diff --git a/src/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py b/src/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py
index 7d4d8c2a9..b56072737 100644
--- a/src/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py
+++ b/src/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ class ImageFileDirectory_v2(MutableMapping):
                 self.tagtype[tag] = typ
 
                 msg += " - value: " + (
-                    "<table: %d bytes>" % size if size > 32 else str(data)
+                    "<table: %d bytes>" % size if size > 32 else repr(data)
                 )
                 logger.debug(msg)