diff --git a/datastore/gcloud/aio/datastore/filter.py b/datastore/gcloud/aio/datastore/filter.py
index bc0823635..a00949d01 100644
--- a/datastore/gcloud/aio/datastore/filter.py
+++ b/datastore/gcloud/aio/datastore/filter.py
@@ -122,10 +122,13 @@ def to_repr(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         # TODO: consider refactoring to look more like Value.to_repr()
         if isinstance(self.value, Array):
             rep['value'] = {'arrayValue': self.value.to_repr()}
-        elif isinstance(self.value, Value) and isinstance(self.value.value, list):
-            # This is a special case where the value is type of Value, but its value is a list
-            rep['value'] = {'arrayValue': {'values': [Value(x).to_repr() for x in
-                                                      self.value.value]}}
+        elif (isinstance(self.value, Value)
+              and isinstance(self.value.value, list)):
+            # This allows for a bit of syntactic sugar such that folks can pass
+            # in a list directly (ie. as a Value instead of as an Array, as the
+            # Google APIs would return it).
+            values = [Value(x).to_repr() for x in self.value.value]
+            rep['value'] = {'arrayValue': {'values': values}}
         else:
             rep['value'] = self.value.to_repr()
         return rep
diff --git a/datastore/tests/unit/filter_test.py b/datastore/tests/unit/filter_test.py
index 57ecdf3d0..8f822b003 100644
--- a/datastore/tests/unit/filter_test.py
+++ b/datastore/tests/unit/filter_test.py
@@ -135,9 +135,14 @@ def test_repr_returns_to_repr_as_string(query_filter):
         assert repr(query_filter) == str(query_filter.to_repr())
 
     def test_in_filter_with_list_arg(self):
-        expected_value = {'arrayValue': {
-            'values': [{'excludeFromIndexes': False, 'stringValue': 'value1'},
-                       {'excludeFromIndexes': False, 'stringValue': 'value2'}]}}
+        expected_value = {
+            'arrayValue': {
+                'values': [
+                    {'excludeFromIndexes': False, 'stringValue': 'value1'},
+                    {'excludeFromIndexes': False, 'stringValue': 'value2'},
+                ],
+            },
+        }
 
         prop = 'prop1'
         value = ['value1', 'value2']