diff --git a/cmd-show-options.c b/cmd-show-options.c
index b9882243..0ce438df 100644
--- a/cmd-show-options.c
+++ b/cmd-show-options.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ cmd_show_options_print(struct cmd *self, struct cmdq_item *item,
 		name = options_name(o);
 	}
 
-	value = options_tostring(o, idx);
+	value = options_tostring(o, idx, 0);
 	if (args_has(self->args, 'v'))
 		cmdq_print(item, "%s", value);
 	else if (options_isstring(o)) {
diff --git a/format.c b/format.c
index 3a809435..cc23387a 100644
--- a/format.c
+++ b/format.c
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ format_find(struct format_tree *ft, const char *key, int modifiers)
 		if (o == NULL)
 			o = options_parse_get(global_s_options, key, &idx, 0);
 		if (o != NULL) {
-			found = options_tostring(o, idx);
+			found = options_tostring(o, idx, 1);
 			goto found;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
index 37263b53..4de25937 100644
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ options_isstring(struct options_entry *o)
 }
 
 const char *
-options_tostring(struct options_entry *o, int idx)
+options_tostring(struct options_entry *o, int idx, int numeric)
 {
 	static char	 s[1024];
 	const char	*tmp;
@@ -355,7 +355,10 @@ options_tostring(struct options_entry *o, int idx)
 			tmp = attributes_tostring(o->number);
 			break;
 		case OPTIONS_TABLE_FLAG:
-			tmp = (o->number ? "on" : "off");
+			if (numeric)
+				xsnprintf(s, sizeof s, "%lld", o->number);
+			else
+				tmp = (o->number ? "on" : "off");
 			break;
 		case OPTIONS_TABLE_CHOICE:
 			tmp = o->tableentry->choices[o->number];
diff --git a/tmux.h b/tmux.h
index f81fbbcd..322ebe90 100644
--- a/tmux.h
+++ b/tmux.h
@@ -1562,7 +1562,7 @@ int		 options_array_set(struct options_entry *, u_int, const char *,
 int		 options_array_size(struct options_entry *, u_int *);
 void		 options_array_assign(struct options_entry *, const char *);
 int		 options_isstring(struct options_entry *);
-const char	*options_tostring(struct options_entry *, int);
+const char	*options_tostring(struct options_entry *, int, int);
 char		*options_parse(const char *, int *);
 struct options_entry *options_parse_get(struct options *, const char *, int *,
 		     int);