diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 5439b74b093..8052c6b6b72 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ What's New in Python 3.3.3 release candidate 1?
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #18942: sys._debugmallocstats() output was damaged on Windows.
+
 - Issue #18667: Add missing "HAVE_FCHOWNAT" symbol to posix._have_functions.
 
 - Issue #18368: PyOS_StdioReadline() no longer leaks memory when realloc()
diff --git a/Objects/obmalloc.c b/Objects/obmalloc.c
index 50fc7c155d4..c261b689beb 100644
--- a/Objects/obmalloc.c
+++ b/Objects/obmalloc.c
@@ -1761,7 +1761,7 @@ _PyDebugAllocatorStats(FILE *out,
     char buf1[128];
     char buf2[128];
     PyOS_snprintf(buf1, sizeof(buf1),
-                  "%d %ss * %zd bytes each",
+                  "%d %ss * %" PY_FORMAT_SIZE_T "d bytes each",
                   num_blocks, block_name, sizeof_block);
     PyOS_snprintf(buf2, sizeof(buf2),
                   "%48s ", buf1);