diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index ceb43c23daf..286464ab266 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Release 0.18.1 - Unreleased
 
   BUG FIXES
    HBASE-891   HRS.validateValuesLength throws IOE, gets caught in the retries
+   HBASE-906   [shell] Truncates output
 
 Release 0.18.0 - September 21st, 2008
 
diff --git a/bin/Formatter.rb b/bin/Formatter.rb
index 3af13d60a77..74436b8b3ba 100644
--- a/bin/Formatter.rb
+++ b/bin/Formatter.rb
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ module Formatter
     end
 
     def dump(str)
-      # Remove double-quotes added by 'dump'.
       if str.instance_of? Fixnum
           return
       end
-      return str.dump.slice(1, str.length)
+      # Remove double-quotes added by 'dump'.
+      return str.dump[1..-1]
     end
 
     def output(width, str)