diff --git a/registry.go b/registry.go
index 87ed262d..813a3de6 100644
--- a/registry.go
+++ b/registry.go
@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 )
 
+// reGenericName helps to convert `MyType[path/to.SubType]` to `MyTypeSubType`
+// when using the default schema namer.
+var reGenericName = regexp.MustCompile(`\[[^\]]+\]`)
+
 // Registry creates and stores schemas and their references, and supports
 // marshalling to JSON/YAML for use as an OpenAPI #/components/schemas object.
 // Behavior is implementation-dependent, but the design allows for recursive
@@ -30,6 +35,12 @@ func DefaultSchemaNamer(t reflect.Type, hint string) string {
 	name := deref(t).Name()
 
 	// Fix up generics, if used, for nicer refs & URLs.
+	name = reGenericName.ReplaceAllStringFunc(name, func(s string) string {
+		// Convert `MyType[path/to.SubType]` to `MyType[SubType]`.
+		parts := strings.Split(s, ".")
+		return parts[len(parts)-1]
+	})
+	// Remove square brackets.
 	name = strings.ReplaceAll(name, "[", "")
 	name = strings.ReplaceAll(name, "]", "")
 
diff --git a/schema_test.go b/schema_test.go
index e88e7ea5..2e6b1128 100644
--- a/schema_test.go
+++ b/schema_test.go
@@ -505,6 +505,20 @@ func TestSchemaGenericNaming(t *testing.T) {
 	}`, string(b))
 }
 
+func TestSchemaGenericNamingFromModule(t *testing.T) {
+	type SchemaGeneric[T any] struct {
+		Value T `json:"value"`
+	}
+
+	r := huma.NewMapRegistry("#/components/schemas/", huma.DefaultSchemaNamer)
+	s := r.Schema(reflect.TypeOf(SchemaGeneric[time.Time]{}), true, "")
+
+	b, _ := json.Marshal(s)
+	assert.JSONEq(t, `{
+		"$ref": "#/components/schemas/SchemaGenericTime"
+	}`, string(b))
+}
+
 type OmittableNullable[T any] struct { //nolint: musttag
 	Sent  bool
 	Null  bool