diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index eb2b6c89..3f1ad3ca 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 xbps-0.16 (???):
 
+ * xbps-bin(8): -n flag (dry-run mode) now also prints the pkg architecture
+   as last component and if the transaction reason supports it.
+
  * Repository index format 1.5. The files are now named properly:
    index.plist for XBPS_PKGINDEX and index-files.plist for XBPS_PKGINDEX_FILES.
    The difference in XBPS_PKGINDEX is that now a single plist file can store
diff --git a/bin/xbps-bin/transaction.c b/bin/xbps-bin/transaction.c
index 2eda866d..77646aa6 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-bin/transaction.c
+++ b/bin/xbps-bin/transaction.c
@@ -67,19 +67,20 @@ static void
 show_actions(prop_object_iterator_t iter)
 {
 	prop_object_t obj;
-	const char *repoloc, *trans, *pkgname, *version, *fname;
+	const char *repoloc, *trans, *pkgname, *version, *fname, *arch;
+
+	repoloc = trans = pkgname = version = fname = arch = NULL;
 
 	while ((obj = prop_object_iterator_next(iter)) != NULL) {
 		prop_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(obj, "transaction", &trans);
 		prop_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(obj, "pkgname", &pkgname);
 		prop_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(obj, "version", &version);
 		printf("%s %s %s", pkgname, trans, version);
-		if (prop_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(obj,
-		    "repository", &repoloc))
-			printf(" %s ", repoloc);
-		if (prop_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(obj,
-		    "filename", &fname))
-			printf("%s", fname);
+		prop_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(obj, "repository", &repoloc);
+		prop_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(obj, "filename", &fname);
+		prop_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(obj, "architecture", &arch);
+		if (repoloc && fname && arch)
+			printf(" %s %s %s", repoloc, fname, arch);
 
 		printf("\n");
 	}