diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 50737e88da5..51b8799551f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ Release 0.90.4 - Unreleased
                sun jre provided by RHEL6 (Roman Shaposhnik)
    HBASE-3920  HLog hbase.regionserver.flushlogentries no longer supported
                (Dave Latham)
+   HBASE-3919  More places output binary data to text (Dave Latham)
 
 Release 0.90.3 - May 19th, 2011
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/CatalogTracker.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/CatalogTracker.java
index 01da5bb8a31..47dfc428e59 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/CatalogTracker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/CatalogTracker.java
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ public class CatalogTracker {
         throw e;
       }
     }
-    LOG.info("Failed verification of " + Bytes.toString(regionName) +
+    LOG.info("Failed verification of " + Bytes.toStringBinary(regionName) +
       " at address=" + address + "; " + t);
     return false;
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/MetaEditor.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/MetaEditor.java
index 5d616078e60..a25b0f05a36 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/MetaEditor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/MetaEditor.java
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public class MetaEditor {
     addLocation(put, sn);
     server.put(catalogRegionName, put);
     LOG.info("Updated row " + regionInfo.getRegionNameAsString() +
-      " in region " + Bytes.toString(catalogRegionName) + " with " +
+      " in region " + Bytes.toStringBinary(catalogRegionName) + " with " +
       "serverName=" + sn.toString());
   }
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public class MetaEditor {
     catalogTracker.waitForMetaServerConnectionDefault().
       delete(CatalogTracker.META_REGION, delete);
     LOG.info("Deleted daughter reference " + daughter.getRegionNameAsString() +
-      ", qualifier=" + Bytes.toString(qualifier) + ", from parent " +
+      ", qualifier=" + Bytes.toStringBinary(qualifier) + ", from parent " +
       parent.getRegionNameAsString());
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Delete.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Delete.java
index 54f2244505a..52cdc670756 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Delete.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Delete.java
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ public class Delete implements Writable, Row, Comparable<Row> {
   public String toString() {
     StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
     sb.append("row=");
-    sb.append(Bytes.toString(this.row));
+    sb.append(Bytes.toStringBinary(this.row));
     sb.append(", ts=");
     sb.append(this.ts);
     sb.append(", families={");
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Get.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Get.java
index 05479337a78..b91454791ac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Get.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Get.java
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ public class Get implements Writable, Row, Comparable<Row> {
   public String toString() {
     StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
     sb.append("row=");
-    sb.append(Bytes.toString(this.row));
+    sb.append(Bytes.toStringBinary(this.row));
     sb.append(", maxVersions=");
     sb.append("").append(this.maxVersions);
     sb.append(", cacheBlocks=");
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ public class Get implements Writable, Row, Comparable<Row> {
           } else {
             moreThanOneB = true;
           }
-          sb.append(Bytes.toString(column));
+          sb.append(Bytes.toStringBinary(column));
         }
         sb.append("}");
       }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HBaseAdmin.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HBaseAdmin.java
index 0f478473db5..3c1bcb38540 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HBaseAdmin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HBaseAdmin.java
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ public class HBaseAdmin implements Abortable, Closeable {
         Pair<HRegionInfo, ServerName> pair = MetaReader.getRegion(ct, regionname);
         if (pair == null || pair.getSecond() == null) {
           LOG.info("No server in .META. for " +
-            Bytes.toString(regionname) + "; pair=" + pair);
+            Bytes.toStringBinary(regionname) + "; pair=" + pair);
         } else {
           closeRegion(pair.getSecond(), pair.getFirst());
         }
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ public class HBaseAdmin implements Abortable, Closeable {
         Pair<HRegionInfo, ServerName> pair = MetaReader.getRegion(ct, regionname);
         if (pair == null || pair.getSecond() == null) {
           LOG.info("No server in .META. for " +
-            Bytes.toString(regionname) + "; pair=" + pair);
+            Bytes.toStringBinary(regionname) + "; pair=" + pair);
         } else {
           closeRegion(pair.getSecond(), pair.getFirst());
         }
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ public class HBaseAdmin implements Abortable, Closeable {
           MetaReader.getRegion(ct, tableNameOrRegionName);
         if (pair == null || pair.getSecond() == null) {
           LOG.info("No server in .META. for " +
-            Bytes.toString(tableNameOrRegionName) + "; pair=" + pair);
+            Bytes.toStringBinary(tableNameOrRegionName) + "; pair=" + pair);
         } else {
           flush(pair.getSecond(), pair.getFirst());
