diff --git a/hbase-zookeeper/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/zookeeper/ZKUtil.java b/hbase-zookeeper/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/zookeeper/ZKUtil.java
index 3184a59097a..d124a9a961e 100644
--- a/hbase-zookeeper/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/zookeeper/ZKUtil.java
+++ b/hbase-zookeeper/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/zookeeper/ZKUtil.java
@@ -1845,7 +1845,7 @@ public final class ZKUtil {
       sb.append("HBase is rooted at ").append(zkw.getZNodePaths().baseZNode);
       sb.append("\nActive master address: ");
       try {
-        sb.append(MasterAddressTracker.getMasterAddress(zkw));
+        sb.append("\n ").append(MasterAddressTracker.getMasterAddress(zkw));
       } catch (IOException e) {
         sb.append("<<FAILED LOOKUP: " + e.getMessage() + ">>");
       }
@@ -1857,12 +1857,12 @@ public final class ZKUtil {
           sb.append("\n ").append(child);
         }
       }
-      sb.append("\nRegion server holding hbase:meta: "
-        + MetaTableLocator.getMetaRegionLocation(zkw));
+      sb.append("\nRegion server holding hbase:meta:");
+      sb.append("\n ").append(MetaTableLocator.getMetaRegionLocation(zkw));
       int numMetaReplicas = zkw.getMetaReplicaNodes().size();
       for (int i = 1; i < numMetaReplicas; i++) {
-        sb.append("\nRegion server holding hbase:meta, replicaId " + i + " "
-                    + MetaTableLocator.getMetaRegionLocation(zkw, i));
+        sb.append("\n replica" + i + ": "
+          + MetaTableLocator.getMetaRegionLocation(zkw, i));
       }
       sb.append("\nRegion servers:");
       final List<String> rsChildrenNoWatchList =