diff --git a/contrib/seg/expected/seg.out b/contrib/seg/expected/seg.out
index cd21139b5a7..b7c3fba1597 100644
--- a/contrib/seg/expected/seg.out
+++ b/contrib/seg/expected/seg.out
@@ -263,7 +263,8 @@ SELECT '12.345678901234560000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
  12.3457
 (1 row)
 
--- Numbers with certainty indicators
+-- Numbers and ranges with certainty indicators.  Certainty indicators
+-- are stored and preserved on output, but ignored by operators.
 SELECT '~6.5'::seg AS seg;
  seg  
 ------
@@ -300,6 +301,48 @@ SELECT '> 6.5'::seg AS seg;
  >6.5
 (1 row)
 
+SELECT '~1.5 .. 2.5'::seg AS seg;
+     seg     
+-------------
+ ~1.5 .. 2.5
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT '1.5 .. ~2.5'::seg AS seg;
+     seg     
+-------------
+ 1.5 .. ~2.5
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT '~1.5 .. ~2.5'::seg AS seg;
+     seg      
+--------------
+ ~1.5 .. ~2.5
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT '<1.5 .. 2.5'::seg AS seg;
+     seg     
+-------------
+ <1.5 .. 2.5
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT '1.5 .. <2.5'::seg AS seg;
+     seg     
+-------------
+ 1.5 .. <2.5
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT '>1.5 .. 2.5'::seg AS seg;
+     seg     
+-------------
+ >1.5 .. 2.5
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT '1.5 .. >2.5'::seg AS seg;
+     seg     
+-------------
+ 1.5 .. >2.5
+(1 row)
+
 -- Open intervals
 SELECT '0..'::seg AS seg;
  seg  
diff --git a/contrib/seg/seg.c b/contrib/seg/seg.c
index fcded0245aa..c7b374825f8 100644
--- a/contrib/seg/seg.c
+++ b/contrib/seg/seg.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ seg_out(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 		{
 			/* print the upper boundary if exists */
 			p += sprintf(p, " ");
-			if (seg->u_ext == '>' || seg->u_ext == '<' || seg->l_ext == '~')
+			if (seg->u_ext == '>' || seg->u_ext == '<' || seg->u_ext == '~')
 				p += sprintf(p, "%c", seg->u_ext);
 			p += restore(p, seg->upper, seg->u_sigd);
 		}
diff --git a/contrib/seg/sql/seg.sql b/contrib/seg/sql/seg.sql
index c30f1f6bef1..a74a42f7e3e 100644
--- a/contrib/seg/sql/seg.sql
+++ b/contrib/seg/sql/seg.sql
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ SELECT '12.34567890123456'::seg AS seg;
 -- Same, with a very long input
 SELECT '12.3456789012345600000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'::seg AS seg;
 
--- Numbers with certainty indicators
+-- Numbers and ranges with certainty indicators.  Certainty indicators
+-- are stored and preserved on output, but ignored by operators.
 SELECT '~6.5'::seg AS seg;
 SELECT '<6.5'::seg AS seg;
 SELECT '>6.5'::seg AS seg;
@@ -71,6 +72,14 @@ SELECT '~ 6.5'::seg AS seg;
 SELECT '< 6.5'::seg AS seg;
 SELECT '> 6.5'::seg AS seg;
 
+SELECT '~1.5 .. 2.5'::seg AS seg;
+SELECT '1.5 .. ~2.5'::seg AS seg;
+SELECT '~1.5 .. ~2.5'::seg AS seg;
+SELECT '<1.5 .. 2.5'::seg AS seg;
+SELECT '1.5 .. <2.5'::seg AS seg;
+SELECT '>1.5 .. 2.5'::seg AS seg;
+SELECT '1.5 .. >2.5'::seg AS seg;
+
 -- Open intervals
 SELECT '0..'::seg AS seg;
 SELECT '0...'::seg AS seg;