diff --git a/examples/treebidimap.go b/examples/treebidimap.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc87c80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/treebidimap.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2015, Emir Pasic. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package examples
+
+import (
+	"github.com/emirpasic/gods/maps/treebidimap"
+	"github.com/emirpasic/gods/utils"
+)
+
+// TreeBidiMapExample to demonstrate basic usage of TreeBidiMap
+func TreeBidiMapExample() {
+	m := treebidimap.NewWith(utils.IntComparator, utils.StringComparator) // empty
+	m.Put(1, "x")                                                         // 1->x
+	m.Put(3, "b")                                                         // 1->x, 3->b (ordered)
+	m.Put(1, "a")                                                         // 1->a, 3->b (ordered)
+	m.Put(2, "b")                                                         // 1->a, 2->b (ordered)
+	_, _ = m.GetKey("a")                                                  // 1, true
+	_, _ = m.Get(2)                                                       // b, true
+	_, _ = m.Get(3)                                                       // nil, false
+	_ = m.Values()                                                        // []interface {}{"a", "b"} (ordered)
+	_ = m.Keys()                                                          // []interface {}{1, 2} (ordered)
+	m.Remove(1)                                                           // 2->b
+	m.Clear()                                                             // empty
+	m.Empty()                                                             // true
+	m.Size()                                                              // 0
+}
diff --git a/maps/treebidimap/treebidimap.go b/maps/treebidimap/treebidimap.go
index 342e2cf..87eff9f 100644
--- a/maps/treebidimap/treebidimap.go
+++ b/maps/treebidimap/treebidimap.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/emirpasic/gods/maps"
 	"github.com/emirpasic/gods/trees/redblacktree"
 	"github.com/emirpasic/gods/utils"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 func assertMapImplementation() {
@@ -128,7 +129,10 @@ func (m *Map) Clear() {
 
 // String returns a string representation of container
 func (m *Map) String() string {
-	str := "TreeBidiMap\n"
-	str += fmt.Sprintf("%v", m.forwardMap)
-	return str
+	str := "TreeBidiMap\nmap["
+	it := m.Iterator()
+	for it.Next() {
+		str += fmt.Sprintf("%v:%v ", it.Key(), it.Value())
+	}
+	return strings.TrimRight(str, " ") + "]"
 }
diff --git a/maps/treemap/treemap.go b/maps/treemap/treemap.go
index e2b4233..a1e58ad 100644
--- a/maps/treemap/treemap.go
+++ b/maps/treemap/treemap.go
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@
 package treemap
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/emirpasic/gods/maps"
 	rbt "github.com/emirpasic/gods/trees/redblacktree"
 	"github.com/emirpasic/gods/utils"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 func assertMapImplementation() {
@@ -105,7 +107,11 @@ func (m *Map) Max() (key interface{}, value interface{}) {
 
 // String returns a string representation of container
 func (m *Map) String() string {
-	str := "TreeMap\n"
-	str += m.tree.String()
-	return str
+	str := "TreeMap\nmap["
+	it := m.Iterator()
+	for it.Next() {
+		str += fmt.Sprintf("%v:%v ", it.Key(), it.Value())
+	}
+	return strings.TrimRight(str, " ") + "]"
+
 }