diff --git a/src/dj.c b/src/dj.c
index cb8b1db..17f406c 100644
--- a/src/dj.c
+++ b/src/dj.c
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@ struct Io {
 	int fl;         /* file opening flags */
 };
 
-/* To be assigned to main:fmt and used with printio(). */
-static char *fmt_asv   = "%d\037%d\036%d\037%d\035%d\036%d\034";
-static char *fmt_human = "%d+%d > %d+%d; %d > %d\n";
-
 static char *stdin_name = "<stdin>";
 static char *stdout_name = "<stdout>";
 
@@ -132,6 +128,18 @@ fprintio(FILE *stream, char *fmt, struct Io io[2]) {
 	);
 }
 
+/* To be assigned to main:fmt and used with printio(). */
+static char *fmt_asv =
+	"%d" /* io[0].rec   */ "\037" /* ASCII US */
+	"%d" /* io[0].prec  */ "\036" /* ASCII RS */
+	"%d" /* io[1].rec   */ "\037" /* ASCII US */
+	"%d" /* io[1].prec  */ "\035" /* ASCII GS */
+	"%d" /* io[0].bytes */ "\036" /* ASCII RS */
+	"%d" /* io[1].bytes */ "\034" /* ASCII FS */
+	"\n"
+;
+static char *fmt_human = "%d+%d > %d+%d; %d > %d\n";
+
 /* Parses the string s to an integer, returning either the integer or in the
  * case of an error a negative integer. This is used for argument parsing
  * (e.g. -B [int]) in dj and no negative integer would be valid anyway. */