diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/c/hover/CEditorTextHoverDescriptor.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/c/hover/CEditorTextHoverDescriptor.java
index 72681141efd..0640af7cbbe 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/c/hover/CEditorTextHoverDescriptor.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/c/hover/CEditorTextHoverDescriptor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2002, 2006 QNX Software Systems and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2002, 2009 QNX Software Systems and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -293,4 +293,8 @@ public class CEditorTextHoverDescriptor implements Comparable<CEditorTextHoverDe
 		return fElement;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return getId();
+	}
 }