diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1c82de004af..f0d9bf3e926 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#1811](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1811))
 - Improve warning when failing to decode byte attribute
   ([#1810](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1810))
+- Fixed inconsistency in parent_id formatting from the ConsoleSpanExporter
+  ([#1833](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1833))
 
 ### Removed
 - Moved `opentelemetry-instrumentation` to contrib repository.
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py
index 882a7ad4a0d..ece7da6d225 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py
@@ -483,9 +483,13 @@ def to_json(self, indent=4):
         if self.parent is not None:
             if isinstance(self.parent, Span):
                 ctx = self.parent.context
-                parent_id = trace_api.format_span_id(ctx.span_id)
+                parent_id = "0x{}".format(
+                    trace_api.format_span_id(ctx.span_id)
+                )
             elif isinstance(self.parent, SpanContext):
-                parent_id = trace_api.format_span_id(self.parent.span_id)
+                parent_id = "0x{}".format(
+                    trace_api.format_span_id(self.parent.span_id)
+                )
 
         start_time = None
         if self._start_time:
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/trace/test_trace.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/trace/test_trace.py
index df2454a5215..f12dc7c75cf 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/trace/test_trace.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/trace/test_trace.py
@@ -1221,7 +1221,10 @@ def test_to_json(self):
             is_remote=False,
             trace_flags=trace_api.TraceFlags(trace_api.TraceFlags.SAMPLED),
         )
-        span = trace._Span("span-name", context, resource=Resource({}))
+        parent = trace._Span("parent-name", context, resource=Resource({}))
+        span = trace._Span(
+            "span-name", context, resource=Resource({}), parent=parent
+        )
 
         self.assertEqual(
             span.to_json(),
@@ -1233,7 +1236,7 @@ def test_to_json(self):
         "trace_state": "[]"
     },
     "kind": "SpanKind.INTERNAL",
-    "parent_id": null,
+    "parent_id": "0x00000000deadbef0",
     "start_time": null,
     "end_time": null,
     "status": {
@@ -1247,7 +1250,7 @@ def test_to_json(self):
         )
         self.assertEqual(
             span.to_json(indent=None),
-            '{"name": "span-name", "context": {"trace_id": "0x000000000000000000000000deadbeef", "span_id": "0x00000000deadbef0", "trace_state": "[]"}, "kind": "SpanKind.INTERNAL", "parent_id": null, "start_time": null, "end_time": null, "status": {"status_code": "UNSET"}, "attributes": {}, "events": [], "links": [], "resource": {}}',
+            '{"name": "span-name", "context": {"trace_id": "0x000000000000000000000000deadbeef", "span_id": "0x00000000deadbef0", "trace_state": "[]"}, "kind": "SpanKind.INTERNAL", "parent_id": "0x00000000deadbef0", "start_time": null, "end_time": null, "status": {"status_code": "UNSET"}, "attributes": {}, "events": [], "links": [], "resource": {}}',
         )
 
     def test_attributes_to_json(self):