diff --git a/sanic/request.py b/sanic/request.py
index 43ecc511..ae6a340e 100644
--- a/sanic/request.py
+++ b/sanic/request.py
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ except ImportError:
 from sanic.exceptions import InvalidUsage
 from sanic.log import log
 
-
 DEFAULT_HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE = "application/octet-stream"
+
+
 # HTTP/1.1: https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec7.html#sec7.2.1
 # > If the media type remains unknown, the recipient SHOULD treat it
 # > as type "application/octet-stream"
@@ -68,6 +69,13 @@ class Request(dict):
         self._cookies = None
         self.stream = None
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        if self.method is None or not self.path:
+            return '<{0}>'.format(self.__class__.__name__)
+        return '<{0}: {1} {2}>'.format(self.__class__.__name__,
+                                       self.method,
+                                       self.path)
+
     @property
     def json(self):
         if self.parsed_json is None:
@@ -175,8 +183,8 @@ class Request(dict):
             remote_addrs = [
                 addr for addr in [
                     addr.strip() for addr in forwarded_for
-                ] if addr
-            ]
+                    ] if addr
+                ]
             if len(remote_addrs) > 0:
                 self._remote_addr = remote_addrs[0]
             else: