diff --git a/doc/api/util.md b/doc/api/util.md
index 396667be13ea5c..7f74876daea99b 100644
--- a/doc/api/util.md
+++ b/doc/api/util.md
@@ -388,6 +388,9 @@ stream.write('With ES6');
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.3.0
 changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/25006
+    description: ArrayBuffers now also show their binary contents.
   - version: v11.5.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/24852
     description: The `getters` option is supported now.
diff --git a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
index 19eb165b780fe3..a5b1d0846971b8 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ const setValues = uncurryThis(Set.prototype.values);
 const mapEntries = uncurryThis(Map.prototype.entries);
 const dateGetTime = uncurryThis(Date.prototype.getTime);
 const hasOwnProperty = uncurryThis(Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty);
+let hexSlice;
 
 const inspectDefaultOptions = Object.seal({
   showHidden: false,
@@ -494,7 +495,7 @@ function noPrototypeIterator(ctx, value, recurseTimes) {
 // Note: using `formatValue` directly requires the indentation level to be
 // corrected by setting `ctx.indentationLvL += diff` and then to decrease the
 // value afterwards again.
-function formatValue(ctx, value, recurseTimes) {
+function formatValue(ctx, value, recurseTimes, typedArray) {
   // Primitive types cannot have properties.
   if (typeof value !== 'object' && typeof value !== 'function') {
     return formatPrimitive(ctx.stylize, value, ctx);
@@ -542,10 +543,10 @@ function formatValue(ctx, value, recurseTimes) {
   if (ctx.seen.indexOf(value) !== -1)
     return ctx.stylize('[Circular]', 'special');
 
-  return formatRaw(ctx, value, recurseTimes);
+  return formatRaw(ctx, value, recurseTimes, typedArray);
 }
 
-function formatRaw(ctx, value, recurseTimes) {
+function formatRaw(ctx, value, recurseTimes, typedArray) {
   let keys;
 
   const constructor = getConstructorName(value, ctx);
@@ -675,9 +676,12 @@ function formatRaw(ctx, value, recurseTimes) {
       const arrayType = isArrayBuffer(value) ? 'ArrayBuffer' :
         'SharedArrayBuffer';
       const prefix = getPrefix(constructor, tag, arrayType);
-      if (keys.length === 0)
+      if (typedArray === undefined) {
+        formatter = formatArrayBuffer;
+      } else if (keys.length === 0) {
         return prefix +
               `{ byteLength: ${formatNumber(ctx.stylize, value.byteLength)} }`;
+      }
       braces[0] = `${prefix}{`;
       keys.unshift('byteLength');
     } else if (isDataView(value)) {
@@ -938,6 +942,18 @@ function formatSpecialArray(ctx, value, recurseTimes, maxLength, output, i) {
   return output;
 }
 
+function formatArrayBuffer(ctx, value) {
+  const buffer = new Uint8Array(value);
+  if (hexSlice === undefined)
+    hexSlice = uncurryThis(require('buffer').Buffer.prototype.hexSlice);
+  let str = hexSlice(buffer, 0, Math.min(ctx.maxArrayLength, buffer.length))
+    .replace(/(.{2})/g, '$1 ').trim();
+  const remaining = buffer.length - ctx.maxArrayLength;
+  if (remaining > 0)
+    str += ` ... ${remaining} more byte${remaining > 1 ? 's' : ''}`;
+  return [`${ctx.stylize('[Uint8Contents]', 'special')}: <${str}>`];
+}
+
 function formatArray(ctx, value, recurseTimes) {
   const valLen = value.length;
   const len = Math.min(Math.max(0, ctx.maxArrayLength), valLen);
@@ -978,7 +994,7 @@ function formatTypedArray(ctx, value, recurseTimes) {
       'byteOffset',
       'buffer'
     ]) {
-      const str = formatValue(ctx, value[key], recurseTimes);
+      const str = formatValue(ctx, value[key], recurseTimes, true);
       output.push(`[${key}]: ${str}`);
     }
     ctx.indentationLvl -= 2;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-util-format-shared-arraybuffer.js b/test/parallel/test-util-format-shared-arraybuffer.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 27dfad3c91fd16..00000000000000
--- a/test/parallel/test-util-format-shared-arraybuffer.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-require('../common');
-const assert = require('assert');
-const util = require('util');
-const sab = new SharedArrayBuffer(4);
-assert.strictEqual(util.format(sab), 'SharedArrayBuffer { byteLength: 4 }');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-util-format.js b/test/parallel/test-util-format.js
index a90e52946b07ef..f89baba37880b1 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-util-format.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-util-format.js
@@ -340,3 +340,8 @@ assert.strictEqual(
     '\u001b[1mnull\u001b[22m ' +
     'foobar'
 );
+
+assert.strictEqual(
+  util.format(new SharedArrayBuffer(4)),
+  'SharedArrayBuffer { [Uint8Contents]: <00 00 00 00>, byteLength: 4 }'
+);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
index 66887a10f48cd3..781a8c3925b0e3 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
@@ -117,70 +117,86 @@ assert(!/Object/.test(
   util.inspect({ a: { a: { a: { a: {} } } } }, undefined, null, true)
 ));
 
