diff --git a/fs/accounting/stats.go b/fs/accounting/stats.go
index 8c7e2db8f..0dbcfaf5b 100644
--- a/fs/accounting/stats.go
+++ b/fs/accounting/stats.go
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func etaString(done, total int64, rate float64) string {
 	if !ok {
 		return "-"
 	}
-	return d.String()
+	return fs.Duration(d).ReadableString()
 }
 
 // percent returns a/b as a percentage rounded to the nearest integer
diff --git a/fs/accounting/stats_test.go b/fs/accounting/stats_test.go
index af5eeebcd..8db584ed6 100644
--- a/fs/accounting/stats_test.go
+++ b/fs/accounting/stats_test.go
@@ -19,9 +19,20 @@ func TestETA(t *testing.T) {
 		wantOK      bool
 		wantString  string
 	}{
+		// Custom String Cases
+		{size: 0, total: 365 * 86400, rate: 1.0, wantETA: 365 * 86400 * time.Second, wantOK: true, wantString: "1y"},
+		{size: 0, total: 7 * 86400, rate: 1.0, wantETA: 7 * 86400 * time.Second, wantOK: true, wantString: "1w"},
+		{size: 0, total: 1 * 86400, rate: 1.0, wantETA: 1 * 86400 * time.Second, wantOK: true, wantString: "1d"},
+		{size: 0, total: 1110 * 86400, rate: 1.0, wantETA: 1110 * 86400 * time.Second, wantOK: true, wantString: "3y2w1d"},
+		{size: 0, total: 15 * 86400, rate: 1.0, wantETA: 15 * 86400 * time.Second, wantOK: true, wantString: "2w1d"},
+		// Composite Custom String Cases
+		{size: 0, total: 1.5 * 86400, rate: 1.0, wantETA: 1.5 * 86400 * time.Second, wantOK: true, wantString: "1d12h"},
+		{size: 0, total: 95000, rate: 1.0, wantETA: 95000 * time.Second, wantOK: true, wantString: "1d2h23m20s"},
+		// Standard Duration String Cases
 		{size: 0, total: 100, rate: 1.0, wantETA: 100 * time.Second, wantOK: true, wantString: "1m40s"},
 		{size: 50, total: 100, rate: 1.0, wantETA: 50 * time.Second, wantOK: true, wantString: "50s"},
 		{size: 100, total: 100, rate: 1.0, wantETA: 0 * time.Second, wantOK: true, wantString: "0s"},
+		// No String Cases
 		{size: -1, total: 100, rate: 1.0, wantETA: 0, wantOK: false, wantString: "-"},
 		{size: 200, total: 100, rate: 1.0, wantETA: 0, wantOK: false, wantString: "-"},
 		{size: 10, total: -1, rate: 1.0, wantETA: 0, wantOK: false, wantString: "-"},
diff --git a/fs/parseduration.go b/fs/parseduration.go
index 94626a1fe..e79b323ee 100644
--- a/fs/parseduration.go
+++ b/fs/parseduration.go
@@ -78,6 +78,68 @@ func ParseDuration(age string) (time.Duration, error) {
 	return time.Duration(period), nil
 }
 
+// ReadableString parses d into a human readable duration.
+// Based on https://github.com/hako/durafmt
+func (d Duration) ReadableString() string {
+	switch d {
+	case DurationOff:
+		return "off"
+	case 0:
+		return "0s"
+	}
+
+	readableString := ""
+
+	// Check for minus durations.
+	if d < 0 {
+		readableString += "-"
+	}
+
+	duration := time.Duration(math.Abs(float64(d)))
+
+	// Convert duration.
+	seconds := int64(duration.Seconds()) % 60
+	minutes := int64(duration.Minutes()) % 60
+	hours := int64(duration.Hours()) % 24
+	days := int64(duration/(24*time.Hour)) % 365 % 7
+
+	// Edge case between 364 and 365 days.
+	// We need to calculate weeks from what is left from years
+	leftYearDays := int64(duration/(24*time.Hour)) % 365
+	weeks := leftYearDays / 7
+	if leftYearDays >= 364 && leftYearDays < 365 {
+		weeks = 52
+	}
+
+	years := int64(duration/(24*time.Hour)) / 365
+	milliseconds := int64(duration/time.Millisecond) -
+		(seconds * 1000) - (minutes * 60000) - (hours * 3600000) -
+		(days * 86400000) - (weeks * 604800000) - (years * 31536000000)
+
+	// Create a map of the converted duration time.
+	durationMap := map[string]int64{
+		"ms": milliseconds,
+		"s":  seconds,
+		"m":  minutes,
+		"h":  hours,
+		"d":  days,
+		"w":  weeks,
+		"y":  years,
+	}
+
+	// Construct duration string.
+	for _, u := range [...]string{"y", "w", "d", "h", "m", "s", "ms"} {
+		v := durationMap[u]
+		strval := strconv.FormatInt(v, 10)
+		if v == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		readableString += strval + u
+	}
+
+	return readableString
+}
+
 // Set a Duration
 func (d *Duration) Set(s string) error {
 	duration, err := ParseDuration(s)
diff --git a/fs/parseduration_test.go b/fs/parseduration_test.go
index 3a486549b..49ff164c9 100644
--- a/fs/parseduration_test.go
+++ b/fs/parseduration_test.go
@@ -84,6 +84,44 @@ func TestDurationString(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDurationReadableString(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		negative bool
+		in       time.Duration
+		want     string
+	}{
+		// Edge Cases
+		{false, time.Duration(DurationOff), "off"},
+		// Base Cases
+		{false, time.Duration(0), "0s"},
+		{true, time.Millisecond, "1ms"},
+		{true, time.Second, "1s"},
+		{true, time.Minute, "1m"},
+		{true, (3 * time.Minute) / 2, "1m30s"},
+		{true, time.Hour, "1h"},
+		{true, time.Hour * 24, "1d"},
+		{true, time.Hour * 24 * 7, "1w"},
+		{true, time.Hour * 24 * 365, "1y"},
+		// Composite Cases
+		{true, time.Hour + 2*time.Minute + 3*time.Second, "1h2m3s"},
+		{true, time.Hour * 24 * (365 + 14), "1y2w"},
+		{true, time.Hour*24*4 + time.Hour*3 + time.Minute*2 + time.Second, "4d3h2m1s"},
+		{true, time.Hour * 24 * (365*3 + 7*2 + 1), "3y2w1d"},
+		{true, time.Hour*24*(365*3+7*2+1) + time.Hour*2 + time.Second, "3y2w1d2h1s"},
+		{true, time.Hour*24*(365*3+7*2+1) + time.Second, "3y2w1d1s"},
+		{true, time.Hour*24*(365+7*2+3) + time.Hour*4 + time.Minute*5 + time.Second*6 + time.Millisecond*7, "1y2w3d4h5m6s7ms"},
+	} {
+		got := Duration(test.in).ReadableString()
+		assert.Equal(t, test.want, got)
+
+		// Test Negative Case
+		if test.negative {
+			got = Duration(-test.in).ReadableString()
+			assert.Equal(t, "-"+test.want, got)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDurationScan(t *testing.T) {
 	var v Duration
 	n, err := fmt.Sscan(" 17m ", &v)