diff --git a/waku/waku_core/message/digest.nim b/waku/waku_core/message/digest.nim
index 1d4d122816..cb4f5b0141 100644
--- a/waku/waku_core/message/digest.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_core/message/digest.nim
@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ import ../topics, ./message
 
 type WakuMessageHash* = array[32, byte]
 
+func shortLog*(hash: WakuMessageHash): string =
+  ## Returns compact string representation of ``WakuMessageHash``.
+  var hexhash = newStringOfCap(13)
+  hexhash &= hash.toOpenArray(0, 1).to0xHex()
+  hexhash &= "..."
+  hexhash &= hash.toOpenArray(hash.len - 2, hash.high).toHex()
+  hexhash
+
+func `$`*(hash: WakuMessageHash): string =
+  shortLog(hash)
+
 const EmptyWakuMessageHash*: WakuMessageHash = [
   0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
   0, 0, 0,