diff --git a/src/OffsetArrays.jl b/src/OffsetArrays.jl
index 39c07897..b5957551 100644
--- a/src/OffsetArrays.jl
+++ b/src/OffsetArrays.jl
@@ -367,9 +367,8 @@ indexing is faster with ranges =#
 @propagate_inbounds Base.getindex(r::UnitRange{<:Integer}, s::IIUR) = IdentityUnitRange(r[no_offset_view(s)])
 
 function Base.show(io::IO, r::OffsetRange)
-    show(io, r.parent)
-    o = r.offsets[1]
-    print(io, " with indices ", o+1:o+length(r))
+    show(io, UnitRange(r.parent))
+    print(io, " with indices ", UnitRange(axes(r, 1)))
 end
 Base.show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", r::OffsetRange) = show(io, r)
 
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 310d6991..15130d30 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1003,6 +1003,12 @@ end
     show(io, MIME"text/plain"(), OffsetArray(3:5, 0:2))
     @test String(take!(io)) == "3:5 with indices 0:2"
 
+    # issue #198
+    r = axes(OffsetVector(1:10, -5), 1)
+    a = OffsetVector(r, 5)
+    show(io, a)
+    @test String(take!(io)) == "$(UnitRange(r)) with indices $(UnitRange(axes(a,1)))"
+
     d = Diagonal([1,2,3])
     Base.print_array(io, d)
     s1 = String(take!(io))