diff --git a/src/sentry/models/user.py b/src/sentry/models/user.py
index 19fc99054642..6dc968d6552e 100644
--- a/src/sentry/models/user.py
+++ b/src/sentry/models/user.py
@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
-from sentry.db.models import BaseManager, BaseModel, BoundedAutoField
+from sentry.db.models import (
+    BaseManager,
+    BaseModel,
+    BoundedAutoField,
+    sane_repr
+)
 from sentry.models import LostPasswordHash
 from sentry.utils.http import absolute_uri
 
@@ -136,6 +141,8 @@ class Meta:
         verbose_name = _('user')
         verbose_name_plural = _('users')
 
+    __repr__ = sane_repr('id')
+
     def delete(self):
         if self.username == 'sentry':
             raise Exception('You cannot delete the "sentry" user as it is required by Sentry.')