diff --git a/gcloud/bigtable/happybase/connection.py b/gcloud/bigtable/happybase/connection.py
index fa9d541c02ef..19059b0239cf 100644
--- a/gcloud/bigtable/happybase/connection.py
+++ b/gcloud/bigtable/happybase/connection.py
@@ -52,10 +52,12 @@
 _BASE_DISABLE = 'Cloud Bigtable has no concept of enabled / disabled tables.'
 _DISABLE_DELETE_MSG = ('The disable argument should not be used in '
                        'delete_table(). ') + _BASE_DISABLE
-_ENABLE_MSG = 'Connection.enable_table() was called, but ' + _BASE_DISABLE
-_DISABLE_MSG = 'Connection.disable_table() was called, but ' + _BASE_DISABLE
-_IS_ENABLED_MSG = ('Connection.is_table_enabled() was called, but ' +
-                   _BASE_DISABLE)
+_ENABLE_TMPL = 'Connection.enable_table(%r) was called, but ' + _BASE_DISABLE
+_DISABLE_TMPL = 'Connection.disable_table(%r) was called, but ' + _BASE_DISABLE
+_IS_ENABLED_TMPL = ('Connection.is_table_enabled(%r) was called, but ' +
+                    _BASE_DISABLE)
+_COMPACT_TMPL = ('Connection.compact_table(%r, major=%r) was called, but the '
+                 'Cloud Bigtable API does not support compacting a table.')
 
 
 def _get_instance(timeout=None):
@@ -382,7 +384,8 @@ def delete_table(self, name, disable=False):
         name = self._table_name(name)
         _LowLevelTable(name, self._instance).delete()
 
-    def enable_table(self, name):
+    @staticmethod
+    def enable_table(name):
         """Enable the specified table.
 
         .. warning::
@@ -393,9 +396,10 @@ def enable_table(self, name):
         :type name: str
         :param name: The name of the table to be enabled.
         """
-        _WARN(_ENABLE_MSG)
+        _WARN(_ENABLE_TMPL % (name,))
 
-    def disable_table(self, name):
+    @staticmethod
+    def disable_table(name):
         """Disable the specified table.
 
         .. warning::
@@ -406,9 +410,10 @@ def disable_table(self, name):
         :type name: str
         :param name: The name of the table to be disabled.
         """
-        _WARN(_DISABLE_MSG)
+        _WARN(_DISABLE_TMPL % (name,))
 
-    def is_table_enabled(self, name):
+    @staticmethod
+    def is_table_enabled(name):
         """Return whether the specified table is enabled.
 
         .. warning::
@@ -423,22 +428,25 @@ def is_table_enabled(self, name):
         :rtype: bool
         :returns: The value :data:`True` always.
         """
-        _WARN(_IS_ENABLED_MSG)
+        _WARN(_IS_ENABLED_TMPL % (name,))
         return True
 
-    def compact_table(self, name, major=False):
+    @staticmethod
+    def compact_table(name, major=False):
         """Compact the specified table.
 
         .. warning::
 
             Cloud Bigtable does not support compacting a table, so this
-            method does not work. It is provided simply for compatibility.
+            method does nothing. It is provided simply for compatibility.
+
+        :type name: str
+        :param name: The name of the table to compact.
 
-        :raises: :class:`NotImplementedError <exceptions.NotImplementedError>`
-                 always
+        :type major: bool
+        :param major: Whether to perform a major compaction.
         """
-        raise NotImplementedError('The Cloud Bigtable API does not support '
-                                  'compacting a table.')
+        _WARN(_COMPACT_TMPL % (name, major))
 
 
 def _parse_family_option(option):
diff --git a/gcloud/bigtable/happybase/test_connection.py b/gcloud/bigtable/happybase/test_connection.py
index 8b2f65ecf064..f70c69eaaea5 100644
--- a/gcloud/bigtable/happybase/test_connection.py
+++ b/gcloud/bigtable/happybase/test_connection.py
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ def mock_warn(msg):
         with _Monkey(MUT, _WARN=mock_warn):
             connection.enable_table(name)
 
-        self.assertEqual(len(warned), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(warned, [MUT._ENABLE_TMPL % (name,)])
 
     def test_disable_table(self):
         from gcloud._testing import _Monkey
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ def mock_warn(msg):
         with _Monkey(MUT, _WARN=mock_warn):
             connection.disable_table(name)
 
-        self.assertEqual(len(warned), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(warned, [MUT._DISABLE_TMPL % (name,)])
 
     def test_is_table_enabled(self):
         from gcloud._testing import _Monkey
@@ -543,16 +543,26 @@ def mock_warn(msg):
             result = connection.is_table_enabled(name)
 
         self.assertTrue(result)
-        self.assertEqual(len(warned), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(warned, [MUT._IS_ENABLED_TMPL % (name,)])
 
     def test_compact_table(self):
+        from gcloud._testing import _Monkey
+        from gcloud.bigtable.happybase import connection as MUT
+
         instance = _Instance()  # Avoid implicit environ check.
         connection = self._makeOne(autoconnect=False, instance=instance)
 
         name = 'table-name'
-        major = True
-        with self.assertRaises(NotImplementedError):
-            connection.compact_table(name, major=major)
+
+        warned = []
+
+        def mock_warn(msg):
+            warned.append(msg)
+
+        with _Monkey(MUT, _WARN=mock_warn):
+            connection.compact_table(name)
+
+        self.assertEqual(warned, [MUT._COMPACT_TMPL % (name, False)])
 
 
 class Test__parse_family_option(unittest2.TestCase):