diff --git a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/async/methods/SimpleBody.java b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/async/methods/SimpleBody.java
index 4c2028f7b..b96aa9951 100644
--- a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/async/methods/SimpleBody.java
+++ b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/async/methods/SimpleBody.java
@@ -95,5 +95,11 @@ public final class SimpleBody {
         return bodyAsBytes != null;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "content length=" + (bodyAsBytes != null ? bodyAsBytes.length : "chunked") +
+                ", content type=" + contentType;
+    }
+
 }