diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/JobIdentifier.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/JobIdentifier.java
index 61fff9b9a..cc3e0e6d1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/JobIdentifier.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/JobIdentifier.java
@@ -35,14 +35,4 @@ public interface JobIdentifier {
 	 */
 	public String getName();
 
-	/**
-	 * Dynamic property that uniquely identifies this object in human-readable
-	 * form. Might be used to construct a filename or database column value, so
-	 * generally implementations should stick to succinct strings containing all
-	 * the information available without whitespace or special characters.
-	 * 
-	 * @return a label that identifies this object
-	 */
-	public String getLabel();
-
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/runtime/SimpleJobIdentifier.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/runtime/SimpleJobIdentifier.java
index c7457fa46..de00adaf9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/runtime/SimpleJobIdentifier.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/runtime/SimpleJobIdentifier.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.batch.core.runtime;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.EqualsBuilder;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.domain.JobIdentifier;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 
 
 /**
@@ -61,19 +62,8 @@ public class SimpleJobIdentifier implements JobIdentifier {
 		this.name = name;
 	}
 	
-	
-
-	/**
-	 * Just uses the name as a label.
-	 * 
-	 * @see org.springframework.batch.core.domain.JobIdentifier#getLabel()
-	 */
-	public String getLabel() {
-		return this.name;
-	}
-
 	public String toString() {
-		return "name=" + name;
+		return ClassUtils.getShortName(getClass())+": name=" + name;
 	}
 
 	public boolean equals(Object obj) {