diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HRegionInfo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HRegionInfo.java
index 1062aca159a..7e924c9a500 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HRegionInfo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HRegionInfo.java
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ public class HRegionInfo extends VersionedWritable implements WritableComparable
   public String toString() {
     return "REGION => {" + HConstants.NAME + " => '" +
       this.regionNameStr
-      + " TableName => " +  this.tableName
+      + " TableName => " +  Bytes.toStringBinary(this.tableName)
       + "', STARTKEY => '" +
       Bytes.toStringBinary(this.startKey) + "', ENDKEY => '" +
       Bytes.toStringBinary(this.endKey) +