diff --git a/man/man1/exiv2.1 b/man/man1/exiv2.1
index eb0bb29d..f9a2c743 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 11, 2020"
+.TH EXIV2 1 "May 12, 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 suppress them).
+-b		--binary	Show large binary values (default is to restrict them).
 -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 ...
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ 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
-Show large binary values (default is to suppress them).
+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).
diff --git a/src/actions.cpp b/src/actions.cpp
index af31f11d..a941d677 100644
--- a/src/actions.cpp
+++ b/src/actions.cpp
@@ -606,6 +606,16 @@ namespace Action {
         return result ;
     }
 
+    static void binaryOutput(bool suppressLong,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();
+        }
+    }
+
     bool Print::printMetadatum(const Exiv2::Metadatum& md, const Exiv2::Image* pImage)
     {
         if (!grepTag(md.key()))
@@ -689,21 +699,25 @@ namespace Action {
             if (!first)
                 std::cout << "  ";
             first = false;
+            std::ostringstream os;
             // #1114 - show negative values for SByte
-            if (md.typeId() != Exiv2::signedByte) {
-                std::cout << std::dec << md.value();
-            } else {
+            if (md.typeId() == Exiv2::signedByte) {
                 for ( int c = 0 ; c < md.value().count() ; c++ ) {
                     int value = md.value().toLong(c);
-                    std::cout << (c?" ":"") << std::dec << (value < 128 ? value : value - 256);
+                    os << (c?" ":"") << std::dec << (value < 128 ? value : value - 256);
                 }
+            } else {
+                os << std::dec << md.value();
             }
+            binaryOutput(Params::instance().binary_,os);
         }
         if (Params::instance().printItems_ & Params::prTrans) {
             if (!first)
                 std::cout << "  ";
             first = false;
-            std::cout << std::dec << md.print(&pImage->exifData());
+            std::ostringstream os;
+            os << std::dec << md.print(&pImage->exifData());
+            binaryOutput(Params::instance().binary_,os) ;
         }
         if (Params::instance().printItems_ & Params::prHex) {
             if (!first)