3 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/indirector/indirection.rb b/lib/puppet/indirector/indirection.rb
index 5d8cfe9b5..7ac214cd0 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/indirector/indirection.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/indirector/indirection.rb
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class Puppet::Indirector::Indirection
         return unless terminus.respond_to?(:authorized?)
 
         unless terminus.authorized?(request)
-            msg = "Not authorized to call %s on %s" % [request.method, request.key]
+            msg = "Not authorized to call %s on %s" % [request.method, request.to_s]
             unless request.options.empty?
                 msg += " with %s" % request.options.inspect
             end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/indirector/request.rb b/lib/puppet/indirector/request.rb
index 8227db174..c6f268ab2 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/indirector/request.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/indirector/request.rb
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ class Puppet::Indirector::Request
         method == :search
     end
 
+    def to_s
+        return uri if uri
+        return "/%s/%s" % [indirection_name, key]
+    end
+
     private
 
     # Parse the key as a URI, setting attributes appropriately.
diff --git a/spec/unit/indirector/request.rb b/spec/unit/indirector/request.rb
index 12e196f77..dc1e4e39d 100755
--- a/spec/unit/indirector/request.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/indirector/request.rb
@@ -163,4 +163,12 @@ describe Puppet::Indirector::Request do
     it "should not be considered plural if the method is not 'search'" do
         Puppet::Indirector::Request.new(:myind, :find, :key).should_not be_plural
     end
+
+    it "should use its uri, if it has one, as its string representation" do
+        Puppet::Indirector::Request.new(:myind, :find, "foo://bar/baz").to_s.should == "foo://bar/baz"
+    end
+
+    it "should use its indirection name and key, if it has no uri, as its string representation" do
+        Puppet::Indirector::Request.new(:myind, :find, "key") == "/myind/key"
+    end
 end