diff --git a/libpathod/pathoc.py b/libpathod/pathoc.py
index 3e5204c21..8fe7b7f66 100644
--- a/libpathod/pathoc.py
+++ b/libpathod/pathoc.py
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 import sys, os
 from netlib import tcp, http
-import rparse
+import rparse, utils
 
 class PathocError(Exception): pass
 
 
 def print_short(fp, httpversion, code, msg, headers, content):
-    print >> fp, "<< %s %s: %s bytes"%(code, msg, len(content))
+    print >> fp, "<< %s %s: %s bytes"%(code, utils.xrepr(msg), len(content))
 
 
 def print_full(fp, httpversion, code, msg, headers, content):
-    print >> fp, "<< HTTP%s/%s %s %s"%(httpversion[0], httpversion[1], code, msg)
-    print >> fp, headers
-    print >> fp, content
+    print >> fp, "<< HTTP%s/%s %s %s"%(httpversion[0], httpversion[1], code, utils.xrepr(msg))
+    print >> fp, utils.escape_unprintables(str(headers))
+    print >> fp, utils.escape_unprintables(content)
 
 
 class Pathoc(tcp.TCPClient):
diff --git a/libpathod/utils.py b/libpathod/utils.py
index 40f37cab2..1ee50b830 100644
--- a/libpathod/utils.py
+++ b/libpathod/utils.py
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ def parse_anchor_spec(s):
     return tuple(s.split("=", 1))
 
 
+def xrepr(s):
+    return repr(s)[1:-1]
+
+
 def escape_unprintables(s):
     s = s.replace("\r\n", "PATHOD_MARKER_RN")
     s = s.replace("\n", "PATHOD_MARKER_N")