diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/DefaultHttpRequest.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/DefaultHttpRequest.java
index 82ea4e01e0..3bb4a23063 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/DefaultHttpRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/DefaultHttpRequest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 package org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.http;
 
 
+
 /**
  * An http request implementation
  *
@@ -54,4 +55,9 @@ public class DefaultHttpRequest extends DefaultHttpMessage implements HttpReques
     public String getUri() {
         return uri;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return getMethod().toString() + ' ' + getUri() + ' ' + getProtocolVersion().getText();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/DefaultHttpResponse.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/DefaultHttpResponse.java
index b35a313347..cef98150eb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/DefaultHttpResponse.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/DefaultHttpResponse.java
@@ -43,4 +43,10 @@ public class DefaultHttpResponse extends DefaultHttpMessage implements HttpRespo
     public HttpResponseStatus getStatus() {
         return status;
     }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return getProtocolVersion().getText() + ' ' + getStatus().toString();
+    }
 }