diff --git a/util/ChangeLog b/util/ChangeLog
index 366f4c1be..475458c1e 100644
--- a/util/ChangeLog
+++ b/util/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-04-17  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
+
+	* miscutil.c (make_printable_string): Fix bug where some control
+	characters lose part of their ASCII representation.
+
 2006-04-11  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
 
 	* memory.c (realloc): Revert m_guard fix and stick an #error in
diff --git a/util/miscutil.c b/util/miscutil.c
index 98c2e8d62..33776b196 100644
--- a/util/miscutil.c
+++ b/util/miscutil.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ make_printable_string( const byte *p, size_t n, int delim )
 		*d++ = '0';
 	    else {
 		sprintf(d, "x%02x", *p );
-		d += 2;
+		d += 3;
 	    }
 	}
 	else