diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_dataset.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_dataset.c
index 2c707f23f..1eaed435c 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_dataset.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_dataset.c
@@ -2893,11 +2893,12 @@ zfs_prop_get(zfs_handle_t *zhp, zfs_prop_t prop, char *propbuf, size_t proplen,
 	case ZFS_PROP_GUID:
 	case ZFS_PROP_CREATETXG:
 	case ZFS_PROP_OBJSETID:
+	case ZFS_PROP_PBKDF2_ITERS:
 		/*
 		 * These properties are stored as numbers, but they are
-		 * identifiers.
+		 * identifiers or counters.
 		 * We don't want them to be pretty printed, because pretty
-		 * printing mangles the ID into a truncated and useless value.
+		 * printing truncates their values making them useless.
 		 */
 		if (get_numeric_property(zhp, prop, src, &source, &val) != 0)
 			return (-1);