diff --git a/scripts/profile_output.py b/scripts/profile_output.py
index 135c8566..ff317dea 100755
--- a/scripts/profile_output.py
+++ b/scripts/profile_output.py
@@ -18,11 +18,26 @@ Options:
 
 import time
 import profile
+import pstats
 
 from docopt import docopt
 import jedi
 
 
+# Monkeypatch the time formatting function of profiling to make it easier to
+# understand small time differences.
+def f8(x):
+    ret = "%7.3f " % x
+    if ret == '  0.000 ':
+        return "%6dµs" % (x * 10000000)
+    if ret.startswith('  0.00'):
+        return "%8.4f" % x
+    return ret
+
+
+pstats.f8 = f8
+
+
 def run(code, index, infer=False):
     start = time.time()
     script = jedi.Script(code)