diff --git a/gdb/utils.c b/gdb/utils.c
index 89fca0694c7ba9877fc3b6f125ef990f48ca89cc..504890ebf154137963c6d1d3de0242ce20b25dd1 100644
--- a/gdb/utils.c
+++ b/gdb/utils.c
@@ -1388,13 +1388,13 @@ defaulted_query (const char *ctlstr, const char defchar, va_list args)
       gdb_flush (gdb_stdout);
 
       if (annotation_level > 1)
-	printf_filtered ("\n\032\032pre-%cquery\n", defchar);
+	printf_filtered ("\n\032\032pre-query\n");
 
       vfprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, ctlstr, args);
       printf_filtered ("(%s or %s) ", y_string, n_string);
 
       if (annotation_level > 1)
-	printf_filtered ("\n\032\032%cquery\n", defchar);
+	printf_filtered ("\n\032\032query\n");
 
       wrap_here ("");
       gdb_flush (gdb_stdout);
@@ -1438,7 +1438,7 @@ defaulted_query (const char *ctlstr, const char defchar, va_list args)
     }
 
   if (annotation_level > 1)
-    printf_filtered ("\n\032\032post-%cquery\n", defchar);
+    printf_filtered ("\n\032\032post-query\n");
   return retval;
 }