diff -urNp tar-1.22-orig/src/buffer.c tar-1.22/src/buffer.c
--- tar-1.22-orig/src/buffer.c	2009-03-05 08:04:13.000000000 +0100
+++ tar-1.22/src/buffer.c	2009-06-25 21:42:34.000000000 +0200
@@ -679,6 +679,19 @@ archive_read_error (void)
   return;
 }
 
+static bool
+archive_is_dev ()
+{
+ struct stat st;
+
+ if (fstat (archive, &st))
+ {
+ stat_diag (*archive_name_cursor);
+ return false;
+ }
+ return S_ISBLK (st.st_mode) || S_ISCHR (st.st_mode);
+}
+
 static void
 short_read (size_t status)
 {
@@ -690,7 +703,8 @@ short_read (size_t status)
 
   if (left && left % BLOCKSIZE == 0
       && verbose_option
-      && record_start_block == 0 && status != 0)
+      && record_start_block == 0 && status != 0
+      && archive_is_dev ())
     {
       unsigned long rsize = status / BLOCKSIZE;
       WARN ((0, 0,
diff -urNp tar-1.22-orig/tests/sparsemvp.at tar-1.22/tests/sparsemvp.at
--- tar-1.22-orig/tests/sparsemvp.at	2008-10-19 23:56:00.000000000 +0200
+++ tar-1.22/tests/sparsemvp.at	2009-06-25 21:55:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -56,7 +56,5 @@ Test archive
 sparsefile
 Compare archive
 ],
-[tar: Record size = 12 blocks
-tar: Record size = 12 blocks
-],[],[],[pax])])
+[],[],[],[pax])])
 
diff -urNp tar-1.22-orig/tests/volsize.at tar-1.22/tests/volsize.at
--- tar-1.22-orig/tests/volsize.at	2008-10-19 23:54:53.000000000 +0200
+++ tar-1.22/tests/volsize.at	2009-06-25 21:56:08.000000000 +0200
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ Extracted directory
 abc
 abc/CCC
 ],
-[tar: Record size = 5 blocks
-tar: Record size = 5 blocks
-])
+[])
 
 AT_CLEANUP