diff --git a/src/execution.jl b/src/execution.jl
index a031e652..6e29225a 100644
--- a/src/execution.jl
+++ b/src/execution.jl
@@ -639,12 +639,14 @@ returning the value of the expression.
 Unlike `@time`, it uses the `@benchmark`
 macro, and accepts all of the same additional
 parameters as `@benchmark`.  The printed time
-is the *minimum* elapsed time measured during the benchmark.
+is the *minimum* elapsed time measured during
+the benchmark, unless there are allocations then
+*mean* as the main valuable timing.
 """
 macro btime(args...)
     _, params = prunekwargs(args...)
     bench, trial, result = gensym(), gensym(), gensym()
-    trialmin, trialallocs = gensym(), gensym()
+    trialmin, trialmean, trialallocs = gensym(), gensym(), gensym()
     tune_phase = hasevals(params) ? :() : :($BenchmarkTools.tune!($bench))
     return esc(
         quote
@@ -653,18 +655,29 @@ macro btime(args...)
             $tune_phase
             local $trial, $result = $BenchmarkTools.run_result($bench)
             local $trialmin = $BenchmarkTools.minimum($trial)
+            local $trialmean = $BenchmarkTools.mean($trial)
             local $trialallocs = $BenchmarkTools.allocs($trialmin)
-            println(
-                "  ",
-                $BenchmarkTools.prettytime($BenchmarkTools.time($trialmin)),
-                " (",
-                $trialallocs,
-                " allocation",
-                $trialallocs == 1 ? "" : "s",
-                ": ",
-                $BenchmarkTools.prettymemory($BenchmarkTools.memory($trialmin)),
-                ")",
-            )
+            if $trialallocs == 0
+                println(
+                    "  ",
+                    $BenchmarkTools.prettytime($BenchmarkTools.time($trialmin)),
+                    " (minimum time; 0 allocations)",
+                )
+            else
+                println(
+                    "  ",
+                    $BenchmarkTools.prettytime($BenchmarkTools.time($trialmean)),
+                    " (mean time; miniumum is ",
+                    $BenchmarkTools.prettytime($BenchmarkTools.time($trialmin)),
+                    ", ",
+                    $trialallocs,
+                    " allocation",
+                    $trialallocs == 1 ? "" : "s",
+                    ": ",
+                    $BenchmarkTools.prettymemory($BenchmarkTools.memory($trialmin)),
+                    ")",
+                )
+            end
             $result
         end,
     )
diff --git a/test/ExecutionTests.jl b/test/ExecutionTests.jl
index 235794ff..b296a64c 100644
--- a/test/ExecutionTests.jl
+++ b/test/ExecutionTests.jl
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ let fname = tempname()
         end
         s = read(fname, String)
         try
-            @test occursin(r"[0-9.]+ \w*s \([0-9]* allocations?: [0-9]+ bytes\)", s)
+            @test occursin(r"[0-9.]+ \w*s \(minimum time; [0-9]* allocations\)", s)
         catch
             println(stderr, "@btime output didn't match ", repr(s))
             rethrow()