diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/GroupAwareJob.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/GroupAwareJob.java
index 8b56cb913..31af67c13 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/GroupAwareJob.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/GroupAwareJob.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import org.springframework.batch.core.Job;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.JobExecution;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParametersIncrementer;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParametersValidator;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 
 /**
  * A {@link Job} that can optionally prepend a group name to another job's name,
@@ -114,5 +115,10 @@ public class GroupAwareJob implements Job {
 	public int hashCode() {
 		return delegate.hashCode();
 	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return ClassUtils.getShortName(delegate.getClass()) + ": [name=" + getName() + "]";
+	}
 
 }
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diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/GroupAwareJobTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/GroupAwareJobTests.java
index d9e411eb0..682a96938 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/GroupAwareJobTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/GroupAwareJobTests.java
@@ -41,4 +41,9 @@ public class GroupAwareJobTests {
 		assertEquals("jobs.foo", result.getName());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testToString() {
+		GroupAwareJob result = new GroupAwareJob("jobs", job);
+		assertEquals("JobSupport: [name=jobs.foo]", result.toString());
+	}
 }