diff --git a/man/man1/exiv2.1 b/man/man1/exiv2.1
index f7a24745..08cee4f9 100644
--- a/man/man1/exiv2.1
+++ b/man/man1/exiv2.1
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
 .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
 .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
-.TH EXIV2 1 "May 12, 2020"
+.TH EXIV2 1 "Nov 6, 2020"
 .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
 .\"
 .\" Some roff macros, for reference:
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ exiv2 [ opt [arg] ]+ [ act ] file ...
 .sp 1
 option [arg]	long option	description
 -a	tim	--adjust	Modify time stamps.  [+|-]HH[:MM[:SS[.mmm]]]
--b		--binary	Show large binary values (default is to restrict them).
+-b		--binary	This option is obsolete and does nothing.
 -c	txt	--comment	JPEG comment string to set in the image ('modify' action).  ...
 -d	tgt	--delete	Delete target(s) for the 'delete' action. ...
 -D	+-n	--days	Time  adjustment by a positive or negative number of days ...
@@ -210,9 +210,6 @@ Set the log-level to 'd'(ebug), 'i'(nfo), 'w'(arning), 'e'(rror)
 or 'm'(ute). The default log-level is 'w'. \fB\-Qm\fP is equivalent
 to \fB\-q\fP. All log messages are written to standard error.
 .TP
-.B \-b
-The output from large binary values is to restricted by default.  When outputting the value of a large value such as MakerNote, the default behaviour is to restrict the data and end with "...".  The option --binary enables you to see all the data.
-.TP
 .B \-u
 Show unknown tags (default is to suppress tags which don't have a name).
 .TP
diff --git a/src/actions.cpp b/src/actions.cpp
index a890e29f..a6f885a1 100644
--- a/src/actions.cpp
+++ b/src/actions.cpp
@@ -510,14 +510,9 @@ namespace Action {
         return result ;
     }
 
-    static void binaryOutput(bool suppressLong,const std::ostringstream& os)
+    static void binaryOutput(const std::ostringstream& os)
     {
-        const int dots = 100;
-        if ( suppressLong && os.str().length() > dots ) {
-           std::cout << os.str().substr(0,dots) << " ..." ;
-        } else {
-            std::cout << os.str();
-        }
+        std::cout << os.str();
     }
 
     bool Print::printMetadatum(const Exiv2::Metadatum& md, const Exiv2::Image* pImage)
@@ -613,7 +608,7 @@ namespace Action {
             } else {
                 os << std::dec << md.value();
             }
-            binaryOutput(Params::instance().binary_,os);
+            binaryOutput(os);
         }
         if (Params::instance().printItems_ & Params::prTrans) {
             if (!first)
@@ -621,7 +616,7 @@ namespace Action {
             first = false;
             std::ostringstream os;
             os << std::dec << md.print(&pImage->exifData());
-            binaryOutput(Params::instance().binary_,os) ;
+            binaryOutput(os) ;
         }
         if (Params::instance().printItems_ & Params::prHex) {
             if (!first)
diff --git a/test/data/pr_1384.exv b/test/data/pr_1384.exv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d4a1bb4
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/data/pr_1384.exv differ
diff --git a/tests/bugfixes/github/test_pr_1384.py b/tests/bugfixes/github/test_pr_1384.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..acba7c13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bugfixes/github/test_pr_1384.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import system_tests
+
+class test_pr_1384(metaclass=system_tests.CaseMeta):
+    url = "https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1384"
+    
+    filename = "$data_path/pr_1384.exv"
+    commands = ["$exiv2 --grep ColorMatrix/i $filename"]
+    stderr = [""]
+    stdout = ["""Exif.Image.ColorMatrix1                      SRational   9  10236/10000 -4532/10000 397/10000 -3403/10000 10623/10000 3223/10000 -242/10000 968/10000 8530/10000
+Exif.Image.ColorMatrix2                      SRational   9  8695/10000 -2558/10000 -648/10000 -5015/10000 12711/10000 2575/10000 -1279/10000 2215/10000 7514/10000
+"""
+]
+    retval = [0]