diff --git a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/WebSocketServerHandshaker.java b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/WebSocketServerHandshaker.java
index 071bf7f445..9e54945017 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/WebSocketServerHandshaker.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/WebSocketServerHandshaker.java
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public abstract class WebSocketServerHandshaker {
                                             HttpHeaders responseHeaders, final ChannelPromise promise) {
 
         if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-            logger.debug(String.format("Channel %s WS Version %s server handshake", version(), channel.hashCode()));
+            logger.debug(String.format("%s WS Version %s server handshake", channel, version()));
         }
         FullHttpResponse response = newHandshakeResponse(req, responseHeaders);
         channel.write(response).addListener(new ChannelFutureListener() {
diff --git a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/http/websocketx/server/WebSocketServerHandler.java b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/http/websocketx/server/WebSocketServerHandler.java
index 952283953d..c625eb01b9 100644
--- a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/http/websocketx/server/WebSocketServerHandler.java
+++ b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/http/websocketx/server/WebSocketServerHandler.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class WebSocketServerHandler extends SimpleChannelInboundHandler<Object>
         // Send the uppercase string back.
         String request = ((TextWebSocketFrame) frame).text();
         if (logger.isLoggable(Level.FINE)) {
-            logger.fine(String.format("Channel %s received %s", ctx.channel().hashCode(), request));
+            logger.fine(String.format("%s received %s", ctx.channel(), request));
         }
         ctx.channel().write(new TextWebSocketFrame(request.toUpperCase()));
     }
diff --git a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/http/websocketx/sslserver/WebSocketSslServerHandler.java b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/http/websocketx/sslserver/WebSocketSslServerHandler.java
index 5db91db46f..79504131b7 100644
--- a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/http/websocketx/sslserver/WebSocketSslServerHandler.java
+++ b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/http/websocketx/sslserver/WebSocketSslServerHandler.java
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public class WebSocketSslServerHandler extends SimpleChannelInboundHandler<Objec
         // Send the uppercase string back.
         String request = ((TextWebSocketFrame) frame).text();
         if (logger.isLoggable(Level.FINE)) {
-            logger.fine(String.format("Channel %s received %s", ctx.channel().hashCode(), request));
+            logger.fine(String.format("%s received %s", ctx.channel(), request));
         }
         ctx.channel().write(new TextWebSocketFrame(request.toUpperCase()));
     }