diff --git a/app/models/concerns/referable.rb b/app/models/concerns/referable.rb
index da803c7f481..10f4be72016 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/referable.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/referable.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ module Referable
     to_reference(from_project)
   end
 
+  def referable_inspect
+    if respond_to?(:id)
+      "#<#{self.class.name} id:#{id} #{to_reference(full: true)}>"
+    else
+      "#<#{self.class.name} #{to_reference(full: true)}>"
+    end
+  end
+
+  def inspect
+    referable_inspect
+  end
+
   module ClassMethods
     # The character that prefixes the actual reference identifier
     #
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 6e66c587a1f..267eebb42ff 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   devise :lockable, :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable,
     :validatable, :omniauthable, :confirmable, :registerable
 
+  # devise overrides #inspect, so we manually use the Referable one
+  def inspect
+    referable_inspect
+  end
+
   # Override Devise::Models::Trackable#update_tracked_fields!
   # to limit database writes to at most once every hour
   def update_tracked_fields!(request)