diff --git a/lib/token.cpp b/lib/token.cpp
index f25e453c8..081c591a2 100644
--- a/lib/token.cpp
+++ b/lib/token.cpp
@@ -1773,7 +1773,8 @@ void Token::printValueFlow(bool xml, std::ostream &out) const
                     out << "end=" << value.intvalue;
                     break;
                 case ValueFlow::Value::ValueType::LIFETIME:
-                    out << "lifetime=" << "(" << value.tokvalue->expressionString() << ")";
+                    out << "lifetime[" << ValueFlow::Value::toString(value.lifetimeKind) << "]=("
+                        << value.tokvalue->expressionString() << ")";
                     break;
                 }
                 if (value.indirect > 0)
diff --git a/lib/valueflow.cpp b/lib/valueflow.cpp
index 148d02fc2..132336742 100644
--- a/lib/valueflow.cpp
+++ b/lib/valueflow.cpp
@@ -6916,6 +6916,22 @@ const char* ValueFlow::Value::toString(MoveKind moveKind)
     return "";
 }
 
+const char* ValueFlow::Value::toString(LifetimeKind lifetimeKind)
+{
+    switch (lifetimeKind) {
+    case LifetimeKind::Object:
+        return "Object";
+    case LifetimeKind::SubObject:
+        return "SubObject";
+    case LifetimeKind::Lambda:
+        return "Lambda";
+    case LifetimeKind::Iterator:
+        return "Iterator";
+    case LifetimeKind::Address:
+        return "Address";
+    }
+    return "";
+}
 
 const ValueFlow::Value *ValueFlow::valueFlowConstantFoldAST(Token *expr, const Settings *settings)
 {
diff --git a/lib/valueflow.h b/lib/valueflow.h
index c655dcfc9..38d53ae4c 100644
--- a/lib/valueflow.h
+++ b/lib/valueflow.h
@@ -323,11 +323,23 @@ namespace ValueFlow {
         /** int value before implicit truncation */
         long long wideintvalue;
 
-        enum class LifetimeKind {Object, SubObject, Lambda, Iterator, Address} lifetimeKind;
+        enum class LifetimeKind {
+            // Pointer points to a member of lifetime
+            Object, 
+            // A member of object points to the lifetime
+            SubObject, 
+            // Lambda has captured lifetime(similiar to SubObject)
+            Lambda, 
+            // Iterator points to the lifetime of a container(similiar to Object)
+            Iterator, 
+            // A pointer that holds the address of the lifetime
+            Address
+        } lifetimeKind;
 
         enum class LifetimeScope { Local, Argument, SubFunction } lifetimeScope;
 
         static const char* toString(MoveKind moveKind);
+        static const char* toString(LifetimeKind lifetimeKind);
 
         /** How known is this value */
         enum class ValueKind {