diff --git a/sql/sql_parse.cc b/sql/sql_parse.cc
index 36fdf376fa6..885db292699 100644
--- a/sql/sql_parse.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_parse.cc
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ bool dispatch_command(enum enum_server_command command, THD *thd,
     length= my_snprintf(buff, buff_len - 1,
                         "Uptime: %lu  Threads: %d  Questions: %lu  "
                         "Slow queries: %lu  Opens: %lu  Flush tables: %lu  "
-                        "Open tables: %u  Queries per second avg: %u.%u",
+                        "Open tables: %u  Queries per second avg: %u.%03u",
                         uptime,
                         (int) thread_count, (ulong) thd->query_id,
                         current_global_status_var.long_query_count,