diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 33ab65b..3207b45 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -32,6 +32,25 @@ context manager with the *connection* method::
 The connector returned by *connection* is a LDAPObject, that's binded to the
 server. See https://pypi.org/project/python-ldap/ for details on how to use a connector.
 
+It is possible to check the state of the pool by representing the pool as a string::
+
+    from ldappool import ConnectionManager
+
+    cm = ConnectionManager('ldap://localhost', size=2)
+
+    .. do something with cm ..
+
+    print(cm)
+
+This will result in output similar to this table::
+
+    +--------------+-----------+----------+------------------+--------------------+------------------------------+
+    | Slot (2 max) | Connected |  Active  |       URI        | Lifetime (600 max) |           Bind DN            |
+    +--------------+-----------+----------+------------------+--------------------+------------------------------+
+    |      1       | connected | inactive | ldap://localhost |  0.00496101379395  | uid=tuser,dc=example,dc=test |
+    |      2       | connected | inactive | ldap://localhost |  0.00532603263855  | uid=tuser,dc=example,dc=test |
+    +--------------+-----------+----------+------------------+--------------------+------------------------------+
+
 
 ConnectionManager options
 :::::::::::::::::::::::::
diff --git a/ldappool/__init__.py b/ldappool/__init__.py
index 348c0dd..29ca665 100644
--- a/ldappool/__init__.py
+++ b/ldappool/__init__.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import time
 
 import ldap
 from ldap.ldapobject import ReconnectLDAPObject
+from prettytable import PrettyTable
 import re
 import six
 from six import PY2
@@ -423,3 +424,20 @@ class ConnectionManager(object):
                     log.debug('Failure attempting to unbind on purge; '
                               'should be harmless', exc_info=True)
                 self._pool.remove(conn)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        table = PrettyTable()
+        table.field_names = ['Slot (%d max)' % self.size,
+                             'Connected', 'Active', 'URI',
+                             'Lifetime (%d max)' % self.max_lifetime,
+                             'Bind DN']
+
+        with self._pool_lock:
+            for slot, conn in enumerate(self._pool):
+                table.add_row([
+                    slot + 1,
+                    'connected' if conn.connected else 'not connected',
+                    'active' if conn.active else 'inactive',
+                    conn._uri, conn.get_lifetime(), conn.who])
+
+        return str(table)
diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 337fd29..468138a 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ openstackdocstheme==1.18.1
 pbr==2.0.0
 pep257==0.7.0
 pep8==1.5.7
+prettytable==0.7.2
 pyflakes==0.8.1
 Pygments==2.2.0
 python-ldap==3.0.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d12620f..624fd17 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 python-ldap>=3.0.0 # PSF
+PrettyTable<0.8,>=0.7.2