diff --git a/src/bitswap/stat.js b/src/bitswap/stat.js
index 02461247..569fc414 100644
--- a/src/bitswap/stat.js
+++ b/src/bitswap/stat.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 const waterfall = require('async/waterfall')
 const { getDescribe, getIt, expect } = require('../utils/mocha')
-const { expectIsBitswap } = require('../stats/utils')
+const { expectIsBitswap, expectIsBitswapHumanReadable } = require('../stats/utils')
 
 module.exports = (createCommon, options) => {
   const describe = getDescribe(options)
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ module.exports = (createCommon, options) => {
       })
     })
 
+    it('should get human readable bitswap stats', async () => {
+      const stats = await ipfs.bitswap.stat({ human: true })
+
+      expectIsBitswapHumanReadable(null, stats)
+    })
+
     it('should not get bitswap stats when offline', function (done) {
       this.timeout(60 * 1000)
 
diff --git a/src/stats/bitswap.js b/src/stats/bitswap.js
index b0e57f38..d3a4a262 100644
--- a/src/stats/bitswap.js
+++ b/src/stats/bitswap.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const { getDescribe, getIt, expect } = require('../utils/mocha')
-const { expectIsBitswap } = require('./utils')
+const { expectIsBitswap, expectIsBitswapHumanReadable } = require('./utils')
 
 module.exports = (createCommon, options) => {
   const describe = getDescribe(options)
@@ -41,5 +41,11 @@ module.exports = (createCommon, options) => {
         expectIsBitswap(null, res)
       })
     })
+
+    it('should get human readable bitswap stats', async () => {
+      const stats = await ipfs.stats.bitswap({ human: true })
+
+      expectIsBitswapHumanReadable(null, stats)
+    })
   })
 }
diff --git a/src/stats/utils.js b/src/stats/utils.js
index fd7a1d62..dbbbcb18 100644
--- a/src/stats/utils.js
+++ b/src/stats/utils.js
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ exports.expectIsBitswap = (err, stats) => {
   expect(stats).to.have.a.property('dupBlksReceived')
   expect(stats).to.have.a.property('dupDataReceived')
 
-  expect(stats.provideBufLen).to.a('number')
   expect(stats.wantlist).to.be.an('array')
   expect(stats.peers).to.be.an('array')
+  expect(isBigInt(stats.provideBufLen)).to.eql(true)
   expect(isBigInt(stats.blocksReceived)).to.eql(true)
   expect(isBigInt(stats.dataReceived)).to.eql(true)
   expect(isBigInt(stats.blocksSent)).to.eql(true)
@@ -30,6 +30,34 @@ exports.expectIsBitswap = (err, stats) => {
   expect(isBigInt(stats.dupDataReceived)).to.eql(true)
 }
 
+exports.expectIsBitswapHumanReadable = (err, stats) => {
+  expect(err).to.not.exist()
+  expect(stats).to.exist()
+  expect(stats).to.have.a.property('provideBufLen')
+    .and.to.be.a('number')
+  expect(stats).to.have.a.property('blocksReceived')
+    .and.to.be.a('number')
+  expect(stats).to.have.a.property('wantlist')
+    .and.to.be.a('string')
+    .and.to.match(/\[\d+\skeys\]$/gm)
+  expect(stats).to.have.a.property('peers')
+    .and.to.be.a('string')
+    .and.to.match(/\[\d+\]$/gm)
+  expect(stats).to.have.a.property('dupBlksReceived')
+    .and.to.be.a('number')
+  expect(stats).to.have.a.property('dupDataReceived')
+    .and.to.be.a('string')
+    .and.to.match(/[\d.]+\s[PTGMK]?B$/gm)
+  expect(stats).to.have.a.property('dataReceived')
+    .and.to.be.a('string')
+    .and.to.match(/[\d.]+\s[PTGMK]?B$/gm)
+  expect(stats).to.have.a.property('blocksSent')
+    .and.to.be.a('number')
+  expect(stats).to.have.a.property('dataSent')
+    .and.to.be.a('string')
+    .and.to.match(/[\d.]+\s[PTGMK]?B$/gm)
+}
+
 exports.expectIsBandwidth = (err, stats) => {
   expect(err).to.not.exist()
   expect(stats).to.exist()