diff -up sysstat-10.0.0/iostat.c.pom sysstat-10.0.0/iostat.c
--- sysstat-10.0.0/iostat.c.pom	2011-03-11 18:09:57.000000000 +0100
+++ sysstat-10.0.0/iostat.c	2011-05-02 15:56:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ void usage(char *progname)
 		progname);
 #ifdef DEBUG
 	fprintf(stderr, _("Options are:\n"
-			  "[ -c ] [ -d ] [ -N ] [ -k | -m ] [ -t ] [ -V ] [ -x ] [ -z ]\n"
+			  "[ -c ] [ -d ] [ -h ] [ -N ] [ -k | -m ] [ -t ] [ -V ] [ -x ] [ -z ]\n"
 			  "[ <device> [...] | ALL ] [ -p [ <device> [,...] | ALL ] ] [ --debuginfo ]\n"));
 #else
 	fprintf(stderr, _("Options are:\n"
-			  "[ -c ] [ -d ] [ -N ] [ -k | -m ] [ -t ] [ -V ] [ -x ] [ -z ]\n"
+			  "[ -c ] [ -d ] [ -h ] [ -N ] [ -k | -m ] [ -t ] [ -V ] [ -x ] [ -z ]\n"
 			  "[ <device> [...] | ALL ] [ -p [ <device> [,...] | ALL ] ]\n"));
 #endif
 	exit(1);
@@ -827,9 +827,14 @@ void write_ext_stat(int curr, unsigned l
 		  (ioi->wr_ticks - ioj->wr_ticks) /
 		  ((double) (ioi->wr_ios - ioj->wr_ios)) : 0.0;
 
+	if (DISPLAY_HUMAN_READ(flags)) {
+		printf("%-22s\n%13s", shi->name, "");
+	} else {
+		printf("%-13s ", shi->name);
+	}
+
 	/*      DEV   rrq/s wrq/s   r/s   w/s  rsec  wsec  rqsz  qusz await r_await w_await svctm %util */
-	printf("%-13s %8.2f %8.2f %7.2f %7.2f %8.2f %8.2f %8.2f %8.2f %7.2f %7.2f %7.2f %6.2f %6.2f\n",
-	       shi->name,
+	printf("%8.2f %8.2f %7.2f %7.2f %8.2f %8.2f %8.2f %8.2f %7.2f %7.2f %7.2f %6.2f %6.2f\n",
 	       S_VALUE(ioj->rd_merges, ioi->rd_merges, itv),
 	       S_VALUE(ioj->wr_merges, ioi->wr_merges, itv),
 	       S_VALUE(ioj->rd_ios, ioi->rd_ios, itv),
@@ -866,7 +871,11 @@ void write_basic_stat(int curr, unsigned
 {
 	unsigned long long rd_sec, wr_sec;
 
-	printf("%-13s", shi->name);
+	if (DISPLAY_HUMAN_READ(flags)) {
+		printf("%-22s\n%13s", shi->name, "");
+	} else {
+		printf("%-13s ", shi->name);
+	}
 
 	/* Print stats coming from /sys or /proc/diskstats */
 	rd_sec = ioi->rd_sectors - ioj->rd_sectors;
@@ -1194,6 +1203,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 					report_set = TRUE;
 					break;
 
+				case 'h':
+					/* Display device names in human readable format */
+					flags |= I_D_HUMAN_READ;
+					break;
+
 				case 'k':
 					if (DISPLAY_MEGABYTES(flags)) {
 						usage(argv[0]);
diff -up sysstat-10.0.0/iostat.h.pom sysstat-10.0.0/iostat.h
--- sysstat-10.0.0/iostat.h.pom	2011-03-11 18:09:57.000000000 +0100
+++ sysstat-10.0.0/iostat.h	2011-05-02 15:56:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #define I_D_MEGABYTES		0x00200
 #define I_D_PARTITIONS		0x00400
 #define I_F_HAS_DISKSTATS	0x00800
-/* Unused			0x01000 */
+#define I_D_HUMAN_READ		0x01000
 /* Unused			0x02000 */
 /* Unused			0x04000 */
 /* Unused			0x08000 */
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #define DISPLAY_UNFILTERED(m)	(((m) & I_D_UNFILTERED)    == I_D_UNFILTERED)
 #define DISPLAY_PARTITIONS(m)	(((m) & I_D_PARTITIONS)    == I_D_PARTITIONS)
 #define HAS_DISKSTATS(m)	(((m) & I_F_HAS_DISKSTATS) == I_F_HAS_DISKSTATS)
+#define DISPLAY_HUMAN_READ(m)	(((m) & I_D_HUMAN_READ)    == I_D_HUMAN_READ)
 #define DISPLAY_DEVMAP_NAME(m)	(((m) & I_D_DEVMAP_NAME)   == I_D_DEVMAP_NAME)
 #define DISPLAY_ISO(m)		(((m) & I_D_ISO)           == I_D_ISO)
 #define DISPLAY_ZERO_OMIT(m)	(((m) & I_D_ZERO_OMIT)     == I_D_ZERO_OMIT)
diff -up sysstat-10.0.0/man/iostat.in.pom sysstat-10.0.0/man/iostat.in
--- sysstat-10.0.0/man/iostat.in.pom	2010-06-13 15:23:55.000000000 +0200
+++ sysstat-10.0.0/man/iostat.in	2011-05-02 15:56:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ iostat \- Report Central Processing Unit
 statistics for devices and partitions.
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .ie 'yes'@WITH_DEBUG@' \{
-.B iostat [ -c ] [ -d ] [ --debuginfo ] [ -N ] [ -k | -m ] [ -t ] [ -V ] [ -x ] [ -z ] [
+.B iostat [ -c ] [ -d ] [ -h ] [ --debuginfo ] [ -N ] [ -k | -m ] [ -t ] [ -V ] [ -x ] [ -z ] [
 .I device
 .B [...] | ALL ] [ -p [
 .I device
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ statistics for devices and partitions.
 .B ] ]
 .\}
 .el \{
-.B iostat [ -c ] [ -d ] [ -N ] [ -k | -m ] [ -t ] [ -V ] [ -x ] [ -z ] [
+.B iostat [ -c ] [ -d ] [ -h ] [ -N ] [ -k | -m ] [ -t ] [ -V ] [ -x ] [ -z ] [
 .I device
 .B [...] | ALL ] [ -p [
 .I device
@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ Display the device utilization report.
 .IP --debuginfo
 Print debug output to stderr.
 .\}
+.IP -h
+Make the disk stats report easier to read by a human.
 .IP -k
 Display statistics in kilobytes per second.
 .IP -m