diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 7219eae..5b0b834 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 ## bunyan 0.13.4 (not yet released)
 
-(nothing yet)
+- [issue #38] Fix the default `bunyan` CLI output of a `req.body` that is an
+  object instead of a string.
 
 
 ## bunyan 0.13.3
diff --git a/bin/bunyan b/bin/bunyan
index 5393929..ed7e045 100755
--- a/bin/bunyan
+++ b/bin/bunyan
@@ -628,7 +628,8 @@ function emitRecord(rec, line, opts, stylize) {
       delete req.httpVersion;
       delete req.headers;
       if (req.body) {
-        s += '\n\n' + req.body;
+        s += '\n\n' + (typeof(req.body) === 'object'
+          ? JSON.stringify(req.body, null, 2) : req.body);
         delete req.body;
       }
       if (req.trailers && Object.keys(req.trailers) > 0) {
@@ -669,7 +670,8 @@ function emitRecord(rec, line, opts, stylize) {
       delete client_req.url;
       delete client_req.httpVersion;
       if (client_req.body) {
-        s += '\n\n' + client_req.body
+        s += '\n\n' + (typeof(client_req.body) === 'object'
+          ? JSON.stringify(client_req.body, null, 2) : client_req.body);
         delete client_req.body;
       }
       // E.g. for extra 'foo' field on 'client_req', add 'client_req.foo' at