diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLContext.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLContext.scala
index 36059c6630aa4..3193787680d16 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLContext.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLContext.scala
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ class SQLContext(@transient val sparkContext: SparkContext)
     protected def stringOrError[A](f: => A): String =
       try f.toString catch { case e: Throwable => e.toString }
 
+    def simpleString: String = stringOrError(executedPlan)
+
     override def toString: String =
       s"""== Logical Plan ==
          |${stringOrError(analyzed)}
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SchemaRDDLike.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SchemaRDDLike.scala
index 840803a52c1cf..3dd9897c0d3b8 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SchemaRDDLike.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SchemaRDDLike.scala
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ trait SchemaRDDLike {
   override def toString =
     s"""${super.toString}
        |== Query Plan ==
-       |${queryExecution.executedPlan}""".stripMargin.trim
-
+       |${queryExecution.simpleString}""".stripMargin.trim
 
   /**
    * Saves the contents of this `SchemaRDD` as a parquet file, preserving the schema.  Files that
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
index f66a667c0a942..353458432b210 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
@@ -297,5 +297,11 @@ class HiveContext(sc: SparkContext) extends SQLContext(sc) {
         val asString = result.map(_.zip(types).map(toHiveString)).map(_.mkString("\t")).toSeq
         asString
     }
+
+    override def simpleString: String =
+      logical match {
+        case _: NativeCommand => "<Executed by Hive>"
+        case _ => executedPlan.toString
+      }
   }
 }
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveQuerySuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveQuerySuite.scala
index 0c27498a93507..a09667ac84b01 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveQuerySuite.scala
@@ -146,4 +146,8 @@ class HiveQuerySuite extends HiveComparisonTest {
     hql("SELECT * FROM src TABLESAMPLE(0.1 PERCENT) s")
   }
 
+  test("SchemaRDD toString") {
+    hql("SHOW TABLES").toString
+    hql("SELECT * FROM src").toString
+  }
 }