diff --git a/lib/cgi/cookie.rb b/lib/cgi/cookie.rb
index 856526fa92..3ec884dffb 100644
--- a/lib/cgi/cookie.rb
+++ b/lib/cgi/cookie.rb
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ class CGI
       cookies
     end
 
+    # A summary of cookie string.
+    def inspect
+      "#<CGI::Cookie: #{self.to_s.inspect}>"
+    end
+
   end # class Cookie
 end