diff --git a/go/cache/lru_cache.go b/go/cache/lru_cache.go
index 819240ca6f4..a94482e74a3 100644
--- a/go/cache/lru_cache.go
+++ b/go/cache/lru_cache.go
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func (lru *LRUCache) Oldest() (oldest time.Time) {
 }
 
 // Keys returns all the keys for the cache, ordered from most recently
-// used to last recently used.
+// used to least recently used.
 func (lru *LRUCache) Keys() []string {
 	lru.mu.Lock()
 	defer lru.mu.Unlock()
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func (lru *LRUCache) Keys() []string {
 }
 
 // Items returns all the values for the cache, ordered from most recently
-// used to last recently used.
+// used to least recently used.
 func (lru *LRUCache) Items() []Item {
 	lru.mu.Lock()
 	defer lru.mu.Unlock()
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/executor.go b/go/vt/vtgate/executor.go
index dba611676b2..1c6f8e04133 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/executor.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/executor.go
@@ -1345,20 +1345,15 @@ func (e *Executor) ServeHTTP(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request
 		return
 	}
 	if request.URL.Path == "/debug/query_plans" {
-		keys := e.plans.Keys()
-		response.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain")
-		response.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("Length: %d\n", len(keys))))
-		for _, v := range keys {
-			response.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%#v\n", sqlparser.TruncateForUI(v))))
-			if plan, ok := e.plans.Peek(v); ok {
-				if b, err := json.MarshalIndent(plan, "", "  "); err != nil {
-					response.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
-				} else {
-					response.Write(b)
-				}
-				response.Write(([]byte)("\n\n"))
-			}
+		response.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
+		buf, err := json.MarshalIndent(e.plans.Items(), "", " ")
+		if err != nil {
+			response.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+			return
 		}
+		ebuf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+		json.HTMLEscape(ebuf, buf)
+		response.Write(ebuf.Bytes())
 	} else if request.URL.Path == "/debug/vschema" {
 		response.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
 		b, err := json.MarshalIndent(e.VSchema(), "", " ")
@@ -1384,7 +1379,6 @@ func (e *Executor) updateQueryCounts(planType, keyspace, tableName string, shard
 	queriesRouted.Add(planType, shardQueries)
 	queriesProcessedByTable.Add([]string{planType, keyspace, tableName}, 1)
 	queriesRoutedByTable.Add([]string{planType, keyspace, tableName}, shardQueries)
-	return
 }
 
 // VSchemaStats returns the loaded vschema stats.