-for (const showHidden of [true, false]) {
-  const ab = new ArrayBuffer(4);
+{
+  const showHidden = true;
+  const ab = new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3, 4]).buffer;
   const dv = new DataView(ab, 1, 2);
   assert.strictEqual(
     util.inspect(ab, showHidden),
-    'ArrayBuffer { byteLength: 4 }'
+    'ArrayBuffer { [Uint8Contents]: <01 02 03 04>, byteLength: 4 }'
   );
   assert.strictEqual(util.inspect(new DataView(ab, 1, 2), showHidden),
                      'DataView {\n' +
                      '  byteLength: 2,\n' +
                      '  byteOffset: 1,\n' +
-                     '  buffer: ArrayBuffer { byteLength: 4 } }');
+                     '  buffer:\n' +
+                     '   ArrayBuffer { [Uint8Contents]: ' +
+                       '<01 02 03 04>, byteLength: 4 } }');
   assert.strictEqual(
     util.inspect(ab, showHidden),
-    'ArrayBuffer { byteLength: 4 }'
+    'ArrayBuffer { [Uint8Contents]: <01 02 03 04>, byteLength: 4 }'
   );
   assert.strictEqual(util.inspect(dv, showHidden),
                      'DataView {\n' +
                      '  byteLength: 2,\n' +
                      '  byteOffset: 1,\n' +
-                     '  buffer: ArrayBuffer { byteLength: 4 } }');
+                     '  buffer:\n' +
+                     '   ArrayBuffer { [Uint8Contents]: ' +
+                       '<01 02 03 04>, byteLength: 4 } }');
   ab.x = 42;
   dv.y = 1337;
   assert.strictEqual(util.inspect(ab, showHidden),
-                     'ArrayBuffer { byteLength: 4, x: 42 }');
+                     'ArrayBuffer { [Uint8Contents]: <01 02 03 04>, ' +
+                       'byteLength: 4, x: 42 }');
   assert.strictEqual(util.inspect(dv, showHidden),
                      'DataView {\n' +
                      '  byteLength: 2,\n' +
                      '  byteOffset: 1,\n' +
-                     '  buffer: ArrayBuffer { byteLength: 4, x: 42 },\n' +
+                     '  buffer:\n' +
+                     '   ArrayBuffer { [Uint8Contents]: <01 02 03 04>, ' +
+                       'byteLength: 4, x: 42 },\n' +
                      '  y: 1337 }');
 }
 
 // Now do the same checks but from a different context.
-for (const showHidden of [true, false]) {
+{
+  const showHidden = false;
   const ab = vm.runInNewContext('new ArrayBuffer(4)');
   const dv = vm.runInNewContext('new DataView(ab, 1, 2)', { ab });
   assert.strictEqual(
     util.inspect(ab, showHidden),
-    'ArrayBuffer { byteLength: 4 }'
+    'ArrayBuffer { [Uint8Contents]: <00 00 00 00>, byteLength: 4 }'
   );
   assert.strictEqual(util.inspect(new DataView(ab, 1, 2), showHidden),
                      'DataView {\n' +
                      '  byteLength: 2,\n' +
                      '  byteOffset: 1,\n' +
-                     '  buffer: ArrayBuffer { byteLength: 4 } }');
+                     '  buffer:\n' +
+                     '   ArrayBuffer { [Uint8Contents]: <00 00 00 00>, ' +
+                       'byteLength: 4 } }');
   assert.strictEqual(
     util.inspect(ab, showHidden),
-    'ArrayBuffer { byteLength: 4 }'
+    'ArrayBuffer { [Uint8Contents]: <00 00 00 00>, byteLength: 4 }'
   );
   assert.strictEqual(util.inspect(dv, showHidden),
                      'DataView {\n' +
                      '  byteLength: 2,\n' +
                      '  byteOffset: 1,\n' +
-                     '  buffer: ArrayBuffer { byteLength: 4 } }');
+                     '  buffer:\n' +
+                     '   ArrayBuffer { [Uint8Contents]: <00 00 00 00>, ' +
+                       'byteLength: 4 } }');
   ab.x = 42;
   dv.y = 1337;
   assert.strictEqual(util.inspect(ab, showHidden),
-                     'ArrayBuffer { byteLength: 4, x: 42 }');
+                     'ArrayBuffer { [Uint8Contents]: <00 00 00 00>, ' +
+                       'byteLength: 4, x: 42 }');
   assert.strictEqual(util.inspect(dv, showHidden),
                      'DataView {\n' +
                      '  byteLength: 2,\n' +
                      '  byteOffset: 1,\n' +
-                     '  buffer: ArrayBuffer { byteLength: 4, x: 42 },\n' +
+                     '  buffer:\n' +
+                     '   ArrayBuffer { [Uint8Contents]: <00 00 00 00>,' +
+                       ' byteLength: 4, x: 42 },\n' +
                      '  y: 1337 }');
 }
 
@@ -1640,13 +1656,14 @@ assert.strictEqual(util.inspect('"\'${a}'), "'\"\\'${a}'");
   [new Float64Array(2), '[Float64Array: null prototype] [ 0, 0 ]'],
   [new BigInt64Array(2), '[BigInt64Array: null prototype] [ 0n, 0n ]'],
   [new BigUint64Array(2), '[BigUint64Array: null prototype] [ 0n, 0n ]'],
-  [new ArrayBuffer(16), '[ArrayBuffer: null prototype] ' +
-   '{ byteLength: undefined }'],
+  [new ArrayBuffer(16), '[ArrayBuffer: null prototype] {\n' +
+     '  [Uint8Contents]: <00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00>,\n' +
+     '  byteLength: undefined }'],
   [new DataView(new ArrayBuffer(16)),
    '[DataView: null prototype] {\n  byteLength: undefined,\n  ' +
-    'byteOffset: undefined,\n  buffer: undefined }'],
+     'byteOffset: undefined,\n  buffer: undefined }'],
   [new SharedArrayBuffer(2), '[SharedArrayBuffer: null prototype] ' +
-  '{ byteLength: undefined }'],
+     '{ [Uint8Contents]: <00 00>, byteLength: undefined }'],
   [/foobar/, '[RegExp: null prototype] /foobar/']
 ].forEach(([value, expected]) => {
   assert.strictEqual(