diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 216aac8c4fb..f23e534a4ef 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ Release 0.3.0 - Unreleased
    HBASE-813   Add a row counter in the new shell (Jean-Daniel Cryans via Stack)
    HBASE-824   Bug in Hlog we print array of byes for region name
                (Billy Pearson via Stack)
-
+   HBASE-825   Master logs showing byte [] in place of string in logging
+               (Billy Pearson via Stack)
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
    HBASE-801  When a table haven't disable, shell could response in a "user
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/RegionManager.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/RegionManager.java
index 919d4d33ffe..bb89d303a5a 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/RegionManager.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/RegionManager.java
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ class RegionManager implements HConstants {
       }
       
       if (isClosing(currentRegion.getRegionName())) {
-        LOG.info("Skipping region " + currentRegion.getRegionName() 
+        LOG.info("Skipping region " + currentRegion.getRegionNameAsString() 
           + " because it is already closing.");
         continue;
       }