diff --git a/tensorflow/contrib/training/python/training/hparam.py b/tensorflow/contrib/training/python/training/hparam.py
index 95e051e3b5b..185f70a86d0 100644
--- a/tensorflow/contrib/training/python/training/hparam.py
+++ b/tensorflow/contrib/training/python/training/hparam.py
@@ -630,6 +630,9 @@ class HParams(object):
   def __str__(self):
     return str(sorted(self.values().items()))
 
+  def __repr__(self):
+    return '%s(%s)' % (type(self).__name__, self.__str__())
+
   @staticmethod
   def _get_kind_name(param_type, is_list):
     """Returns the field name given parameter type and is_list.