diff --git a/pandas/io/formats/printing.py b/pandas/io/formats/printing.py
index 36e774305b577..1cf79dc105901 100644
--- a/pandas/io/formats/printing.py
+++ b/pandas/io/formats/printing.py
@@ -276,9 +276,13 @@ class TableSchemaFormatter(BaseFormatter):
             formatters[mimetype].enabled = False
 
 
-default_pprint = lambda x, max_seq_items=None: pprint_thing(
-    x, escape_chars=("\t", "\r", "\n"), quote_strings=True, max_seq_items=max_seq_items
-)
+def default_pprint(thing: Any, max_seq_items: Optional[int] = None) -> str:
+    return pprint_thing(
+        thing,
+        escape_chars=("\t", "\r", "\n"),
+        quote_strings=True,
+        max_seq_items=max_seq_items,
+    )
 
 
 def format_object_summary(