diff --git a/lib/hdprivatekey.js b/lib/hdprivatekey.js
index b1b4862..8c0591a 100644
--- a/lib/hdprivatekey.js
+++ b/lib/hdprivatekey.js
@@ -387,6 +387,14 @@ HDPrivateKey.prototype.toString = function() {
   return this.xprivkey;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Returns the console representation of this extended private key.
+ * @return string
+ */
+HDPrivateKey.prototype.inspect = function() {
+  return '<HDPrivateKey: ' + this.xprivkey + '>';
+};
+
 /**
  * Returns a plain object with a representation of this private key.
  *
diff --git a/lib/hdpublickey.js b/lib/hdpublickey.js
index 2c0ff6e..419e989 100644
--- a/lib/hdpublickey.js
+++ b/lib/hdpublickey.js
@@ -350,6 +350,14 @@ HDPublicKey.prototype.toString = function () {
   return this.xpubkey;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Returns the console representation of this extended public key.
+ * @return string
+ */
+HDPublicKey.prototype.inspect = function() {
+  return '<HDPublicKey: ' + this.xpubkey + '>';
+};
+
 /**
  * Returns a plain javascript object with information to reconstruct a key.
  *
diff --git a/lib/script.js b/lib/script.js
index fb5cfe4..598f4b0 100644
--- a/lib/script.js
+++ b/lib/script.js
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ Script.prototype.toString = function() {
   return str.substr(1);
 };
 
+Script.prototype.inspect = function() {
+  return '<Script: ' + this.toString() + '>';
+};
+
 // script classification methods
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/transaction/transaction.js b/lib/transaction/transaction.js
index 654efe7..0aa0f7a 100644
--- a/lib/transaction/transaction.js
+++ b/lib/transaction/transaction.js
@@ -75,10 +75,14 @@ Transaction.prototype._getHash = function() {
   return Hash.sha256sha256(this.toBuffer());
 };
 
-Transaction.prototype.serialize = function() {
+Transaction.prototype.serialize = Transaction.prototype.toString = function() {
   return this.toBuffer().toString('hex');
 };
 
+Transaction.prototype.inspect = function () {
+  return '<Transaction: ' + this.toString() + '>';
+};
+
 Transaction.prototype.toBuffer = function() {
   var writer = new BufferWriter();
   return this.toBufferWriter(writer).toBuffer();
diff --git a/test/hdprivatekey.js b/test/hdprivatekey.js
index b55d1f0..c81b37b 100644
--- a/test/hdprivatekey.js
+++ b/test/hdprivatekey.js
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ describe('HDPrivate key interface', function() {
     HDPrivateKey(xprivkey).toString().should.equal(xprivkey);
   });
 
+  it('inspect() displays correctly', function() {
+    HDPrivateKey(xprivkey).inspect().should.equal('<HDPrivateKey: ' + xprivkey + '>');
+  });
+
   it('allows the use of a copy constructor', function() {
     HDPrivateKey(HDPrivateKey(xprivkey))
       .xprivkey.should.equal(xprivkey);
diff --git a/test/hdpublickey.js b/test/hdpublickey.js
index 3deb3db..67c31e0 100644
--- a/test/hdpublickey.js
+++ b/test/hdpublickey.js
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ describe('HDPublicKey interface', function() {
     pubKey.toString().should.equal(pubKey.xpubkey);
   });
 
+  it('inspect() displays correctly', function() {
+    var pubKey = new HDPublicKey(xpubkey);
+    pubKey.inspect().should.equal('<HDPublicKey: ' + pubKey.xpubkey + '>');
+  });
+
   describe('derivation', function() {
     it('derivation is the same whether deriving with number or string', function() {
       var pubkey = new HDPublicKey(xpubkey);
diff --git a/test/transaction.js b/test/transaction.js
index 9af3b56..ffe3d2b 100644
--- a/test/transaction.js
+++ b/test/transaction.js
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ describe('Transaction', function() {
     transaction.serialize().should.equal(tx_1_hex);
   });
 
+  it('should display correctly in console', function() {
+    var transaction = new Transaction(tx_1_hex);
+    transaction.inspect().should.equal('<Transaction: ' + tx_1_hex + '>');
+  });
+
   it('standard hash of transaction should be decoded correctly', function() {
     var transaction = new Transaction(tx_1_hex);
     transaction.id.should.equal(tx_1_id);