diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/GetResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/GetResponse.java
index c3042470daa..5741984d35f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/GetResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/GetResponse.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.get;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchParseException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
@@ -168,4 +169,9 @@ public class GetResponse extends ActionResponse implements Iterable<GetField>, T
         super.writeTo(out);
         getResult.writeTo(out);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return Strings.toString(this, true);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchResponse.java
index be61301bbd6..ab8395c72a1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchResponse.java
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.search;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Nullable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.StatusToXContent;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.support.RestActions;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchHits;
@@ -232,14 +232,6 @@ public class SearchResponse extends ActionResponse implements StatusToXContent {
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        try {
-            XContentBuilder builder = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder().prettyPrint();
-            builder.startObject();
-            toXContent(builder, EMPTY_PARAMS);
-            builder.endObject();
-            return builder.string();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            return "{ \"error\" : \"" + e.getMessage() + "\"}";
-        }
+        return Strings.toString(this, true);
     }
 }