diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ByteBufferKeyValue.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ByteBufferKeyValue.java
index 21c2468a2866..24ae1ac9619f 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ByteBufferKeyValue.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ByteBufferKeyValue.java
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ public void write(ByteBuffer buf, int offset) {
 
   @Override
   public String toString() {
-    return CellUtil.toString(this, true);
+    return CellUtil.toString(this, false);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/IndividualBytesFieldCell.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/IndividualBytesFieldCell.java
index b86b5e9c3826..18cd6a8e4f98 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/IndividualBytesFieldCell.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/IndividualBytesFieldCell.java
@@ -288,6 +288,6 @@ public void setTimestamp(byte[] ts) {
 
   @Override
   public String toString() {
-    return CellUtil.toString(this, true);
+    return CellUtil.toString(this, false);
   }
 }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileReaderImpl.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileReaderImpl.java
index e72dada5403b..a7afa785d9b2 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileReaderImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileReaderImpl.java
@@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@ public Cell getCell() {
 
     @Override
     public String getKeyString() {
-      return CellUtil.toString(getKey(), true);
+      return CellUtil.toString(getKey(), false);
     }
 
     @Override