         }
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ public class HBaseAdmin implements Abortable, Closeable {
           MetaReader.getRegion(ct, tableNameOrRegionName);
         if (pair == null || pair.getSecond() == null) {
           LOG.info("No server in .META. for " +
-            Bytes.toString(tableNameOrRegionName) + "; pair=" + pair);
+            Bytes.toStringBinary(tableNameOrRegionName) + "; pair=" + pair);
         } else {
           compact(pair.getSecond(), pair.getFirst(), major);
         }
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ public class HBaseAdmin implements Abortable, Closeable {
           MetaReader.getRegion(ct, tableNameOrRegionName);
         if (pair == null || pair.getSecond() == null) {
           LOG.info("No server in .META. for " +
-            Bytes.toString(tableNameOrRegionName) + "; pair=" + pair);
+            Bytes.toStringBinary(tableNameOrRegionName) + "; pair=" + pair);
         } else {
           split(pair.getSecond(), pair.getFirst(), splitPoint);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Increment.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Increment.java
index 17c787025a7..59b02148dcd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Increment.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Increment.java
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public class Increment implements Writable {
   public String toString() {
     StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
     sb.append("row=");
-    sb.append(Bytes.toString(this.row));
+    sb.append(Bytes.toStringBinary(this.row));
     if(this.familyMap.size() == 0) {
       sb.append(", no columns set to be incremented");
       return sb.toString();
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ public class Increment implements Writable {
           } else {
             moreThanOneB = true;
           }
-          sb.append(Bytes.toString(column.getKey()) + "+=" + column.getValue());
+          sb.append(Bytes.toStringBinary(column.getKey()) + "+=" + column.getValue());
         }
         sb.append("}");
       }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/MetaScanner.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/MetaScanner.java
index cfe6a50fd89..2734f3098be 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/MetaScanner.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/MetaScanner.java
@@ -155,13 +155,13 @@ public class MetaScanner {
           HConstants.CATALOG_FAMILY);
       if (startRowResult == null) {
         throw new TableNotFoundException("Cannot find row in .META. for table: "
-            + Bytes.toString(tableName) + ", row=" + Bytes.toString(searchRow));
+            + Bytes.toString(tableName) + ", row=" + Bytes.toStringBinary(searchRow));
       }
       byte[] value = startRowResult.getValue(HConstants.CATALOG_FAMILY,
           HConstants.REGIONINFO_QUALIFIER);
       if (value == null || value.length == 0) {
         throw new IOException("HRegionInfo was null or empty in Meta for " +
-          Bytes.toString(tableName) + ", row=" + Bytes.toString(searchRow));
+          Bytes.toString(tableName) + ", row=" + Bytes.toStringBinary(searchRow));
       }
       HRegionInfo regionInfo = Writables.getHRegionInfo(value);
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public class MetaScanner {
       final Scan scan = new Scan(startRow).addFamily(HConstants.CATALOG_FAMILY);
       if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
         LOG.debug("Scanning " + Bytes.toString(metaTableName) +
-          " starting at row=" + Bytes.toString(startRow) + " for max=" +
+          " starting at row=" + Bytes.toStringBinary(startRow) + " for max=" +
           rowUpperLimit + " rows");
       }
       callable = new ScannerCallable(connection, metaTableName, scan);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Put.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Put.java
index 2479b8001fb..0cfbfa8a73e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Put.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Put.java
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ public class Put implements HeapSize, Writable, Row, Comparable<Row> {
   public String toString() {
     StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
     sb.append("row=");
-    sb.append(Bytes.toString(this.row));
+    sb.append(Bytes.toStringBinary(this.row));
     sb.append(", families={");
     boolean moreThanOne = false;
     for(Map.Entry<byte [], List<KeyValue>> entry : this.familyMap.entrySet()) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Result.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Result.java
index 2a2dbaacb5c..c1269efcff1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Result.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Result.java
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ public class Result implements Writable, WritableWithSize {
       throws Exception {
     if (res2 == null) {
       throw new Exception("There wasn't enough rows, we stopped at "
-          + Bytes.toString(res1.getRow()));
+          + Bytes.toStringBinary(res1.getRow()));
     }
     if (res1.size() != res2.size()) {
       throw new Exception("This row doesn't have the same number of KVs: "
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/executor/RegionTransitionData.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/executor/RegionTransitionData.java
index 1dc614471b9..b537c3733f8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/executor/RegionTransitionData.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/executor/RegionTransitionData.java
