diff --git a/include/xo/unit/xquantity_iostream.hpp b/include/xo/unit/xquantity_iostream.hpp
index 402c77d8..0eb6ce95 100644
--- a/include/xo/unit/xquantity_iostream.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/unit/xquantity_iostream.hpp
@@ -17,10 +17,14 @@ namespace xo {
         operator<< (std::ostream & os,
                     const Quantity<Repr, Int> & x)
         {
+            os << x.scale() << x.abbrev();
+
+#ifdef NOT_USING
             os << "<qty"
                << xtag("scale", x.scale())
                << xtag("unit", x.unit())
                << ">";
+#endif
 
             return os;
         }