diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/PluginInfo.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/PluginInfo.java
index 66f24e3a8c8..59ac62659ef 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/PluginInfo.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/PluginInfo.java
@@ -262,17 +262,19 @@ public class PluginInfo implements Streamable, ToXContent {
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        final StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("PluginInfo{");
-        sb.append("name='").append(name).append('\'');
-        sb.append(", description='").append(description).append('\'');
-        sb.append(", site=").append(site);
-        sb.append(", jvm=").append(jvm);
+        final StringBuilder information = new StringBuilder()
+                .append("- Plugin information:\n")
+                .append("Name: ").append(name).append("\n")
+                .append("Description: ").append(description).append("\n")
+                .append("Site: ").append(site).append("\n")
+                .append("Version: ").append(version).append("\n")
+                .append("JVM: ").append(jvm).append("\n");
+
         if (jvm) {
-            sb.append(", classname=").append(classname);
-            sb.append(", isolated=").append(isolated);
+            information.append(" * Classname: ").append(classname).append("\n");
+            information.append(" * Isolated: ").append(isolated);
         }
-        sb.append(", version='").append(version).append('\'');
-        sb.append('}');
-        return sb.toString();
+
+        return information.toString();
     }
 }