diff --git a/lib/sys.js b/lib/sys.js
index e98686cca0..dbdd21bf52 100644
--- a/lib/sys.js
+++ b/lib/sys.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ exports.inspect = function (value) {
   if (value === undefined) return;
   
   try {
-    return JSON.stringify(value);
+    return JSON.stringify(value, undefined, 1);
   } catch (e) {
     // TODO make this recusrive and do a partial JSON output of object.
     if (e.message.search("circular")) {