diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cache/RetryingCacheLoaderDecorator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cache/RetryingCacheLoaderDecorator.java
index 46a925c242..42cf665503 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cache/RetryingCacheLoaderDecorator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cache/RetryingCacheLoaderDecorator.java
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public class RetryingCacheLoaderDecorator<K, V> {
 
       @Override
       protected Objects.ToStringHelper string() {
-         return string().add("retryableThrowable", retryableThrowable).add("periodMs", periodMs).add("maxPeriodMs",
+         return Objects.toStringHelper(this).add("retryableThrowable", retryableThrowable).add("periodMs", periodMs).add("maxPeriodMs",
                   maxPeriodMs).add("maxTries", maxTries);
       }
    }
diff --git a/labs/vcloud-director/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/director/v1_5/domain/query/QueryResultNetworkRecord.java b/labs/vcloud-director/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/director/v1_5/domain/query/QueryResultNetworkRecord.java
index b6f9a415bc..5f6bd1d4bd 100644
--- a/labs/vcloud-director/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/director/v1_5/domain/query/QueryResultNetworkRecord.java
+++ b/labs/vcloud-director/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/director/v1_5/domain/query/QueryResultNetworkRecord.java
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ public class QueryResultNetworkRecord extends QueryResultRecordType {
 
    @Override
    public ToStringHelper string() {
-      return string().add("name", name).add("ipScopeId", ipScopeId).add("gateway", gateway).add("netmask", netmask).add("dns1", dns1).add("dns2", dns2).add("dnsSuffix", dnsSuffix).add("isBusy",
+      return Objects.toStringHelper(this).add("name", name).add("ipScopeId", ipScopeId).add("gateway", gateway).add("netmask", netmask).add("dns1", dns1).add("dns2", dns2).add("dnsSuffix", dnsSuffix).add("isBusy",
             isBusy);
    }