diff --git a/include/libbb.h b/include/libbb.h
index 4c23b2b80..b5c845952 100644
--- a/include/libbb.h
+++ b/include/libbb.h
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ struct sysinfo {
 };
 extern int sysinfo (struct sysinfo* info);
 
-const char *make_human_readable_str(unsigned long val, unsigned long hr);
+const char *make_human_readable_str(unsigned long val, unsigned long not_hr);
 enum {
 	KILOBYTE = 1024,
 	MEGABYTE = (KILOBYTE*1024),
diff --git a/libbb/human_readable.c b/libbb/human_readable.c
index 1d7a90e55..36783fac7 100644
--- a/libbb/human_readable.c
+++ b/libbb/human_readable.c
@@ -31,20 +31,23 @@
 static char buffer[10];
 static const char *suffixes[] = { "", "k", "M", "G", "T" };
 
-const char *make_human_readable_str(unsigned long val, unsigned long hr)
+const char *make_human_readable_str(unsigned long val, unsigned long not_hr)
 {
 	int suffix, base;
 
-	for (suffix = 0, base = 1; suffix < 5; suffix++, base <<= 10) {
-		if (val < (base << 10)) {
-			if (suffix && val < 10 * base)
-				sprintf(buffer, "%lu.%lu%s", val / base,
-						(val % base) * 10 / base, suffixes[suffix]);
-			else
-				sprintf(buffer, "%lu%s", val / base, suffixes[suffix]);
-			break;
+	if (not_hr)
+		sprintf(buffer, "%lu", val);
+	else
+		for (suffix = 0, base = 1; suffix < 5; suffix++, base <<= 10) {
+			if (val < (base << 10)) {
+				if (suffix && val < 10 * base)
+					sprintf(buffer, "%lu.%lu%s", val / base,
+							(val % base) * 10 / base, suffixes[suffix]);
+				else
+					sprintf(buffer, "%lu%s", val / base, suffixes[suffix]);
+				break;
+			}
 		}
-	}
 
 	return buffer;
 }
diff --git a/libbb/libbb.h b/libbb/libbb.h
index 4c23b2b80..b5c845952 100644
--- a/libbb/libbb.h
+++ b/libbb/libbb.h
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ struct sysinfo {
 };
 extern int sysinfo (struct sysinfo* info);
 
-const char *make_human_readable_str(unsigned long val, unsigned long hr);
+const char *make_human_readable_str(unsigned long val, unsigned long not_hr);
 enum {
 	KILOBYTE = 1024,
 	MEGABYTE = (KILOBYTE*1024),