@@ -246,4 +246,4 @@ public class RegionTransitionData implements Writable {
     return "region=" + Bytes.toStringBinary(regionName) + ", origin=" + this.origin +
       ", state=" + eventType;
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/HalfStoreFileReader.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/HalfStoreFileReader.java
index 224d3d204a0..c46e22e324c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/HalfStoreFileReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/HalfStoreFileReader.java
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ public class HalfStoreFileReader extends StoreFile.Reader {
         return Bytes.toBytes(scanner.getKey());
       }
     } catch (IOException e) {
-      LOG.warn("Failed seekBefore " + Bytes.toString(this.splitkey), e);
+      LOG.warn("Failed seekBefore " + Bytes.toStringBinary(this.splitkey), e);
     }
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/SimpleTotalOrderPartitioner.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/SimpleTotalOrderPartitioner.java
index 0cda76e072b..a7524cb95aa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/SimpleTotalOrderPartitioner.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/SimpleTotalOrderPartitioner.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ implements Configurable {
     if (this.lastReduces != reduces) {
       this.splits = Bytes.split(this.startkey, this.endkey, reduces - 1);
       for (int i = 0; i < splits.length; i++) {
-        LOG.info(Bytes.toString(splits[i]));
+        LOG.info(Bytes.toStringBinary(splits[i]));
       }
     }
     int pos = Bytes.binarySearch(this.splits, key.get(), key.getOffset(),
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/HMaster.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/HMaster.java
index f1d06d03bcb..b8489ac1915 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/HMaster.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/HMaster.java
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ implements HMasterInterface, HMasterRegionInterface, MasterServices, Server {
     Pair<HRegionInfo, ServerName> p =
       this.assignmentManager.getAssignment(encodedRegionName);
     if (p == null)
-      throw new UnknownRegionException(Bytes.toString(encodedRegionName));
+      throw new UnknownRegionException(Bytes.toStringBinary(encodedRegionName));
     HRegionInfo hri = p.getFirst();
     ServerName dest = null;
     if (destServerName == null || destServerName.length == 0) {
@@ -917,14 +917,14 @@ implements HMasterInterface, HMasterRegionInterface, MasterServices, Server {
     if (newRegions.length == 1) {
       this.assignmentManager.assign(newRegions[0], true);
     } else {
-      // 5. Trigger immediate assignment of the regions in round-robin fashion
-      List<ServerName> servers = serverManager.getOnlineServersList();
-      try {
-        this.assignmentManager.assignUserRegions(Arrays.asList(newRegions), servers);
-      } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
-        LOG.error("Caught " + ie + " during round-robin assignment");
-        throw new IOException(ie);
-      }
+    // 5. Trigger immediate assignment of the regions in round-robin fashion
+    List<ServerName> servers = serverManager.getOnlineServersList();
+    try {
+      this.assignmentManager.assignUserRegions(Arrays.asList(newRegions), servers);
+    } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
+      LOG.error("Caught " + ie + " during round-robin assignment");
+      throw new IOException(ie);
+    }
     }
 
     // 6. If sync, wait for assignment of regions
@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@ implements HMasterInterface, HMasterRegionInterface, MasterServices, Server {
     }
     Pair<HRegionInfo, ServerName> pair =
       MetaReader.getRegion(this.catalogTracker, regionName);
-    if (pair == null) throw new UnknownRegionException(Bytes.toString(regionName));
+    if (pair == null) throw new UnknownRegionException(Bytes.toStringBinary(regionName));
     HRegionInfo hri = pair.getFirst();
     if (force) this.assignmentManager.clearRegionFromTransition(hri);
     this.assignmentManager.unassign(hri, force);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
index 3e7d1da7e05..e5bd154ebed 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
@@ -3054,8 +3054,8 @@ public class HRegion implements HeapSize { // , Writable{
 
     LOG.info("starting merge of regions: " + a + " and " + b +
       " into new region " + newRegionInfo.toString() +
-        " with start key <" + Bytes.toString(startKey) + "> and end key <" +
-        Bytes.toString(endKey) + ">");
+        " with start key <" + Bytes.toStringBinary(startKey) + "> and end key <" +
+        Bytes.toStringBinary(endKey) + ">");
 
     // Move HStoreFiles under new region directory
     Map<byte [], List<StoreFile>> byFamily =
@@ -3494,7 +3494,7 @@ public class HRegion implements HeapSize { // , Writable{
   throws NoSuchColumnFamilyException {
     if(!regionInfo.getTableDesc().hasFamily(family)) {
       throw new NoSuchColumnFamilyException("Column family " +
-          Bytes.toString(family) + " does not exist in region " + this
+          Bytes.toStringBinary(family) + " does not exist in region " + this
             + " in table " + regionInfo.getTableDesc());
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MemStoreFlusher.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MemStoreFlusher.java
index 213b2ab886b..c2d55429197 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MemStoreFlusher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MemStoreFlusher.java
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ class MemStoreFlusher extends Thread implements FlushRequester {
