diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ac8b1167cb..2a5205ffad 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@
     "debug": "^4.1.0",
     "dlv": "^1.1.3",
     "err-code": "^1.1.2",
-    "file-type": "^11.1.0",
+    "file-type": "^11.0.0",
+    "filesize": "^4.1.2",
     "fnv1a": "^1.0.1",
     "fsm-event": "^2.1.0",
     "get-folder-size": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/repo/stat.js b/src/cli/commands/repo/stat.js
index 660a7ff444..a7bab3cf1f 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/repo/stat.js
+++ b/src/cli/commands/repo/stat.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const print = require('../../utils').print
+const filesize = require('filesize')
 
 module.exports = {
   command: 'stat',
@@ -17,13 +17,17 @@ module.exports = {
   handler (argv) {
     argv.resolve((async () => {
       const ipfs = await argv.getIpfs()
-      const stats = await ipfs.repo.stat({ human: argv.human })
-      print(`repo status
+      const stats = await ipfs.repo.stat()
+      if (argv.human) {
+        stats.repoSize = filesize(stats.repoSize)
+        stats.storageMax = filesize(stats.storageMax)
+      }
+      return `repo status
   number of objects: ${stats.numObjects}
   repo size: ${stats.repoSize}
   repo path: ${stats.repoPath}
   version: ${stats.version}
-  maximum storage: ${stats.storageMax}`)
+  maximum storage: ${stats.storageMax}`
     })())
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/stats/repo.js b/src/cli/commands/stats/repo.js
index 343b8d9617..4abf5f45cd 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/stats/repo.js
+++ b/src/cli/commands/stats/repo.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const print = require('../../utils').print
+const filesize = require('filesize')
 
 module.exports = {
   command: 'repo',
@@ -17,13 +17,17 @@ module.exports = {
   handler (argv) {
     argv.resolve((async () => {
       const ipfs = await argv.getIpfs()
-      const stats = await ipfs.stats.repo({ human: argv.human })
-      print(`repo status
+      const stats = await ipfs.stats.repo()
+      if (argv.human) {
+        stats.repoSize = filesize(stats.repoSize)
+        stats.storageMax = filesize(stats.storageMax)
+      }
+      return `repo status
   number of objects: ${stats.numObjects}
   repo size: ${stats.repoSize}
   repo path: ${stats.repoPath}
   version: ${stats.version}
-  maximum storage: ${stats.storageMax}`)
+  maximum storage: ${stats.storageMax}`
     })())
   }
 }