t.go       | 17 +++++++++++++----
 torrent.go | 10 +++-------

diff --git a/t.go b/t.go
index fcaec919cd0b462475eacaf51e6cecef00366614..ccd300967b0264d449545a67777ec512d45711e8 100644
--- a/t.go
+++ b/t.go
@@ -41,10 +41,19 @@ 	t.addReader(&r)
 	return &r
 }
 
-// Returns the state of pieces of the torrent. They are grouped into runs of
-// same state. The sum of the state run lengths is the number of pieces
-// in the torrent.
-func (t *Torrent) PieceStateRuns() []PieceStateRun {
+type PieceStateRuns []PieceStateRun
+
+func (me PieceStateRuns) String() string {
+	ss := make([]string, 0, len(me))
+	for _, psr := range me {
+		ss = append(ss, psr.String())
+	}
+	return strings.Join(ss, " ")
+}
+
+// Returns the state of pieces of the torrent. They are grouped into runs of same state. The sum of
+// the state run-lengths is the number of pieces in the torrent.
+func (t *Torrent) PieceStateRuns() PieceStateRuns {
 	t.cl.rLock()
 	defer t.cl.rUnlock()
 	return t.pieceStateRuns()
diff --git a/torrent.go b/torrent.go
index cd136523f0d50c72a6163d2d93626569c0250f66..f6627b2fb8f6d285beefcd00e405d278829bd753 100644
--- a/torrent.go
+++ b/torrent.go
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ 		ExtendedPayload: append(p, data...),
 	}
 }
 
-func (t *Torrent) pieceStateRuns() (ret []PieceStateRun) {
+func (t *Torrent) pieceStateRuns() (ret PieceStateRuns) {
 	rle := missinggo.NewRunLengthEncoder(func(el interface{}, count uint64) {
 		ret = append(ret, PieceStateRun{
 			PieceState: el.(PieceState),
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ 	return
 }
 
 // Produces a small string representing a PieceStateRun.
-func pieceStateRunStatusChars(psr PieceStateRun) (ret string) {
+func (psr PieceStateRun) String() (ret string) {
 	ret = fmt.Sprintf("%d", psr.Length)
 	ret += func() string {
 		switch psr.Priority {
@@ -576,11 +576,7 @@ 		}
 	}())
 	if t.info != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Num Pieces: %d (%d completed)\n", t.numPieces(), t.numPiecesCompleted())
-		fmt.Fprint(w, "Piece States:")
-		for _, psr := range t.pieceStateRuns() {
-			w.Write([]byte(" "))
-			w.Write([]byte(pieceStateRunStatusChars(psr)))
-		}
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Piece States: %s", t.pieceStateRuns())
 		fmt.Fprintln(w)
 	}
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Reader Pieces:")