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diff --git a/lisp/format-spec.el b/lisp/format-spec.el
index a43732f43..a5de3496f 100644
--- a/lisp/format-spec.el
+++ b/lisp/format-spec.el
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 ;;; format-spec.el --- functions for formatting arbitrary formatting strings
-;; Copyright (C) 1999-2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+;; Copyright (C) 1999-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
 ;; Keywords: tools
 
 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-;; any later version.
+;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+;; (at your option) any later version.
 
 ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
@@ -17,9 +18,7 @@
 ;; GNU General Public License for more details.
 
 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
-;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;; along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 ;;; Commentary:
 
@@ -31,7 +30,8 @@
   "Return a string based on FORMAT and SPECIFICATION.
 FORMAT is a string containing `format'-like specs like \"bash %u %k\",
 while SPECIFICATION is an alist mapping from format spec characters
-to values."
+to values.  Any text properties on a %-spec itself are propagated to
+the text that it generates."
   (with-temp-buffer
     (insert format)
     (goto-char (point-min))
@@ -44,11 +44,19 @@ to values."
        ((looking-at "\\([-0-9.]*\\)\\([a-zA-Z]\\)")
 	(let* ((num (match-string 1))
 	       (spec (string-to-char (match-string 2)))
-	       (val (cdr (assq spec specification))))
-	  (delete-region (1- (match-beginning 0)) (match-end 0))
+	       (val (assq spec specification)))
 	  (unless val
-	    (error "Invalid format character: %s" spec))
-	  (insert (format (concat "%" num "s") val))))
+	    (error "Invalid format character: `%%%c'" spec))
+	  (setq val (cdr val))
+	  ;; Pad result to desired length.
+	  (let ((text (format (concat "%" num "s") val)))
+	    ;; Insert first, to preserve text properties.
+	    (insert-and-inherit text)
+	    ;; Delete the specifier body.
+            (delete-region (+ (match-beginning 0) (length text))
+                           (+ (match-end 0) (length text)))
+            ;; Delete the percent sign.
+            (delete-region (1- (match-beginning 0)) (match-beginning 0)))))
        ;; Signal an error on bogus format strings.
        (t
 	(error "Invalid format string"))))