diff --git a/lib/rest_client.rb b/lib/rest_client.rb
index d62b4a45..acc55a96 100644
--- a/lib/rest_client.rb
+++ b/lib/rest_client.rb
@@ -148,10 +148,12 @@ def transmit(uri, req, payload)
 			net = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
 			net.use_ssl = uri.is_a?(URI::HTTPS)
 
-			display_log(log)
+			display_log request_log
 
 			net.start do |http|
-				process_result http.request(req, payload || "")
+				res = http.request(req, payload || "")
+				display_log response_log(res)
+				process_result res
 			end
 		rescue EOFError
 			raise RestClient::ServerBrokeConnection
@@ -185,7 +187,7 @@ def process_result(res)
 			end
 		end
 
-		def log
+		def request_log
 			if @payload
 				if @payload.size > 100
 					"RestClient.#{method} '#{url}', '(#{payload.size} byte payload)'"
@@ -197,6 +199,10 @@ def log
 			end
 		end
 
+		def response_log(res)
+			"# => #{res.code} #{res.class.to_s.gsub(/^Net::HTTP/, '')} | #{res['Content-type'].gsub(/;.*$/, '')} #{res.body.size} bytes"
+		end
+
 		def display_log(msg)
 			return unless log_to = RestClient.log
 
diff --git a/spec/rest_client_spec.rb b/spec/rest_client_spec.rb
index 8cfc82f3..a2108ea4 100644
--- a/spec/rest_client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rest_client_spec.rb
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
 		it "transmits the request with Net::HTTP" do
 			@http.should_receive(:request).with('req', 'payload')
 			@request.should_receive(:process_result)
+			@request.should_receive(:response_log)
 			@request.transmit(@uri, 'req', 'payload')
 		end
 
@@ -137,12 +138,14 @@
 			@net.should_receive(:use_ssl=).with(true)
 			@http.stub!(:request)
 			@request.stub!(:process_result)
+			@request.stub!(:response_log)
 			@request.transmit(@uri, 'req', 'payload')
 		end
 
 		it "doesn't send nil payloads" do
 			@http.should_receive(:request).with('req', '')
 			@request.should_receive(:process_result)
+			@request.stub!(:response_log)
 			@request.transmit(@uri, 'req', nil)
 		end
 
@@ -169,6 +172,7 @@
 		it "sets up the credentials prior to the request" do
 			@http.stub!(:request)
 			@request.stub!(:process_result)
+			@request.stub!(:response_log)
 
 			@request.stub!(:user).and_return('joe')
 			@request.stub!(:password).and_return('mypass')
@@ -240,21 +244,33 @@
 			lambda { @request.process_result(res) }.should raise_error(RestClient::RequestFailed)
 		end
 
-		it "logs a get" do
-			RestClient::Request.new(:method => :get, :url => 'http://url').log.should ==
+		it "logs a get request" do
+			RestClient::Request.new(:method => :get, :url => 'http://url').request_log.should ==
 			"RestClient.get 'http://url'"
 		end
 
-		it "logs a post with a small payload" do
-			RestClient::Request.new(:method => :post, :url => 'http://url', :payload => 'foo').log.should ==
+		it "logs a post request with a small payload" do
+			RestClient::Request.new(:method => :post, :url => 'http://url', :payload => 'foo').request_log.should ==
 			"RestClient.post 'http://url', 'foo'"
 		end
 
-		it "logs a post with a long payload" do
-			RestClient::Request.new(:method => :post, :url => 'http://url', :payload => ('x' * 1000)).log.should ==
+		it "logs a post request with a large payload" do
+			RestClient::Request.new(:method => :post, :url => 'http://url', :payload => ('x' * 1000)).request_log.should ==
 			"RestClient.post 'http://url', '(1000 byte payload)'"
 		end
 
+		it "logs a response including the status code, content type, and result body size in bytes" do
+			res = mock('result', :code => '200', :class => Net::HTTPOK, :body => 'abcd')
+			res.stub!(:[]).with('Content-type').and_return('text/html')
+			@request.response_log(res).should == "# => 200 OK | text/html 4 bytes"
+		end
+
+		it "strips the charset from the response content type" do
+			res = mock('result', :code => '200', :class => Net::HTTPOK, :body => 'abcd')
+			res.stub!(:[]).with('Content-type').and_return('text/html; charset=utf-8')
+			@request.response_log(res).should == "# => 200 OK | text/html 4 bytes"
+		end
+
 		it "displays the log to stdout" do
 			RestClient.stub!(:log).and_return('stdout')
 			STDOUT.should_receive(:puts).with('xyz')