diff --git a/doc/tracing_facility.html b/doc/tracing_facility.html
index 29c939c..fcff5a2 100644
--- a/doc/tracing_facility.html
+++ b/doc/tracing_facility.html
@@ -60,15 +60,15 @@
 <p>When preprocessed with <tt>'wave -t test.trace test.cpp'</tt> the <tt>Wave</tt> 
   driver generates a file <tt>test.trace</tt>, which contains (without the line 
   numbers in front of the lines):</p>
-<pre>  1: test.cpp(8): CONCAT(X(1), Y())
-  2:   test.cpp(5): see macro definition: CONCAT(x, y)
+<pre>  1: test.cpp:8:1: CONCAT(X(1), Y())
+  2:   test.cpp:5:9: see macro definition: CONCAT(x, y)
   3:   invoked with
   4:   [
   5:     x = X(1)
   6:     y = Y()
   7:   ]
   8:   [
-  9:     test.cpp(2): see macro definition: X(x)
+  9:     test.cpp:2:9: see macro definition: X(x)
  10:     invoked with
  11:     [
  12:       x = 1
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
  18:         1
  19:       ]
  20:     ]
- 21:     test.cpp(3): see macro definition: Y()
+ 21:     test.cpp:3:9: see macro definition: Y()
  22:     [
  23:       2
  24:       rescanning
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
  29:     CONCAT_(1, 2)
  30:     rescanning
  31:     [
- 32:       test.cpp(4): see macro definition: CONCAT_(x, y)
+ 32:       test.cpp:4:9: see macro definition: CONCAT_(x, y)
  33:       invoked with
  34:       [
  35:         x = 1
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
   contains the reference to the position, from where the macro expansion was initiated. 
   Additionally the following information is contained for every single macro expansion:</p>
 <ul>
-  <li>The reference to the position, where the macro to expand was defined first 
+  <li>The reference to the position (line and column numbers), where the macro to expand was defined first 
     (see lines 2, 9, 21 and 32).</li>
   <li>The real parameters supplied for this macro expansion (see lines 3, 10 and 
     33), this information is traced inside the <tt>invoked with</tt> block, where 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
   <br>
 <font size="2">Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) </font> </p>
 <p class="copyright"><span class="updated">Last updated: 
-  <!-- #BeginDate format:fcAm1m -->Thursday, December 1, 2005  11:53<!-- #EndDate -->
+  <!-- #BeginDate format:fcAm1m -->Tuesday, March 21, 2006  9:25<!-- #EndDate -->
   </span>
 </p>
 </body>
diff --git a/include/boost/wave/util/file_position.hpp b/include/boost/wave/util/file_position.hpp
index 430c981..a2439ff 100644
--- a/include/boost/wave/util/file_position.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/wave/util/file_position.hpp
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ template <typename StringT>
 inline std::ostream &
 operator<< (std::ostream &o, file_position<StringT> const &pos)
 {
-    o << pos.get_file() << "(" << pos.get_line() << ")";
+    o << pos.get_file() << ":" << pos.get_line() << ":"  << pos.get_column();
     return o;
 }
 
diff --git a/tool/cpp.cpp b/tool/cpp.cpp
index 0243f21..b6d1d73 100644
--- a/tool/cpp.cpp
+++ b/tool/cpp.cpp
@@ -367,8 +367,7 @@ namespace {
                 typename Context::position_type pos;
                 if (get_macro_position(ctx, e.get_related_name(), pos)) {
                     cerr 
-                        << pos.get_file() << ":" << pos.get_line() << ":" 
-                        << pos.get_column() << ": " 
+                        << pos << ": " 
                         << preprocess_exception::severity_text(e.get_severity())
                         << ": this is the location of the previous definition." 
                         << endl;
@@ -899,9 +898,7 @@ auto_stop_watch elapsed_time(cerr);
     catch (std::exception const &e) {
     // use last recognized token to retrieve the error position
         cerr 
-            << current_position.get_file() 
-            << ":" << current_position.get_line() 
-            << ":" << current_position.get_column() << ": "
+            << current_position << ": "
             << "exception caught: " << e.what()
             << endl;
         return 3;
@@ -909,9 +906,7 @@ auto_stop_watch elapsed_time(cerr);
     catch (...) {
     // use last recognized token to retrieve the error position
         cerr 
-            << current_position.get_file() 
-            << ":" << current_position.get_line()
-            << ":" << current_position.get_column() << ": "
+            << current_position << ": "
             << "unexpected exception caught." << endl;
         return 4;
     }