       return false;
     } catch (IOException ex) {
       LOG.error("Cache flush failed" +
-        (region != null ? (" for region " + Bytes.toString(region.getRegionName())) : ""),
+        (region != null ? (" for region " + Bytes.toStringBinary(region.getRegionName())) : ""),
         RemoteExceptionHandler.checkIOException(ex));
       if (!server.checkFileSystem()) {
         return false;
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ class MemStoreFlusher extends Thread implements FlushRequester {
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-      return "[flush region " + Bytes.toString(region.getRegionName()) + "]";
+      return "[flush region " + Bytes.toStringBinary(region.getRegionName()) + "]";
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/SplitTransaction.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/SplitTransaction.java
index f4c57671c47..072fd8d6083 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/SplitTransaction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/SplitTransaction.java
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public class SplitTransaction {
     if (Bytes.equals(startKey, splitrow) ||
         !this.parent.getRegionInfo().containsRow(splitrow)) {
       LOG.info("Split row is not inside region key range or is equal to " +
-          "startkey: " + Bytes.toString(this.splitrow));
+          "startkey: " + Bytes.toStringBinary(this.splitrow));
       return false;
     }
     long rid = getDaughterRegionIdTimestamp(hri);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/HLog.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/HLog.java
index 5f121a6c427..07167885cc7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/HLog.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/HLog.java
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ public class HLog implements Syncable {
         LOG.debug("Found " + logsToRemove + " hlogs to remove" +
           " out of total " + this.outputfiles.size() + ";" +
           " oldest outstanding sequenceid is " + oldestOutstandingSeqNum +
-          " from region " + Bytes.toString(oldestRegion));
+          " from region " + Bytes.toStringBinary(oldestRegion));
       }
       for (Long seq : sequenceNumbers) {
         archiveLogFile(this.outputfiles.remove(seq), seq);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/HMerge.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/HMerge.java
index 9a8c638e031..c07f8dcea9b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/HMerge.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/HMerge.java
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ class HMerge {
               mergedRegion);
           break;
         }
-        LOG.info("not merging regions " + Bytes.toString(currentRegion.getRegionName())
-            + " and " + Bytes.toString(nextRegion.getRegionName()));
+        LOG.info("not merging regions " + Bytes.toStringBinary(currentRegion.getRegionName())
+            + " and " + Bytes.toStringBinary(nextRegion.getRegionName()));
         currentRegion.close();
         currentRegion = nextRegion;
         currentSize = nextSize;
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ class HMerge {
       Result currentRow = metaScanner.next();
       boolean foundResult = false;
       while (currentRow != null) {
-        LOG.info("Row: <" + Bytes.toString(currentRow.getRow()) + ">");
+        LOG.info("Row: <" + Bytes.toStringBinary(currentRow.getRow()) + ">");
         byte[] regionInfoValue = currentRow.getValue(HConstants.CATALOG_FAMILY,
             HConstants.REGIONINFO_QUALIFIER);
         if (regionInfoValue == null || regionInfoValue.length == 0) {
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ class HMerge {
         Delete delete = new Delete(regionsToDelete[r]);
         table.delete(delete);
         if(LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
-          LOG.debug("updated columns in row: " + Bytes.toString(regionsToDelete[r]));
+          LOG.debug("updated columns in row: " + Bytes.toStringBinary(regionsToDelete[r]));
         }
       }
       newRegion.getRegionInfo().setOffline(true);
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ class HMerge {
 
       if(LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
         LOG.debug("updated columns in row: "
-            + Bytes.toString(newRegion.getRegionName()));
+            + Bytes.toStringBinary(newRegion.getRegionName()));
       }
     }
   }
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ class HMerge {
         root.delete(delete, null, true);
 
         if(LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
-          LOG.debug("updated columns in row: " + Bytes.toString(regionsToDelete[r]));
+          LOG.debug("updated columns in row: " + Bytes.toStringBinary(regionsToDelete[r]));
         }
       }
       HRegionInfo newInfo = newRegion.getRegionInfo();
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ class HMerge {
           Writables.getBytes(newInfo));
       root.put(put);
       if(LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
-        LOG.debug("updated columns in row: " + Bytes.toString(newRegion.getRegionName()));
+        LOG.debug("updated columns in row: " + Bytes.toStringBinary(newRegion.getRegionName()));
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/Merge.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/Merge.java
index 4551982e720..de668612fbe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/Merge.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/Merge.java
@@ -196,22 +196,22 @@ public class Merge extends Configured implements Tool {
    * Merges two regions from a user table.
