diff --git a/cmd/size/size.go b/cmd/size/size.go
index 3be067e69..be00952bb 100644
--- a/cmd/size/size.go
+++ b/cmd/size/size.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/cmd"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs"
@@ -69,7 +70,13 @@ of the size command.
 			if jsonOutput {
 				return json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout).Encode(results)
 			}
-			fmt.Printf("Total objects: %s (%d)\n", fs.CountSuffix(results.Count), results.Count)
+			count := strconv.FormatInt(results.Count, 10)
+			countSuffix := fs.CountSuffix(results.Count).String()
+			if count == countSuffix {
+				fmt.Printf("Total objects: %s\n", count)
+			} else {
+				fmt.Printf("Total objects: %s (%s)\n", countSuffix, count)
+			}
 			fmt.Printf("Total size: %s (%d Byte)\n", fs.SizeSuffix(results.Bytes).ByteUnit(), results.Bytes)
 			if results.Sizeless > 0 {
 				fmt.Printf("Total objects with unknown size: %s (%d)\n", fs.CountSuffix(results.Sizeless), results.Sizeless)