diff --git a/src/ssl/mod.rs b/src/ssl/mod.rs
index d97f35c3..c4e41055 100644
--- a/src/ssl/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ssl/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use libc::{c_int, c_void, c_long};
 use std::ffi::{CString, c_str_to_bytes};
 use std::io::{IoResult, IoError, EndOfFile, Stream, Reader, Writer};
 use std::mem;
+use std::fmt;
 use std::num::FromPrimitive;
 use std::ptr;
 use std::sync::{Once, ONCE_INIT, Arc};
@@ -33,9 +34,8 @@ fn init() {
 }
 
 /// Determines the SSL method supported
-#[derive(Show, Hash, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
-#[derive(Copy)]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Show, Hash, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum SslMethod {
     #[cfg(feature = "sslv2")]
     /// Only support the SSLv2 protocol, requires `feature="sslv2"`
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ impl SslMethod {
 }
 
 /// Determines the type of certificate verification used
-#[derive(Copy)]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Show)]
 #[repr(i32)]
 pub enum SslVerifyMode {
     /// Verify that the server's certificate is trusted
@@ -177,6 +177,13 @@ pub struct SslContext {
     ctx: ptr::Unique<ffi::SSL_CTX>
 }
 
+// TODO: add useful info here
+impl fmt::Show for SslContext {
+    fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(fmt, "SslContext")
+    }
+}
+
 impl Drop for SslContext {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         unsafe { ffi::SSL_CTX_free(self.ctx.0) }
@@ -293,6 +300,13 @@ pub struct Ssl {
     ssl: ptr::Unique<ffi::SSL>
 }
 
+// TODO: put useful information here
+impl fmt::Show for Ssl {
+    fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(fmt, "Ssl")
+    }
+}
+
 impl Drop for Ssl {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         unsafe { ffi::SSL_free(self.ssl.0) }
@@ -412,6 +426,12 @@ pub struct SslStream<S> {
     buf: Vec<u8>
 }
 
+impl<S> fmt::Show for SslStream<S> where S: fmt::Show {
+    fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(fmt, "SslStream {{ stream: {:?}, ssl: {:?} }}", self.stream, self.ssl)
+    }
+}
+
 impl<S: Stream> SslStream<S> {
     fn new_base(ssl:Ssl, stream: S) -> SslStream<S> {
         SslStream {
@@ -567,6 +587,7 @@ impl<S: Stream> Writer for SslStream<S> {
 }
 
 /// A utility type to help in cases where the use of SSL is decided at runtime.
+#[derive(Show)]
 pub enum MaybeSslStream<S> where S: Stream {
     /// A connection using SSL
     Ssl(SslStream<S>),