diff -r 44e815a33ae3 Lib/distutils/command/register.py
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/register.py	Wed Mar 12 19:51:50 2014 -0400
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/register.py	Sat Mar 15 15:18:26 2014 -0400
@@ -296,9 +296,9 @@
             result = 500, str(e)
         else:
             if self.show_response:
-                data = result.read()
+                data = self._read_pypi_response(result)
             result = 200, 'OK'
         if self.show_response:
-            dashes = '-' * 75
-            self.announce('%s%r%s' % (dashes, data, dashes))
+            msg = '\n'.join(('-' * 75, data, '-' * 75))
+            self.announce(msg, log.INFO)
         return result
diff -r 44e815a33ae3 Lib/distutils/tests/test_register.py
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_register.py	Wed Mar 12 19:51:50 2014 -0400
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_register.py	Sat Mar 15 15:18:26 2014 -0400
@@ -301,6 +301,20 @@
         results = self.get_logs(INFO)
         self.assertEqual(results, ['running check', 'xxx'])
 
+    def test_show_reponse(self):
+        # Tests the show response option return a well formatted response.
+        cmd = self._get_cmd()
+        inputs = Inputs('1', 'tarek', 'y')
+        register_module.input = inputs.__call__
+        cmd.show_response = 1
+        cmd.run()
+
+        results = self.get_logs(INFO)
+        results = ''.join(results)
+        # The response string we are looking for.
+        expected = (75 * '-') + '\nxxx\n' + (75 * '-')
+        self.assertIn(expected, results)
+
 
 def test_suite():
     return unittest.makeSuite(RegisterTestCase)
diff -r 44e815a33ae3 Lib/distutils/tests/test_upload.py
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_upload.py	Wed Mar 12 19:51:50 2014 -0400
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_upload.py	Sat Mar 15 15:18:26 2014 -0400
@@ -135,6 +135,27 @@
         results = self.get_logs(INFO)
         self.assertIn('xyzzy\n', results[-1])
 
+    def test_show_reponse(self):
+        # Tests the show response option return a well formatted response.
+        tmp = self.mkdtemp()
+        path = os.path.join(tmp, 'xxx')
+        self.write_file(path)
+        command, pyversion, filename = 'xxx', '2.6', path
+        dist_files = [(command, pyversion, filename)]
+        self.write_file(self.rc, PYPIRC_LONG_PASSWORD)
+
+        pkg_dir, dist = self.create_dist(dist_files=dist_files)
+        cmd = upload(dist)
+        cmd.show_response = 1
+        cmd.ensure_finalized()
+        cmd.run()
+
+        results = self.get_logs(INFO)
+        results = ''.join(results)
+        # The response string we are looking for.
+        expected = (75 * '-') + '\nxyzzy\n' + (75 * '-')
+        self.assertIn(expected, results)
+
 
 def test_suite():
     return unittest.makeSuite(uploadTestCase)