diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DDLInterpreter.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DDLInterpreter.java
index 3a9ba0fd80..503fc2b9ac 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DDLInterpreter.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DDLInterpreter.java
@@ -1472,4 +1472,9 @@ final class DDLInterpreter {
             this.sort = sort;
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return meta().toString();
+    }
 }