diff --git a/Lib/trace.py b/Lib/trace.py
index 850369b9ff4..885824aff27 100644
--- a/Lib/trace.py
+++ b/Lib/trace.py
@@ -244,8 +244,7 @@ def is_ignored_filename(self, filename):
         """Return True if the filename does not refer to a file
         we want to have reported.
         """
-        return (filename == "<string>" or
-                filename.startswith("<doctest "))
+        return filename.startswith('<') and filename.endswith('>')
 
     def update(self, other):
         """Merge in the data from another CoverageResults"""
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 6eb401c4f7a..f7440eea46c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- trace.CoverageResults.is_ignored_filename() now ignores any name that starts
+  with "<" and ends with ">" instead of special-casing "<string>" and
+  "<doctest ".
+
 - Issue #12537: The mailbox module no longer depends on knowledge of internal
   implementation details of the email package Message object.