diff --git a/mysql-test/r/rpl_loaddata.result b/mysql-test/r/rpl_loaddata.result
index c1518e8e29a..62071a07d0c 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/rpl_loaddata.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/rpl_loaddata.result
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ slave start;
 create table t1(a int not null auto_increment, b int, primary key(a) );
 load data infile '../../std_data/rpl_loaddata.dat' into table t1;
 create temporary table t2 (day date,id int(9),category enum('a','b','c'),name varchar(60));
-load data infile '../../std_data/rpl_loaddata2.dat' into table t2 fields terminated by ',' optionally enclosed by '%' escaped by '@' lines terminated by '\n##\n' ignore 1 lines;
+load data infile '../../std_data/rpl_loaddata2.dat' into table t2 fields terminated by ',' optionally enclosed by '%' escaped by '@' lines terminated by '\n##\n' starting by '>' ignore 1 lines;
 create table t3 (day date,id int(9),category enum('a','b','c'),name varchar(60));
 insert into t3 select * from t2;
 select * from t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/std_data/rpl_loaddata2.dat b/mysql-test/std_data/rpl_loaddata2.dat
index 7a3d4ea7695..b883d9dcd58 100644
--- a/mysql-test/std_data/rpl_loaddata2.dat
+++ b/mysql-test/std_data/rpl_loaddata2.dat
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-2003-01-21,6328,%a%,%aaaaa%
+>2003-01-21,6328,%a%,%aaaaa%
 ##
-2003-02-22,2461,b,%a a a @@ @% @b ' " a%
+>2003-02-22,2461,b,%a a a @@ @% @b ' " a%
 ##
-2003-03-22,2161,%c%,%asdf%
+>2003-03-22,2161,%c%,%asdf%
 ##
-2003-04-22,2416,%a%,%bbbbb%
+>2003-04-22,2416,%a%,%bbbbb%
 ##
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/rpl_loaddata.test b/mysql-test/t/rpl_loaddata.test
index 2acb67dfce2..1f34aa9d3f9 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/rpl_loaddata.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/rpl_loaddata.test
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ create table t1(a int not null auto_increment, b int, primary key(a) );
 load data infile '../../std_data/rpl_loaddata.dat' into table t1;
 
 create temporary table t2 (day date,id int(9),category enum('a','b','c'),name varchar(60));
-#load data infile '../../std_data/rpl_loaddata2.dat' into table t2 fields terminated by ',' optionaly enclosed by '%' escaped by '@' lines terminated by '\n%%\n' ignore 1 lines;
- load data infile '../../std_data/rpl_loaddata2.dat' into table t2 fields terminated by ',' optionally enclosed by '%' escaped by '@' lines terminated by '\n##\n' ignore 1 lines;
+load data infile '../../std_data/rpl_loaddata2.dat' into table t2 fields terminated by ',' optionally enclosed by '%' escaped by '@' lines terminated by '\n##\n' starting by '>' ignore 1 lines;
 
 create table t3 (day date,id int(9),category enum('a','b','c'),name varchar(60));
 insert into t3 select * from t2;
diff --git a/sql/log_event.cc b/sql/log_event.cc
index 3b499b8d502..dfa44e19ffc 100644
--- a/sql/log_event.cc
+++ b/sql/log_event.cc
@@ -309,15 +309,19 @@ void Load_log_event::pack_info(String* packet)
     pretty_print_str(&tmp, sql_ex.escaped, sql_ex.escaped_len);
   }
      
+  bool line_lexem_added= false;
   if (sql_ex.line_term_len)
   {
     tmp.append(" LINES TERMINATED BY ");
     pretty_print_str(&tmp, sql_ex.line_term, sql_ex.line_term_len);
+    line_lexem_added= true;
   }
 
   if (sql_ex.line_start_len)
   {
-    tmp.append(" LINES STARTING BY ");
+    if (!line_lexem_added)
+      tmp.append(" LINES");
+    tmp.append(" STARTING BY ");
     pretty_print_str(&tmp, sql_ex.line_start, sql_ex.line_start_len);
   }
      
@@ -1299,15 +1303,19 @@ void Load_log_event::print(FILE* file, bool short_form, char* last_db)
     pretty_print_str(file, sql_ex.escaped, sql_ex.escaped_len);
   }
      
+  bool line_lexem_added= false;
   if (sql_ex.line_term)
   {
     fprintf(file," LINES TERMINATED BY ");
     pretty_print_str(file, sql_ex.line_term, sql_ex.line_term_len);
+    line_lexem_added= true;
   }
 
   if (sql_ex.line_start)
   {
-    fprintf(file," LINES STARTING BY ");
+    if (!line_lexem_added)
+      fprintf(file," LINES");
+    fprintf(file," STARTING BY ");
     pretty_print_str(file, sql_ex.line_start, sql_ex.line_start_len);
   }