diff --git a/crates/bevy_core/src/name.rs b/crates/bevy_core/src/name.rs
index c3012224ad..2efa8d619b 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core/src/name.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_core/src/name.rs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ impl<'a> std::fmt::Display for DebugNameItem<'a> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
         match self.name {
             Some(name) => std::fmt::Display::fmt(name, f),
-            None => write!(f, "{}v{}", self.entity.index(), self.entity.generation()),
+            None => std::fmt::Display::fmt(&self.entity, f),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/entity/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/entity/mod.rs
index 5cefe6a1df..656687cdcd 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/entity/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/entity/mod.rs
@@ -392,13 +392,7 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Entity {
 
 impl fmt::Display for Entity {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(
-            f,
-            "{}v{}|{}",
-            self.index(),
-            self.generation(),
-            self.to_bits()
-        )
+        write!(f, "{}v{}", self.index(), self.generation())
     }
 }
 
@@ -1162,9 +1156,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn entity_display() {
         let entity = Entity::from_raw(42);
         let string = format!("{}", entity);
-        let bits = entity.to_bits().to_string();
         assert!(string.contains("42"));
         assert!(string.contains("v1"));
-        assert!(string.contains(&bits));
     }
 }