator';
 
 function deindent(code: string): string {
   const firstNewLine = code.indexOf('\n');
@@ -35,15 +37,28 @@ function getSrcFromAst(path: NodePath): string {
  */
 export default function printValue(path: NodePath): string {
   if (path.node.start == null) {
-    // This only happens when we use AST builders to create nodes that do not actually
-    // exist in the source (e.g. when resolving Object.keys()). We might need to enhance
-    // this if we start using builders from `ast-types` more.
-    if (path.node.type === 'Literal') {
-      return `"${path.node.value}"`;
+    try {
+      const nodeCopy = {
+        ...path.node,
+      };
+
+      // `estree-to-babel` expects the `comments` property to exist on the top-level node
+      if (!nodeCopy.comments) {
+        nodeCopy.comments = [];
+      }
+
+      return generate(toBabel(nodeCopy), {
+        comments: false,
+        concise: true,
+      }).code;
+    } catch (err) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Cannot print raw value for type '${path.node.type}'. Please report this with an example at https://github.com/reactjs/react-docgen/issues.
+
+Original error:
+${err.stack}`,
+      );
     }
-    throw new Error(
-      `Cannot print raw value for type '${path.node.type}'. Please report this with an example at https://github.com/reactjs/react-docgen/issues`,
-    );
   }
   const src = getSrcFromAst(path);
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 463249fb7c4..75d75776136 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@
     semver "^5.4.1"
     source-map "^0.5.0"
 
-"@babel/generator@^7.12.10", "@babel/generator@^7.12.13":
-  version "7.12.13"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/generator/-/generator-7.12.13.tgz#5f6ebe6c85db99886db2d7b044409196f872a503"
-  integrity sha512-9qQ8Fgo8HaSvHEt6A5+BATP7XktD/AdAnObUeTRz5/e2y3kbrxZgz32qUJJsdmwUvBJzF4AeV21nGTNwv05Mpw==
+"@babel/generator@^7.12.10", "@babel/generator@^7.12.11", "@babel/generator@^7.12.13":
+  version "7.12.15"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/generator/-/generator-7.12.15.tgz#4617b5d0b25cc572474cc1aafee1edeaf9b5368f"
+  integrity sha512-6F2xHxBiFXWNSGb7vyCUTBF8RCLY66rS0zEPcP8t/nQyXjha5EuK4z7H5o7fWG8B4M7y6mqVWq1J+1PuwRhecQ==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/types" "^7.12.13"
     jsesc "^2.5.1"
@@ -255,9 +255,9 @@
     js-tokens "^4.0.0"
 
 "@babel/parser@^7.1.0", "@babel/parser@^7.12.10", "@babel/parser@^7.12.13", "@babel/parser@^7.7.0":
-  version "7.12.13"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/parser/-/parser-7.12.13.tgz#3ee7be4131fe657ba9143d5c5b3a9f253fdb75e9"
-  integrity sha512-z7n7ybOUzaRc3wwqLpAX8UFIXsrVXUJhtNGBwAnLz6d1KUapqyq7ad2La8gZ6CXhHmGAIL32cop8Tst4/PNWLw==
+  version "7.12.15"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/parser/-/parser-7.12.15.tgz#2b20de7f0b4b332d9b119dd9c33409c538b8aacf"
+  integrity sha512-AQBOU2Z9kWwSZMd6lNjCX0GUgFonL1wAM1db8L8PMk9UDaGsRCArBkU4Sc+UCM3AE4hjbXx+h58Lb3QT4oRmrA==
 
 "@babel/plugin-proposal-async-generator-functions@^7.12.13":
   version "7.12.13"
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@
     "@babel/parser" "^7.12.13"
     "@babel/types" "^7.12.13"
 
-"@babel/traverse@^7.1.0", "@babel/traverse@^7.12.10", "@babel/traverse@^7.12.13", "@babel/traverse@^7.12.5", "@babel/traverse@^7.7.0":
+"@babel/traverse@^7.1.0", "@babel/traverse@^7.1.6", "@babel/traverse@^7.12.10", "@babel/traverse@^7.12.13", "@babel/traverse@^7.12.5", "@babel/traverse@^7.7.0":
   version "7.12.13"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/traverse/-/traverse-7.12.13.tgz#689f0e4b4c08587ad26622832632735fb8c4e0c0"
   integrity sha512-3Zb4w7eE/OslI0fTp8c7b286/cQps3+vdLW3UcwC8VSJC6GbKn55aeVVu2QJNuCDoeKyptLOFrPq8WqZZBodyA==
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@
     globals "^11.1.0"
     lodash "^4.17.19"
 
-"@babel/types@^7.0.0", "@babel/types@^7.12.1", "@babel/types@^7.12.10", "@babel/types@^7.12.13", "@babel/types@^7.12.5", "@babel/types@^7.3.0", "@babel/types@^7.3.3", "@babel/types@^7.4.4", "@babel/types@^7.7.0":
+"@babel/types@^7.0.0", "@babel/types@^7.12.1", "@babel/types@^7.12.10", "@babel/types@^7.12.13", "@babel/types@^7.12.5", "@babel/types@^7.2.0", "@babel/types@^7.3.0", "@babel/types@^7.3.3", "@babel/types@^7.4.4", "@babel/types@^7.7.0":
   version "7.12.13"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/types/-/types-7.12.13.tgz#8be1aa8f2c876da11a9cf650c0ecf656913ad611"
   integrity sha512-oKrdZTld2im1z8bDwTOQvUbxKwE+854zc16qWZQlcTqMN00pWxHQ4ZeOq0yDMnisOpRykH2/5Qqcrk/OlbAjiQ==
@@ -2130,6 +2130,14 @@ estraverse@^5.1.0, estraverse@^5.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/estraverse/-/estraverse-5.2.0.tgz#307df42547e6cc7324d3cf03c155d5cdb8c53880"
   integrity sha512-BxbNGGNm0RyRYvUdHpIwv9IWzeM9XClbOxwoATuFdOE7ZE6wHL+HQ5T8hoPM+zHvmKzzsEqhgy0GrQ5X13afiQ==
 
+estree-to-babel@^3.1.0:
+  version "3.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/estree-to-babel/-/estree-to-babel-3.1.1.tgz#5f74a79408245978a68d05ff31de6575b0366316"
+  integrity sha512-dSTnpw8W0AFPp06ZXeeeFC9ZB6q8MS+U5sUHkZmQZkPncivYionH2RjNDQSnVjfhWViVsIH8FcZ1lSnuYkYKOQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/traverse" "^7.1.6"
+    "@babel/types" "^7.2.0"
+
 esutils@^2.0.2:
   version "2.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esutils/-/esutils-2.0.3.tgz#74d2eb4de0b8da1293711910d50775b9b710ef64"