diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/java/JavaRDD.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/java/JavaRDD.scala
index c47657f5125d0e89bab326994c6eb75c96e03b08..037cd1c774691e6cd2122d03dea488d1a57f0517 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/java/JavaRDD.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/java/JavaRDD.scala
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ JavaRDDLike[T, JavaRDD[T]] {
    */
   def subtract(other: JavaRDD[T], p: Partitioner): JavaRDD[T] =
     wrapRDD(rdd.subtract(other, p))
+
+  override def toString = rdd.toString
 }
 
 object JavaRDD {
diff --git a/python/pyspark/rdd.py b/python/pyspark/rdd.py
index 61720dcf1af9d4614f2bc7902efb2b2c93af1b40..7cbc66d3c9c85fe94594877eb3c78e5f126b2f01 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/rdd.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/rdd.py
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ class RDD(object):
         self.ctx = ctx
         self._jrdd_deserializer = jrdd_deserializer
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return self._jrdd.toString()
+
     @property
     def context(self):
         """