diff --git a/beets/ui/commands.py b/beets/ui/commands.py
index 257df93a4..fee3f4340 100755
--- a/beets/ui/commands.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands.py
@@ -65,8 +65,15 @@ def _do_query(lib, query, album, also_items=True):
     
     return items, albums
 
+FLOAT_EPSILON = 0.01
 def _showdiff(field, oldval, newval, color):
     """Prints out a human-readable field difference line."""
+    # Considering floats incomparable for perfect equality, introduce
+    # an epsilon tolerance.
+    if isinstance(oldval, float) and isinstance(newval, float) and \
+            abs(oldval - newval) < FLOAT_EPSILON:
+        return
+
     if newval != oldval:
         oldval = unicode(oldval)
         newval = unicode(newval)
diff --git a/test/test_ui.py b/test/test_ui.py
index a19a19d6f..2e8dfbe7c 100644
--- a/test/test_ui.py
+++ b/test/test_ui.py
@@ -530,6 +530,16 @@ class UtilTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue('old' in out)
         self.assertTrue('new' in out)
 
+    def test_showdiff_floats_close_to_identical(self):
+        commands._showdiff('field', 1.999, 2.001, True)
+        out = self.io.getoutput()
+        self.assertFalse('field' in out)
+
+    def test_showdiff_floats_differenct(self):
+        commands._showdiff('field', 1.999, 4.001, True)
+        out = self.io.getoutput()
+        self.assertTrue('field' in out)
+
 def suite():
     return unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromName(__name__)