diff --git a/beetsplug/bareasc.py b/beetsplug/bareasc.py
index 43d83005a..d17cc4ac1 100644
--- a/beetsplug/bareasc.py
+++ b/beetsplug/bareasc.py
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ class BareascPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
         # Copied from commands.py - list_items
         if album:
             for album in lib.albums(query):
-                print_(unidecode(format(album, fmt)))
+                bare = unidecode(six.ensure_text(format(album, fmt)))
+                print_(six.ensure_str(bare))
         else:
             for item in lib.items(query):
-                print_(six.ensure_str(unidecode(format(item, fmt))))
+                bare = unidecode(six.ensure_text(format(item, fmt)))
+                print_(six.ensure_str(bare))
diff --git a/docs/plugins/bareasc.rst b/docs/plugins/bareasc.rst
index a22063805..0c8d6636c 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/bareasc.rst
+++ b/docs/plugins/bareasc.rst
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ file. The only available option is:
 Credits
 -------
 
-The hard work in this plugin is done in Sean Burke's Unidecode library.
+The hard work in this plugin is done in Sean Burke's
+`Unidecode <https://pypi.org/project/Unidecode/>`__ library.
 Thanks are due to Sean and to all the people who created the Python
 version and the beets extensible query architecture.