diff --git a/utf8.c b/utf8.c
index dd00149421b3..1bdfd740521b 100644
--- a/utf8.c
+++ b/utf8.c
@@ -4759,8 +4759,18 @@ See also L</sv_uni_display>.
 =for apidoc Amnh||UNI_DISPLAY_ISPRINT
 =for apidoc Amnh||UNI_DISPLAY_QQ
 =for apidoc Amnh||UNI_DISPLAY_REGEX
+
+=for apidoc Cmn||UNI_DISPLAY_TR
+
+This is an extra flag for L<perlapi/sv_uni_display> which is for internal use
+only.  It displays an operand of the tr/// operation.  These operands have a
+peculiar, deliberate UTF-8 malformation which this flag enables the proper
+handling of.  It turns on ISPRINT and BACKSLASH as well.
+
 =cut
+
 */
+
 char *
 Perl_pv_uni_display(pTHX_ SV *dsv, const U8 *spv, STRLEN len, STRLEN pvlim,
                           UV flags)
@@ -4782,6 +4792,14 @@ Perl_pv_uni_display(pTHX_ SV *dsv, const U8 *spv, STRLEN len, STRLEN pvlim,
              break;
         }
 
+        /* The minus is unambiguously the range indicator within a UTF-8 tr///
+         * operand */
+        if (UNLIKELY(flags & UNI_DISPLAY_TR_ && *s == ILLEGAL_UTF8_BYTE)) {
+            sv_catpvs(dsv, "-");
+            next_len = 1;
+            continue;
+        }
+
         (void) utf8_to_uv(s, e, &u, &next_len);
         assert(next_len > 0);
 
diff --git a/utf8.h b/utf8.h
index f37fa33159e1..162d8c054e4d 100644
--- a/utf8.h
+++ b/utf8.h
@@ -1339,7 +1339,10 @@ point's representation.
 #define UNI_DISPLAY_BACKSLASH   0x0002
 #define UNI_DISPLAY_BACKSPACE   0x0004  /* Allow \b when also
                                            UNI_DISPLAY_BACKSLASH */
-#define UNI_DISPLAY_QQ          (UNI_DISPLAY_ISPRINT                \
+#define UNI_DISPLAY_TR_       ( 0x0008                              \
+                               |UNI_DISPLAY_ISPRINT                 \
+                               |UNI_DISPLAY_BACKSLASH)
+#define UNI_DISPLAY_QQ		(UNI_DISPLAY_ISPRINT                \
                                 |UNI_DISPLAY_BACKSLASH              \
                                 |UNI_DISPLAY_BACKSPACE)