diff --git a/display.c b/display.c
index ce7600f..0863cbc 100644
--- a/display.c
+++ b/display.c
@@ -217,18 +217,12 @@ static void vtputc(int c)
 		return ;
 	}
 
-	if (c < 0x20) {
+	if (c < 0x20 || c == 0x7F) {
 		vtputc('^');
 		vtputc(c ^ 0x40);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (c == 0x7f) {
-		vtputc('^');
-		vtputc('?');
-		return;
-	}
-
 	if (c >= 0x80 && c <= 0xA0) {
 		static const char hex[] = "0123456789abcdef";
 		vtputc('\\');
diff --git a/input.c b/input.c
index 677a13f..e9fa69e 100644
--- a/input.c
+++ b/input.c
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ static void echov( int c) {
 	if( c == '\n')		/* put out <NL> for <ret> */
 		echos( "<NL>") ;
 	else {
-		if( c < ' ') {
+		if( c < ' ' || c == 0x7F) {
 			echoc( '^') ;
 			c ^= 0x40 ;
 		}
@@ -520,7 +520,8 @@ static void echov( int c) {
 
 static void rubc( char c) {
 	rubout() ;
-	if( c < ' ') {
+	if( c < ' ' || c == 0x7F) {
+	/* ^x range */
 		rubout() ;
 		if( c == '\n') {
 			rubout() ;