diff --git a/lib/puppet/string/action.rb b/lib/puppet/string/action.rb
index 4db9e97e2..5a7f3f203 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/string/action.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/string/action.rb
@@ -1,26 +1,30 @@
 require 'puppet/string'
 
 class Puppet::String::Action
   attr_reader :name
 
+  def to_s
+    "#{@string}##{@name}"
+  end
+
   def initialize(string, name, attrs = {})
     name = name.to_s
     raise "'#{name}' is an invalid action name" unless name =~ /^[a-z]\w*$/
 
     @string = string
     @name      = name
     attrs.each do |k,v| send("#{k}=", v) end
   end
 
   def invoke(*args, &block)
     @string.method(name).call(*args,&block)
   end
 
   def invoke=(block)
     if @string.is_a?(Class)
       @string.define_method(@name, &block)
     else
       @string.meta_def(@name, &block)
     end
   end
 end