diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/SpaceLimitSettings.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/SpaceLimitSettings.java
index 02bd6e489e8..8b31e94a4a3 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/SpaceLimitSettings.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/SpaceLimitSettings.java
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class SpaceLimitSettings extends QuotaSettings {
     if (proto.getQuota().getRemove()) {
       sb.append(", REMOVE => ").append(proto.getQuota().getRemove());
     } else {
-      sb.append(", LIMIT => ").append(proto.getQuota().getSoftLimit());
+      sb.append(", LIMIT => ").append(sizeToString(proto.getQuota().getSoftLimit()));
       sb.append(", VIOLATION_POLICY => ").append(proto.getQuota().getViolationPolicy());
     }
     return sb.toString();
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/GlobalQuotaSettingsImpl.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/GlobalQuotaSettingsImpl.java
index 0c6cb81b8fc..e47e4ffbd12 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/GlobalQuotaSettingsImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/GlobalQuotaSettingsImpl.java
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ public class GlobalQuotaSettingsImpl extends GlobalQuotaSettings {
       if (spaceProto.getRemove()) {
         builder.append(", REMOVE => ").append(spaceProto.getRemove());
       } else {
-        builder.append(", LIMIT => ").append(spaceProto.getSoftLimit());
+        builder.append(", LIMIT => ").append(sizeToString(spaceProto.getSoftLimit()));
         builder.append(", VIOLATION_POLICY => ").append(spaceProto.getViolationPolicy());
       }
       builder.append(" } ");