diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/recovery/AutorecoveringChannel.java b/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/recovery/AutorecoveringChannel.java
index 4c3fde55f9..2ce488f00d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/recovery/AutorecoveringChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/recovery/AutorecoveringChannel.java
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ public void removeRecoveryListener(RecoveryListener listener) {
     public void automaticallyRecover(AutorecoveringConnection connection, Connection connDelegate) throws IOException {
         RecoveryAwareChannelN defunctChannel = this.delegate;
         this.connection = connection;
-        
+
         final RecoveryAwareChannelN newChannel = (RecoveryAwareChannelN) connDelegate.createChannel(this.getChannelNumber());
         if (newChannel == null)
             throw new IOException("Failed to create new channel for channel number=" + this.getChannelNumber() + " during recovery");
@@ -736,4 +736,9 @@ void updateConsumerTag(String tag, String newTag) {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return this.delegate.toString();
+    }
+
 }