diff --git a/odoo/exceptions.py b/odoo/exceptions.py
index 17a3d89ede8..93a0a84e20f 100644
--- a/odoo/exceptions.py
+++ b/odoo/exceptions.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class CacheMiss(except_orm, KeyError):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, record, field):
-        super(CacheMiss, self).__init__("%s.%s" % (str(record), field.name))
+        super(CacheMiss, self).__init__("%r.%s" % (record, field.name))
 
 
 class MissingError(except_orm):
diff --git a/odoo/models.py b/odoo/models.py
index 3a602f2bff6..38ce123c2be 100644
--- a/odoo/models.py
+++ b/odoo/models.py
@@ -5665,10 +5665,8 @@ Record ids: %(records)s
     def __int__(self):
         return self.id or 0
 
-    def __str__(self):
-        return "%s%s" % (self._name, getattr(self, '_ids', ""))
     def __repr__(self):
-        return str(self)
+        return "%s%s" % (self._name, getattr(self, '_ids', ""))
 
     def __hash__(self):
         if hasattr(self, '_ids'):