diff --git a/src/cli/commands/bitswap/stat.js b/src/cli/commands/bitswap/stat.js
index 12ef6587c5..17406ae388 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/bitswap/stat.js
+++ b/src/cli/commands/bitswap/stat.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 const multibase = require('multibase')
 const { print } = require('../../utils')
 const { cidToString } = require('../../../utils/cid')
+const { humanize } = require('../../utils')
 
 module.exports = {
   command: 'stat',
@@ -14,20 +15,28 @@ module.exports = {
       describe: 'Number base to display CIDs in. Note: specifying a CID base for v0 CIDs will have no effect.',
       type: 'string',
       choices: multibase.names
+    },
+    human: {
+      describe: 'Print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G).',
+      type: 'boolean',
+      default: false
     }
   },
 
-  handler ({ getIpfs, cidBase, resolve }) {
+  handler ({ getIpfs, cidBase, resolve, human }) {
     resolve((async () => {
       const ipfs = await getIpfs()
       const stats = await ipfs.bitswap.stat()
       stats.wantlist = stats.wantlist.map(k => cidToString(k['/'], { base: cidBase, upgrade: false }))
       stats.peers = stats.peers || []
+      if (human) {
+        stats.dupDataReceived = humanize.Bytes(stats.dupDataReceived)
+      }
 
       print(`bitswap status
   blocks received: ${stats.blocksReceived}
   dup blocks received: ${stats.dupBlksReceived}
-  dup data received: ${stats.dupDataReceived}B
+  dup data received: ${stats.dupDataReceived}
   wantlist [${stats.wantlist.length} keys]
     ${stats.wantlist.join('\n    ')}
   partners [${stats.peers.length}]
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/repo/stat.js b/src/cli/commands/repo/stat.js
index 660a7ff444..179adc5051 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/repo/stat.js
+++ b/src/cli/commands/repo/stat.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const print = require('../../utils').print
+const humanize = require('../../utils').humanize
 
 module.exports = {
   command: 'stat',
@@ -17,7 +18,11 @@ module.exports = {
   handler (argv) {
     argv.resolve((async () => {
       const ipfs = await argv.getIpfs()
-      const stats = await ipfs.repo.stat({ human: argv.human })
+      const stats = await ipfs.repo.stat()
+      if (argv.human) {
+        stats.repoSize = humanize.Bytes(stats.repoSize)
+        stats.storageMax = humanize.Bytes(stats.storageMax)
+      }
       print(`repo status
   number of objects: ${stats.numObjects}
   repo size: ${stats.repoSize}
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/stats/repo.js b/src/cli/commands/stats/repo.js
index 343b8d9617..ef4e5ff194 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/stats/repo.js
+++ b/src/cli/commands/stats/repo.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const print = require('../../utils').print
+const humanize = require('../../utils').humanize
 
 module.exports = {
   command: 'repo',
@@ -17,7 +18,11 @@ module.exports = {
   handler (argv) {
     argv.resolve((async () => {
       const ipfs = await argv.getIpfs()
-      const stats = await ipfs.stats.repo({ human: argv.human })
+      const stats = await ipfs.stats.repo()
+      if (argv.human) {
+        stats.repoSize = humanize.Bytes(stats.repoSize)
+        stats.storageMax = humanize.Bytes(stats.storageMax)
+      }
       print(`repo status
   number of objects: ${stats.numObjects}
   repo size: ${stats.repoSize}
diff --git a/src/cli/utils.js b/src/cli/utils.js
index 88637bf06b..6882c518c0 100644
--- a/src/cli/utils.js
+++ b/src/cli/utils.js
@@ -135,3 +135,18 @@ exports.singleton = create => {
   })
   return getter
 }
+exports.humanize = {
+  Bytes: (bytes) => {
+    const thresh = 1024
+    if (Math.abs(bytes) < thresh) {
+      return bytes + ' B'
+    }
+    const units = ['kB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB', 'PB', 'EB', 'ZB', 'YB']
+    let unit = -1
+    do {
+      bytes /= thresh
+      ++unit
+    } while (Math.abs(bytes) >= thresh && unit < units.length - 1)
+    return bytes.toFixed(1) + ' ' + units[unit]
+  }
+}