diff --git a/src/confluent_kafka/schema_registry/schema_registry_client.py b/src/confluent_kafka/schema_registry/schema_registry_client.py
index 06ca30d0e..e38e55c15 100644
--- a/src/confluent_kafka/schema_registry/schema_registry_client.py
+++ b/src/confluent_kafka/schema_registry/schema_registry_client.py
@@ -821,6 +821,8 @@ def __init__(self, schema_id, schema, subject, version):
         self.subject = subject
         self.version = version
 
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        return self.schema.schema_str
 
 class SchemaReference(object):
     """