diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/Key.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/Key.java
index e1e1ca9cf..178c9ff05 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/Key.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/Key.java
@@ -414,8 +414,14 @@ public class Key {
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        return String.format("%s/%s %d,%d %dx%d %s/%s/%s",
-                Keyboard.printableCode(mCode), mLabel, mX, mY, mWidth, mHeight, mHintLabel,
+        final String label;
+        if (StringUtils.codePointCount(mLabel) == 1 && mLabel.codePointAt(0) == mCode) {
+            label = "";
+        } else {
+            label = "/" + mLabel;
+        }
+        return String.format("%s%s %d,%d %dx%d %s/%s/%s",
+                Keyboard.printableCode(mCode), label, mX, mY, mWidth, mHeight, mHintLabel,
                 KeyboardIconsSet.getIconName(mIconId), backgroundName(mBackgroundType));
     }
 
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeySpecParser.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeySpecParser.java
index 099e56182..94a7b826f 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeySpecParser.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeySpecParser.java
@@ -90,8 +90,12 @@ public class KeySpecParser {
             final String label = (mIconId == KeyboardIconsSet.ICON_UNDEFINED ? mLabel
                     : PREFIX_ICON + KeyboardIconsSet.getIconName(mIconId));
             final String output = (mCode == Keyboard.CODE_OUTPUT_TEXT ? mOutputText
-                    : String.format("0x%04x", mCode));
-            return label + "/" + output;
+                    : Keyboard.printableCode(mCode));
+            if (StringUtils.codePointCount(label) == 1 && label.codePointAt(0) == mCode) {
+                return output;
+            } else {
+                return label + "|" + output;
+            }
         }
     }