diff --git a/lib/aruba/processes/basic_process.rb b/lib/aruba/processes/basic_process.rb
index 44bc07ca4..b577d6466 100644
--- a/lib/aruba/processes/basic_process.rb
+++ b/lib/aruba/processes/basic_process.rb
@@ -115,16 +115,13 @@ def before_run; end
       def after_run; end
 
       def inspect
-        out = stdout(:wait_for_io => 0) + stderr(:wait_for_io => 0)
+        out = truncate("#{stdout(:wait_for_io => 0).inspect}", 35)
+        err = truncate("#{stderr(:wait_for_io => 0).inspect}", 35)
 
-        out = if out.length > 76
-                out[0, 75] + ' ...'
-              else
-                out
-              end
-
-        format '#<%s:%s commandline="%s": output="%s">', self.class, self.object_id, commandline, out
+        fmt = '#<%s:%s commandline="%s": stdout=%s stderr=%s>'
+        format fmt, self.class, self.object_id, commandline, out, err
       end
+
       alias to_s inspect
 
       private
@@ -138,6 +135,11 @@ def arguments
 
         []
       end
+
+      def truncate(string, max_length)
+        return string if string.length <= max_length
+        string[0, max_length - 1] + ' ...'
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/aruba/processes/basic_process_spec.rb b/spec/aruba/processes/basic_process_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..921b2b443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/aruba/processes/basic_process_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+require 'aruba/processes/basic_process'
+
+RSpec.describe Aruba::Processes::BasicProcess do
+  let(:cmd) { 'foobar' }
+  let(:exit_timeout) { 0 }
+  let(:io_wait_timeout) { 0 }
+  let(:working_directory) { Dir.pwd }
+  let(:stdout) { "foo output" }
+  let(:stderr) { "foo error output" }
+
+  subject do
+    Class.new(described_class) do
+      def initialize(*args)
+        @stdout = args.shift
+        @stderr= args.shift
+        super(*args)
+      end
+
+      def stdout(*args)
+        @stdout
+      end
+
+      def stderr(*args)
+        @stderr
+      end
+
+    end.new(stdout, stderr, cmd, exit_timeout, io_wait_timeout, working_directory)
+  end
+
+  describe "#inspect" do
+    it "it shows useful info" do
+      expected = /#<#<Class:0x\h+>:\d+ commandline="foobar": stdout="foo output" stderr="foo error output"/
+      expect(subject.inspect).to match(expected)
+    end
+
+    context "with no stdout" do
+      let(:stdout) { nil }
+
+      it "it shows useful info" do
+        expected = /#<#<Class:0x\h+>:\d+ commandline="foobar": stdout=nil stderr="foo error output"/
+        expect(subject.inspect).to match(expected)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with no stderr" do
+      let(:stderr) { nil }
+
+      it "it shows useful info" do
+        expected = /#<#<Class:0x\h+>:\d+ commandline="foobar": stdout="foo output" stderr=nil/
+        expect(subject.inspect).to match(expected)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with neither stderr nor stdout" do
+      let(:stderr) { nil }
+      let(:stdout) { nil }
+
+      it "it shows useful info" do
+        expected = /#<#<Class:0x\h+>:\d+ commandline="foobar": stdout=nil stderr=nil/
+        expect(subject.inspect).to match(expected)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end