diff --git a/Bugzilla/WebService/Bug.pm b/Bugzilla/WebService/Bug.pm
index 59a413c27..1050cf7e2 100644
--- a/Bugzilla/WebService/Bug.pm
+++ b/Bugzilla/WebService/Bug.pm
@@ -887,9 +887,12 @@ sub _bug_to_hash {
             my @values = map { $self->type('string', $_->name) } @{ $bug->get_object($name) };
             $item{$name} = \@values;
         }
-        else {
+        elsif ($field->type == FIELD_TYPE_SINGLE_SELECT) {
             $item{$name} = $self->type('string', $bug->$name && $bug->get_object($name)->name);
         }
+        else {
+            $item{$name} = $self->type('string', $bug->$name);
+        }
     }
 
     # Timetracking fields are only sent if the user can see them.
diff --git a/contrib/bz_webservice_demo.pl b/contrib/bz_webservice_demo.pl
index 104151d85..74ca66b83 100755
--- a/contrib/bz_webservice_demo.pl
+++ b/contrib/bz_webservice_demo.pl
@@ -276,11 +276,11 @@ if ($bug_id) {
         my $value = $bug->{$field};
         if (ref($value) eq 'HASH') {
             foreach (keys %$value) {
-                print "$_: " . $value->{$_} . "\n";
+                print "$_: " . (ref($value->{$_}) eq 'ARRAY' ? join(', ', @{$value->{$_}}) : $value->{$_}) . "\n";
             }
         }
         else {
-            print "$field: $value\n";
+            print "$field: " . (ref($value) eq 'ARRAY' ? join(', ', @$value) : $value) . "\n";
         }
     }
 }