diff --git a/src/ex_cmds.c b/src/ex_cmds.c
index 45d8c81..cfda903 100644
--- a/src/ex_cmds.c
+++ b/src/ex_cmds.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     exarg_T	*eap;
 {
     int		c;
+    int		cval;
     char	buf1[20];
     char	buf2[20];
     char_u	buf3[7];
@@ -75,6 +76,10 @@
     {
 	if (c == NL)	    /* NUL is stored as NL */
 	    c = NUL;
+	if (c == CAR && get_fileformat(curbuf) == EOL_MAC)
+	    cval = NL;	    /* NL is stored as CR */
+	else
+	    cval = c;
 	if (vim_isprintc_strict(c) && (c < ' '
 #ifndef EBCDIC
 		    || c > '~'
@@ -94,7 +99,7 @@
 	    buf2[0] = NUL;
 	vim_snprintf((char *)IObuff, IOSIZE,
 		_("<%s>%s%s  %d,  Hex %02x,  Octal %03o"),
-					   transchar(c), buf1, buf2, c, c, c);
+				  transchar(c), buf1, buf2, cval, cval, cval);
 #ifdef FEAT_MBYTE
 	if (enc_utf8)
 	    c = cc[ci++];