diff --git a/bench/bench.go b/bench/bench.go
index f366cf7c0..83d078c43 100644
--- a/bench/bench.go
+++ b/bench/bench.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func (sb *serialBenchmark) Init(hosts []string, agentNum int) error {
 // and the values are the results of each benchmark's Run method.
 func (sb *serialBenchmark) Run(ctx context.Context, agentNum int) map[string]interface{} {
 	results := make(map[string]interface{}, len(sb.benchmarkers))
-	runtimes := make(map[string]time.Duration)
+	runtimes := make(map[string]interface{})
 	total_start := time.Now()
 	for i, b := range sb.benchmarkers {
 		start := time.Now()
diff --git a/bench/prettify.go b/bench/prettify.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0636bec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/prettify.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package bench
+
+import "time"
+
+// wrapper type to force human-readable JSON output
+type PrettyDuration time.Duration
+
+func (d PrettyDuration) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	s := time.Duration(d).String()
+	return []byte("\"" + s + "\""), nil
+}
+
+// Recursively replaces elements of ugly types with their pretty wrappers
+func Prettify(m map[string]interface{}) map[string]interface{} {
+	newmap := make(map[string]interface{})
+	for k, v := range m {
+		switch v.(type) {
+		case map[string]interface{}:
+			newmap[k] = Prettify(v.(map[string]interface{}))
+		case []time.Duration:
+			newslice := make([]PrettyDuration, len(v.([]time.Duration)))
+			slice := v.([]time.Duration)
+			for n, e := range slice {
+				newslice[n] = PrettyDuration(e)
+			}
+			newmap[k] = newslice
+		case time.Duration:
+			newmap[k] = PrettyDuration(v.(time.Duration))
+		default:
+			newmap[k] = v
+		}
+	}
+	return newmap
+}
diff --git a/bench/prettify_test.go b/bench/prettify_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20269d73e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/prettify_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+package bench_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/bench"
+)
+
+func prettyEncode(data map[string]interface{}) string {
+	pretty := bench.Prettify(data)
+	jsonString := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	enc := json.NewEncoder(jsonString)
+	enc.SetIndent("", "  ")
+	err := enc.Encode(pretty)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+	}
+
+	return jsonString.String()
+}
+
+func TestPrettifyString(t *testing.T) {
+	res := make(map[string]interface{}, 1)
+	res["0"] = "foobar"
+	pretty := prettyEncode(res)
+
+	expected := `
+{
+  "0": "foobar"
+}
+`[1:]
+
+	if pretty != expected {
+		t.Fatalf("Pretty string doesn't match")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPrettifyInt(t *testing.T) {
+	res := make(map[string]interface{}, 1)
+	res["0"] = 234567
+	pretty := prettyEncode(res)
+
+	expected := `
+{
+  "0": 234567
+}
+`[1:]
+
+	if pretty != expected {
+		t.Fatalf("Pretty int doesn't match")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPrettifyDuration(t *testing.T) {
+	res := make(map[string]interface{}, 1)
+	res["0"] = time.Duration(234567)
+	pretty := prettyEncode(res)
+
+	expected := `
+{
+  "0": "234.567µs"
+}
+`[1:]
+
+	if pretty != expected {
+		t.Fatalf("Pretty duration doesn't match")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPrettifyDurationSlice(t *testing.T) {
+	res := make(map[string]interface{}, 1)
+	res["0"] = []time.Duration{123, 234567, 34567890}
+	pretty := prettyEncode(res)
+
+	expected := `
+{
+  "0": [
+    "123ns",
+    "234.567µs",
+    "34.56789ms"
+  ]
+}
+`[1:]
+
+	if pretty != expected {
+		t.Fatalf("Pretty duration slice doesn't match")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/pilosactl/main.go b/cmd/pilosactl/main.go
index 08c20c285..aea1aee0a 100644
--- a/cmd/pilosactl/main.go
+++ b/cmd/pilosactl/main.go
@@ -1156,6 +1156,8 @@ type BagentCommand struct {
 	AgentNum int
 	// Slice of pilosa hosts to run the Benchmarks against.
 	Hosts []string
+	// Enable pretty printing of results, for human consumption.
+	HumanReadable bool
 
 	Stdin  io.Reader
 	Stdout io.Writer
@@ -1165,9 +1167,10 @@ type BagentCommand struct {
 // NewBagentCommand returns a new instance of BagentCommand.
 func NewBagentCommand(stdin io.Reader, stdout, stderr io.Writer) *BagentCommand {
 	return &BagentCommand{
-		Benchmarks: []bench.Benchmark{},
-		Hosts:      []string{},
-		AgentNum:   0,
+		Benchmarks:    []bench.Benchmark{},
+		Hosts:         []string{},
+		AgentNum:      0,
+		HumanReadable: false,
 
 		Stdin:  stdin,
 		Stdout: stdout,
@@ -1188,6 +1191,7 @@ func (cmd *BagentCommand) ParseFlags(args []string) error {
 	var pilosaHosts string
 	fs.StringVar(&pilosaHosts, "hosts", "localhost:15000", "Comma separated list of host:port")
 	fs.IntVar(&cmd.AgentNum, "agentNum", 0, "An integer differentiating this agent from other in the fleet.")
+	fs.BoolVar(&cmd.HumanReadable, "human", false, "Boolean to enable human-readable format.")
 
 	if err := fs.Parse(args); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -1251,6 +1255,9 @@ The following arguments are available:
 	-agentNum N
 		An integer differentiating this agent from others in the fleet.
 
+	-human
+		Boolean to enable human-readable format.
+
 	subcommands:
 		diagonal-set-bits
 		random-set-bits
@@ -1273,6 +1280,9 @@ func (cmd *BagentCommand) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 	res := sbm.Run(ctx, cmd.AgentNum)
 	enc := json.NewEncoder(cmd.Stdout)
 	enc.SetIndent("", "  ")
+	if cmd.HumanReadable {
+		res = bench.Prettify(res)
+	}
 	err = enc.Encode(res)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintln(cmd.Stderr, err)