diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
index ba247f3f85..4c05076dff 100644
--- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
+++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
@@ -4944,6 +4944,7 @@ initPopulateTable(PGconn *con, const char *table, int64 base,
 	int			n;
 	int64		k;
 	int			chars = 0;
+	int			previous_chars = 0;
 	PGresult   *res;
 	PQExpBufferData sql;
 	char		copy_statement[256];
@@ -5004,10 +5005,18 @@ initPopulateTable(PGconn *con, const char *table, int64 base,
 			double		elapsed_sec = PG_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(pg_time_now() - start);
 			double		remaining_sec = ((double) total - j) * elapsed_sec / j;
 
-			chars = fprintf(stderr, INT64_FORMAT " of " INT64_FORMAT " tuples (%d%%) of %s done (elapsed %.2f s, remaining %.2f s)%c",
+			chars = fprintf(stderr, INT64_FORMAT " of " INT64_FORMAT " tuples (%d%%) of %s done (elapsed %.2f s, remaining %.2f s)",
 							j, total,
 							(int) ((j * 100) / total),
-							table, elapsed_sec, remaining_sec, eol);
+							table, elapsed_sec, remaining_sec);
+			if (previous_chars != 0)
+			{
+				int	n_spaces = chars - previous_chars;
+				fprintf(stderr, "%*s", n_spaces, "");
+				chars += n_spaces;
+			}
+			fprintf(stderr, "%c", eol);
+			previous_chars = chars;
 		}
 		/* let's not call the timing for each row, but only each 100 rows */
 		else if (use_quiet && (j % 100 == 0))