    */
   private void mergeTwoRegions() throws IOException {
-    LOG.info("Merging regions " + Bytes.toString(this.region1) + " and " +
-        Bytes.toString(this.region2) + " in table " + Bytes.toString(this.tableName));
+    LOG.info("Merging regions " + Bytes.toStringBinary(this.region1) + " and " +
+        Bytes.toStringBinary(this.region2) + " in table " + Bytes.toString(this.tableName));
     // Scan the root region for all the meta regions that contain the regions
     // we're merging.
     MetaScannerListener listener = new MetaScannerListener(region1, region2);
     this.utils.scanRootRegion(listener);
     HRegionInfo meta1 = listener.getMeta1();
     if (meta1 == null) {
-      throw new IOException("Could not find meta region for " + Bytes.toString(region1));
+      throw new IOException("Could not find meta region for " + Bytes.toStringBinary(region1));
     }
     HRegionInfo meta2 = listener.getMeta2();
     if (meta2 == null) {
-      throw new IOException("Could not find meta region for " + Bytes.toString(region2));
+      throw new IOException("Could not find meta region for " + Bytes.toStringBinary(region2));
     }
-    LOG.info("Found meta for region1 " + Bytes.toString(meta1.getRegionName()) +
-      ", meta for region2 " + Bytes.toString(meta2.getRegionName()));
+    LOG.info("Found meta for region1 " + Bytes.toStringBinary(meta1.getRegionName()) +
+      ", meta for region2 " + Bytes.toStringBinary(meta2.getRegionName()));
     HRegion metaRegion1 = this.utils.getMetaRegion(meta1);
     Get get = new Get(region1);
     get.addColumn(HConstants.CATALOG_FAMILY, HConstants.REGIONINFO_QUALIFIER);
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ public class Merge extends Configured implements Tool {
     HRegionInfo info1 = Writables.getHRegionInfo((cells1 == null)? null: cells1.get(0).getValue());
     if (info1== null) {
       throw new NullPointerException("info1 is null using key " +
-          Bytes.toString(region1) + " in " + meta1);
+          Bytes.toStringBinary(region1) + " in " + meta1);
     }
 
     HRegion metaRegion2;
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ public class Merge extends Configured implements Tool {
     HRegionInfo mergedInfo = listener.getMeta1();
     if (mergedInfo == null) {
       throw new IOException("Could not find meta region for " +
-          Bytes.toString(merged.getRegionName()));
+          Bytes.toStringBinary(merged.getRegionName()));
     }
     HRegion mergeMeta;
     if (Bytes.equals(mergedInfo.getRegionName(), meta1.getRegionName())) {
@@ -271,12 +271,12 @@ public class Merge extends Configured implements Tool {
       HRegion meta2)
   throws IOException {
     if (info1 == null) {
-      throw new IOException("Could not find " + Bytes.toString(region1) + " in " +
-          Bytes.toString(meta1.getRegionName()));
+      throw new IOException("Could not find " + Bytes.toStringBinary(region1) + " in " +
+          Bytes.toStringBinary(meta1.getRegionName()));
     }
     if (info2 == null) {
-      throw new IOException("Cound not find " + Bytes.toString(region2) + " in " +
-          Bytes.toString(meta2.getRegionName()));
+      throw new IOException("Cound not find " + Bytes.toStringBinary(region2) + " in " +
+          Bytes.toStringBinary(meta2.getRegionName()));
     }
     HRegion merged = null;
     HLog log = utils.getLog();
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ public class Merge extends Configured implements Tool {
 
   private boolean notInTable(final byte [] tn, final byte [] rn) {
     if (WritableComparator.compareBytes(tn, 0, tn.length, rn, 0, tn.length) != 0) {
-      LOG.error("Region " + Bytes.toString(rn) + " does not belong to table " +
+      LOG.error("Region " + Bytes.toStringBinary(rn) + " does not belong to table " +
         Bytes.toString(tn));
       return true;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/MetaUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/MetaUtils.java
index 10d6b922ca1..540d7df9ee0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/MetaUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/MetaUtils.java
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public class MetaUtils {
           info = Writables.getHRegionInfoOrNull(kv.getValue());
           if (info == null) {
             LOG.warn("Region info is null for row " +
-              Bytes.toString(kv.getRow()) + " in table " +
+              Bytes.toStringBinary(kv.getRow()) + " in table " +
               r.getTableDesc().getNameAsString());
           }
           continue;