diff --git a/mysql-test/r/cast.result b/mysql-test/r/cast.result
index d784460a68d..a893e6ee4ed 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/cast.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/cast.result
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@ ab	a 	ab	a 	a
 show create table t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
-  `c1` varchar(2) NOT NULL default '',
-  `c2` varchar(2) NOT NULL default '',
-  `c3` varchar(2) NOT NULL default '',
-  `c4` varchar(2) NOT NULL default '',
-  `c5` varchar(2) NOT NULL default ''
+  `c1` varbinary(2) NOT NULL default '',
+  `c2` varbinary(2) NOT NULL default '',
+  `c3` varbinary(2) NOT NULL default '',
+  `c4` varbinary(2) NOT NULL default '',
+  `c5` varbinary(2) NOT NULL default ''
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
 drop table t1;
 select
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/ctype_utf8.result b/mysql-test/r/ctype_utf8.result
index 79e871c4e79..79bca741fba 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/ctype_utf8.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/ctype_utf8.result
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ create table t1 select date_format("2004-01-19 10:10:10", "%Y-%m-%d");
 show create table t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
-  `date_format("2004-01-19 10:10:10", "%Y-%m-%d")` binary(10) default NULL
+  `date_format("2004-01-19 10:10:10", "%Y-%m-%d")` varbinary(10) default NULL
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
 select * from t1;
 date_format("2004-01-19 10:10:10", "%Y-%m-%d")
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/func_str.result b/mysql-test/r/func_str.result
index e65ddde8aef..6a206d1c7d9 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/func_str.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/func_str.result
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
   `substring(_latin2'ab',1)` varchar(2) character set latin2 NOT NULL default '',
   `insert(_latin2'abcd',2,3,_latin2'ef')` varchar(6) character set latin2 NOT NULL default '',
   `replace(_latin2'abcd',_latin2'b',_latin2'B')` varchar(4) character set latin2 NOT NULL default '',
-  `encode('abcd','ab')` binary(4) NOT NULL default ''
+  `encode('abcd','ab')` varbinary(4) NOT NULL default ''
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
 drop table t1;
 select SUBSTR('abcdefg',3,2);
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/ps_2myisam.result b/mysql-test/r/ps_2myisam.result
index 1d1ee8a8561..347e1c39eb2 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/ps_2myisam.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/ps_2myisam.result
@@ -1775,7 +1775,7 @@ t5	CREATE TABLE `t5` (
   `param03` double default NULL,
   `const04` varchar(3) NOT NULL default '',
   `param04` longtext,
-  `const05` binary(3) NOT NULL default '',
+  `const05` varbinary(3) NOT NULL default '',
   `param05` longblob,
   `const06` varchar(10) NOT NULL default '',
   `param06` longtext,
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/ps_3innodb.result b/mysql-test/r/ps_3innodb.result
index 888b8f57764..57ae4a3793c 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/ps_3innodb.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/ps_3innodb.result
@@ -1758,7 +1758,7 @@ t5	CREATE TABLE `t5` (
   `param03` double default NULL,
   `const04` varchar(3) NOT NULL default '',
   `param04` longtext,
-  `const05` binary(3) NOT NULL default '',
+  `const05` varbinary(3) NOT NULL default '',
   `param05` longblob,
   `const06` varchar(10) NOT NULL default '',
   `param06` longtext,
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/ps_4heap.result b/mysql-test/r/ps_4heap.result
index d6e835adbc6..2f533f4c843 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/ps_4heap.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/ps_4heap.result
@@ -1759,7 +1759,7 @@ t5	CREATE TABLE `t5` (
   `param03` double default NULL,
   `const04` varchar(3) NOT NULL default '',
   `param04` longtext,
-  `const05` binary(3) NOT NULL default '',
+  `const05` varbinary(3) NOT NULL default '',
   `param05` longblob,
   `const06` varchar(10) NOT NULL default '',
   `param06` longtext,
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/ps_6bdb.result b/mysql-test/r/ps_6bdb.result
index 3f9f3c61575..07034e01869 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/ps_6bdb.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/ps_6bdb.result
@@ -1758,7 +1758,7 @@ t5	CREATE TABLE `t5` (
   `param03` double default NULL,
   `const04` varchar(3) NOT NULL default '',
   `param04` longtext,
-  `const05` binary(3) NOT NULL default '',
+  `const05` varbinary(3) NOT NULL default '',
   `param05` longblob,
   `const06` varchar(10) NOT NULL default '',
   `param06` longtext,
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/type_ranges.result b/mysql-test/r/type_ranges.result
index 4f2d2d7b54c..ef4f65eda1f 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/type_ranges.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/type_ranges.result
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ auto	bigint(17) unsigned	NULL		PRI	0		select,insert,update,references
 t1	bigint(1)	NULL			0		select,insert,update,references	
 t2	varchar(1)	latin1_swedish_ci					select,insert,update,references	
 t3	varchar(256)	latin1_swedish_ci					select,insert,update,references	
-t4	varchar(256)	NULL					select,insert,update,references	
+t4	varbinary(256)	NULL					select,insert,update,references	
 t5	longtext	latin1_swedish_ci					select,insert,update,references	
 t6	longblob	NULL					select,insert,update,references	
 t7	char(0)	latin1_swedish_ci					select,insert,update,references	
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/union.result b/mysql-test/r/union.result
index d4ce1e45bf0..1fbba8ebbb7 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/union.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/union.result
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ f
 show create table t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
-  `f` binary(24) default NULL
+  `f` varbinary(24) default NULL
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
 drop table t1;
 create table t1 SELECT y from t2 UNION select da from t2;
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ y
 show create table t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
-  `y` binary(10) default NULL
+  `y` varbinary(10) default NULL
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
 drop table t1;
 create table t1 SELECT y from t2 UNION select dt from t2;
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ y
 show create table t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
-  `y` binary(19) default NULL
+  `y` varbinary(19) default NULL
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
 drop table t1;
 create table t1 SELECT da from t2 UNION select dt from t2;
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ testc
 show create table t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
-  `dt` binary(19) default NULL
+  `dt` varbinary(19) default NULL
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
 drop table t1;
 create table t1 SELECT dt from t2 UNION select sv from t2;
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ testv
 show create table t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
-  `dt` binary(19) default NULL
+  `dt` varbinary(19) default NULL
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
 drop table t1;
 create table t1 SELECT sc from t2 UNION select sv from t2;
diff --git a/sql/field.cc b/sql/field.cc
index 73f442a868e..dafb3dc25da 100644
--- a/sql/field.cc
+++ b/sql/field.cc
@@ -4778,11 +4778,18 @@ void Field_varstring::sort_string(char *to,uint length)
 
 void Field_varstring::sql_type(String &res) const
 {
+  THD *thd= table->in_use;
   CHARSET_INFO *cs=res.charset();
-  ulong length= cs->cset->snprintf(cs,(char*) res.ptr(),
-			     res.alloced_length(),"varchar(%u)",
-			     field_length / charset()->mbmaxlen);
+  ulong length;
+
+  length= cs->cset->snprintf(cs,(char*) res.ptr(),
+                             res.alloced_length(), "%s(%d)",
+                              (has_charset() ? "varchar" : "varbinary"),
+                             (int) field_length / charset()->mbmaxlen);
   res.length(length);
+  if ((thd->variables.sql_mode & (MODE_MYSQL323 | MODE_MYSQL40)) &&
+      has_charset() && (charset()->state & MY_CS_BINSORT))
+    res.append(" binary");
 }