diff --git a/client/mysqlbinlog.cc b/client/mysqlbinlog.cc
index 954e9290a76..a454d6a859f 100644
--- a/client/mysqlbinlog.cc
+++ b/client/mysqlbinlog.cc
@@ -613,7 +613,13 @@ Could not read entry at offset %s : Error in log format or read error",
             continue; // next
           }
         }
-	ce->print(result_file, short_form, last_db,true);
+        /*
+          We print the event, but with a leading '#': this is just to inform the
+          user of the original command; the command we want to execute will be a
+          derivation of this original command (we will change the filename and
+          use LOCAL), prepared in the 'case EXEC_LOAD_EVENT' below.
+        */
+	ce->print(result_file, short_form, last_db, true);
 	load_processor.process(ce);
 	ev= 0;
 	break;
diff --git a/sql/log_event.cc b/sql/log_event.cc
index 3451ffab65f..591ebf2b5d8 100644
--- a/sql/log_event.cc
+++ b/sql/log_event.cc
@@ -1279,6 +1279,11 @@ int Load_log_event::copy_log_event(const char *buf, ulong event_len,
 #ifdef MYSQL_CLIENT
 
 void Load_log_event::print(FILE* file, bool short_form, char* last_db)
+{
+  print(file, short_form, last_db, 0);
+}
+
+void Load_log_event::print(FILE* file, bool short_form, char* last_db, bool commented)
 {
   if (!short_form)
   {
@@ -1295,9 +1300,12 @@ void Load_log_event::print(FILE* file, bool short_form, char* last_db)
   }
   
   if (db && db[0] && !same_db)
-    fprintf(file, "use %s;\n", db);
+    fprintf(file, "%suse %s;\n", 
+            commented ? "# " : "",
+            db);
 
-  fprintf(file, "LOAD DATA ");
+  fprintf(file, "%sLOAD DATA ",
+          commented ? "# " : "");
   if (check_fname_outside_temp_buf())
     fprintf(file, "LOCAL ");
   fprintf(file, "INFILE '%-*s' ", fname_len, fname);
@@ -1573,10 +1581,12 @@ void Create_file_log_event::print(FILE* file, bool short_form,
 
   if (enable_local)
   {
-    if (!check_fname_outside_temp_buf())
-      fprintf(file, "#");
-    Load_log_event::print(file, 1, last_db);
-    fprintf(file, "#");
+    Load_log_event::print(file, 1, last_db, !check_fname_outside_temp_buf());
+    /* 
+       That one is for "file_id: etc" below: in mysqlbinlog we want the #, in
+       SHOW BINLOG EVENTS we don't.
+    */
+    fprintf(file, "#"); 
   }
 
   fprintf(file, " file_id: %d  block_len: %d\n", file_id, block_len);
diff --git a/sql/log_event.h b/sql/log_event.h
index 155da07bebd..1031b940528 100644
--- a/sql/log_event.h
+++ b/sql/log_event.h
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ public:
 		 bool use_rli_only_for_errors);
 #else
   void print(FILE* file, bool short_form = 0, char* last_db = 0);
+  void print(FILE* file, bool short_form, char* last_db, bool commented);
 #endif
 
   Load_log_event(const char* buf, int event_len, bool old_format);