diff --git a/SpatialAveragePooling.lua b/SpatialAveragePooling.lua
index 90b79aaad..88603a7a1 100644
--- a/SpatialAveragePooling.lua
+++ b/SpatialAveragePooling.lua
@@ -30,3 +30,8 @@ function SpatialAveragePooling:updateGradInput(input, gradOutput)
       return self.gradInput
    end
 end
+
+function SpatialAveragePooling:__tostring__()
+   return string.format('%s(%d,%d,%d,%d)', torch.type(self),
+         self.kW, self.kH, self.dW, self.dH)
+end
diff --git a/SpatialConvolution.lua b/SpatialConvolution.lua
index c5fce40cb..3507030c4 100644
--- a/SpatialConvolution.lua
+++ b/SpatialConvolution.lua
@@ -121,13 +121,15 @@ function SpatialConvolution:type(type)
 end
 
 function SpatialConvolution:__tostring__()
-   local s = string.format('%s(in: %d, out: %d, kW: %d, kH: %d', torch.type(self),
+   local s = string.format('%s(%d -> %d, %dx%d', torch.type(self),
          self.nInputPlane, self.nOutputPlane, self.kW, self.kH)
    if self.dW ~= 1 or self.dH ~= 1 then
-      s = s .. string.format(', dW: %d, dH: %d', self.dW, self.dH)
+     s = s .. string.format(', %d,%d', self.dW, self.dH)
    end
-   if self.padding ~= 0 then
-      s = s .. ', padding: ' .. self.padding
+   if self.padding and self.padding ~= 0 then
+     s = s .. ', ' .. self.padding .. ',' .. self.padding
+   elseif self.pad_w or self.pad_h then
+     s = s .. ', ' .. self.pad_w .. ',' .. self.pad_h
    end
    return s .. ')'
 end
diff --git a/SpatialConvolutionMM.lua b/SpatialConvolutionMM.lua
index e9352573b..a006dc33f 100644
--- a/SpatialConvolutionMM.lua
+++ b/SpatialConvolutionMM.lua
@@ -85,13 +85,15 @@ function SpatialConvolutionMM:type(type)
 end
 
 function SpatialConvolutionMM:__tostring__()
-   local s = string.format('%s(in: %d, out: %d, kW: %d, kH: %d', torch.type(self),
+   local s = string.format('%s(%d -> %d, %dx%d', torch.type(self),
          self.nInputPlane, self.nOutputPlane, self.kW, self.kH)
    if self.dW ~= 1 or self.dH ~= 1 then
-      s = s .. string.format(', dW: %d, dH: %d', self.dW, self.dH)
+     s = s .. string.format(', %d,%d', self.dW, self.dH)
    end
-   if self.padding ~= 0 then
-      s = s .. ', padding: ' .. self.padding
+   if self.padding and self.padding ~= 0 then
+     s = s .. ', ' .. self.padding .. ',' .. self.padding
+   elseif self.pad_w or self.pad_h then
+     s = s .. ', ' .. self.pad_w .. ',' .. self.pad_h
    end
    return s .. ')'
 end
diff --git a/SpatialMaxPooling.lua b/SpatialMaxPooling.lua
index de5110869..7be85d54d 100644
--- a/SpatialMaxPooling.lua
+++ b/SpatialMaxPooling.lua
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ function SpatialMaxPooling:empty()
 end
 
 function SpatialMaxPooling:__tostring__()
-   return string.format('%s(kW: %d, kH: %d, dW: %d, dH: %d)', torch.type(self),
+   return string.format('%s(%d,%d,%d,%d)', torch.type(self),
          self.kW, self.kH, self.dW, self.dH)
 end