diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/AbstractTreeIterator.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/AbstractTreeIterator.java
index 752f20bf3..0b8df130f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/AbstractTreeIterator.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/AbstractTreeIterator.java
@@ -671,4 +671,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractTreeIterator {
 	public void getName(byte[] buffer, int offset) {
 		System.arraycopy(path, pathOffset, buffer, offset, pathLen - pathOffset);
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return getClass().getSimpleName() + "[" + getEntryPathString() + "]";
+	}
 }