diff --git a/lightning/src/ln/msgs.rs b/lightning/src/ln/msgs.rs
index c738ee6f478..45e8d37f494 100644
--- a/lightning/src/ln/msgs.rs
+++ b/lightning/src/ln/msgs.rs
@@ -985,11 +985,9 @@ pub fn parse_onion_address(host: &str, port: u16) -> Result<SocketAddress, Socke
 	}
 }
 
-/// [`SocketAddress::OnionV2`] to onion address string
+/// [`SocketAddress::OnionV2`] to debug represent
 pub fn to_onion_v2_string(bytes: &[u8; 12]) -> String {
-	let onion = base32::Alphabet::RFC4648 { padding: false }.encode(&bytes[..10]);
-	let port = u16::from_be_bytes([bytes[10], bytes[11]]);
-	format!("{}.onion:{}", onion, port)
+	format!("OnionV2({:?})", bytes)
 }
 
 /// [`SocketAddress::OnionV3`] to onion address string
@@ -4123,7 +4121,7 @@ mod tests {
 		assert_eq!(hostname, SocketAddress::from_str(&hostname.to_string()).unwrap());
 
 		let onion_v2 = SocketAddress::OnionV2 ([40, 4, 64, 185, 202, 19, 162, 75, 90, 200, 38, 7],);
-		assert_eq!("FACEBOOKCOREWWWI.onion:9735", &onion_v2.to_string());
+		assert_eq!("OnionV2([40, 4, 64, 185, 202, 19, 162, 75, 90, 200, 38, 7])", &onion_v2.to_string());
 		assert_eq!(Err(SocketAddressParseError::InvalidOnionV3), SocketAddress::from_str("FACEBOOKCOREWWWI.onion:9735"));
 
 		let onion_v3 = SocketAddress::OnionV3 {