diff --git a/src/join/join.rs b/src/join/join.rs
index 67d92d7be..23761075f 100644
--- a/src/join/join.rs
+++ b/src/join/join.rs
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
                 } else {
                     repr.print_field(key);
                     repr.print_fields(&line1, self.key, self.max_fields);
-                    repr.print_fields(&line2, other.key, self.max_fields);
+                    repr.print_fields(&line2, other.key, other.max_fields);
                 }
 
                 println!();
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/join/autoformat.expected b/tests/fixtures/join/autoformat.expected
index 576f91092..d1557e25b 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/join/autoformat.expected
+++ b/tests/fixtures/join/autoformat.expected
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-1 a a
-2 b b
-3 c d
-4 d g
-5 e i
+1 a a b
+2 b b c
+3 c d e
+4 d g h
+5 e i 
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/join/different_lengths.txt b/tests/fixtures/join/different_lengths.txt
index 3d4a53d78..0dfad2774 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/join/different_lengths.txt
+++ b/tests/fixtures/join/different_lengths.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-1 a
+1 a b
 2 b c
 3 d e f
 4 g h