diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/replication/VerifyReplication.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/replication/VerifyReplication.java
index 23af60c522d..ee0984c97ae 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/replication/VerifyReplication.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/replication/VerifyReplication.java
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ public class VerifyReplication extends Configured implements Tool {
             Result.compareResults(value, currentCompareRowInPeerTable);
             context.getCounter(Counters.GOODROWS).increment(1);
             if (verbose) {
-              LOG.info("Good row key: " + delimiter + Bytes.toString(value.getRow()) + delimiter);
+              LOG.info("Good row key: " + delimiter
+                  + Bytes.toStringBinary(value.getRow()) + delimiter);
             }
           } catch (Exception e) {
             logFailRowAndIncreaseCounter(context, Counters.CONTENT_DIFFERENT_ROWS, value);