diff --git a/accounts/abi/event.go b/accounts/abi/event.go
index a3f6be97323e..9392c1990c3e 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/event.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/event.go
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ type Event struct {
 func (e Event) String() string {
 	inputs := make([]string, len(e.Inputs))
 	for i, input := range e.Inputs {
-		inputs[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%v %v", input.Name, input.Type)
+		inputs[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%v %v", input.Type, input.Name)
 		if input.Indexed {
-			inputs[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%v indexed %v", input.Name, input.Type)
+			inputs[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%v indexed %v", input.Type, input.Name)
 		}
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("e %v(%v)", e.Name, strings.Join(inputs, ", "))
+	return fmt.Sprintf("event %v(%v)", e.Name, strings.Join(inputs, ", "))
 }
 
 // Id returns the canonical representation of the event's signature used by the
diff --git a/accounts/abi/event_test.go b/accounts/abi/event_test.go
index 3bfdd7c0abd5..e735cceb8884 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/event_test.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/event_test.go
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ func TestEventId(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			definition: `[
-			{ "type" : "event", "name" : "balance", "inputs": [{ "name" : "in", "type": "uint256" }] },
-			{ "type" : "event", "name" : "check", "inputs": [{ "name" : "t", "type": "address" }, { "name": "b", "type": "uint256" }] }
+			{ "type" : "event", "name" : "Balance", "inputs": [{ "name" : "in", "type": "uint256" }] },
+			{ "type" : "event", "name" : "Check", "inputs": [{ "name" : "t", "type": "address" }, { "name": "b", "type": "uint256" }] }
 			]`,
 			expectations: map[string]common.Hash{
-				"balance": crypto.Keccak256Hash([]byte("balance(uint256)")),
-				"check":   crypto.Keccak256Hash([]byte("check(address,uint256)")),
+				"Balance": crypto.Keccak256Hash([]byte("Balance(uint256)")),
+				"Check":   crypto.Keccak256Hash([]byte("Check(address,uint256)")),
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -111,6 +111,39 @@ func TestEventId(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestEventString(t *testing.T) {
+	var table = []struct {
+		definition   string
+		expectations map[string]string
+	}{
+		{
+			definition: `[
+			{ "type" : "event", "name" : "Balance", "inputs": [{ "name" : "in", "type": "uint256" }] },
+			{ "type" : "event", "name" : "Check", "inputs": [{ "name" : "t", "type": "address" }, { "name": "b", "type": "uint256" }] },
+			{ "type" : "event", "name" : "Transfer", "inputs": [{ "name": "from", "type": "address", "indexed": true }, { "name": "to", "type": "address", "indexed": true }, { "name": "value", "type": "uint256" }] }
+			]`,
+			expectations: map[string]string{
+				"Balance":  "event Balance(uint256 in)",
+				"Check":    "event Check(address t, uint256 b)",
+				"Transfer": "event Transfer(address indexed from, address indexed to, uint256 value)",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range table {
+		abi, err := JSON(strings.NewReader(test.definition))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		for name, event := range abi.Events {
+			if event.String() != test.expectations[name] {
+				t.Errorf("expected string to be %s, got %s", test.expectations[name], event.String())
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // TestEventMultiValueWithArrayUnpack verifies that array fields will be counted after parsing array.
 func TestEventMultiValueWithArrayUnpack(t *testing.T) {
 	definition := `[{"name": "test", "type": "event", "inputs": [{"indexed": false, "name":"value1", "type":"uint8[2]"},{"indexed": false, "name":"value2", "type":"uint8"}]}]`
diff --git a/accounts/abi/method.go b/accounts/abi/method.go
index 5831057652b6..2d8d3d658992 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/method.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/method.go
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ func (method Method) Sig() string {
 func (method Method) String() string {
 	inputs := make([]string, len(method.Inputs))
 	for i, input := range method.Inputs {
-		inputs[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%v %v", input.Name, input.Type)
+		inputs[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%v %v", input.Type, input.Name)
 	}
 	outputs := make([]string, len(method.Outputs))
 	for i, output := range method.Outputs {
+		outputs[i] = output.Type.String()
 		if len(output.Name) > 0 {
-			outputs[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%v ", output.Name)
+			outputs[i] += fmt.Sprintf(" %v", output.Name)
 		}
-		outputs[i] += output.Type.String()
 	}
 	constant := ""
 	if method.Const {
diff --git a/accounts/abi/method_test.go b/accounts/abi/method_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a98f1cd31f7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accounts/abi/method_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package abi
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+const methoddata = `
+[
+	{ "type" : "function", "name" : "balance", "constant" : true },
+	{ "type" : "function", "name" : "send", "constant" : false, "inputs" : [ { "name" : "amount", "type" : "uint256" } ] },
+	{ "type" : "function", "name" : "transfer", "constant" : false, "inputs" : [ { "name" : "from", "type" : "address" }, { "name" : "to", "type" : "address" }, { "name" : "value", "type" : "uint256" } ], "outputs" : [ { "name" : "success", "type" : "bool" } ]  }
+]`
+
+func TestMethodString(t *testing.T) {
+	var table = []struct {
+		method      string
+		expectation string
+	}{
+		{
+			method:      "balance",
+			expectation: "function balance() constant returns()",
+		},
+		{
+			method:      "send",
+			expectation: "function send(uint256 amount) returns()",
+		},
+		{
+			method:      "transfer",
+			expectation: "function transfer(address from, address to, uint256 value) returns(bool success)",
+		},
+	}
+
+	abi, err := JSON(strings.NewReader(methoddata))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range table {
+		got := abi.Methods[test.method].String()
+		if got != test.expectation {
+			t.Errorf("expected string to be %s, got %s", test.expectation, got)
+		}
+	}
+}