diff --git a/src/parallel b/src/parallel
index a52195f7..1ff5f773 100755
--- a/src/parallel
+++ b/src/parallel
@@ -735,8 +735,8 @@ sub parse_options {
     %Global::replace =
 	(
 	 '{}'   => '',
-	 '{#}'  => '$_=$job->seq()',
-	 '{%}'  => '$_=$job->slot()',
+	 '{#}'  => '1 $_=$job->seq()',
+	 '{%}'  => '1 $_=$job->slot()',
 	 '{/}'  => 's:.*/::',
 	 '{//}' => '$Global::use{"File::Basename"} ||= eval "use File::Basename; 1;"; $_ = dirname($_);',
 	 '{/.}' => 's:.*/::; s:\.[^/.]+$::;',
diff --git a/src/parallel.pod b/src/parallel.pod
index 9c2dbc7a..957996e4 100644
--- a/src/parallel.pod
+++ b/src/parallel.pod
@@ -1375,8 +1375,8 @@ it possible to define your own replacement strings. GNU B<parallel>'s
 7 replacement strings are implemented as:
 
   --rpl '{} '
-  --rpl '{#} $_=$job->seq()'
-  --rpl '{%} $_=$job->slot()'
+  --rpl '{#} 1 $_=$job->seq()'
+  --rpl '{%} 1 $_=$job->slot()'
   --rpl '{/} s:.*/::'
   --rpl '{//} $Global::use{"File::Basename"} ||= eval "use File::Basename; 1;"; $_ = dirname($_);'
   --rpl '{/.} s:.*/::; s:\.[^/.]+$::;'
diff --git a/src/parallel_tutorial.1 b/src/parallel_tutorial.1
index e27c0811..63ff1081 100644
--- a/src/parallel_tutorial.1
+++ b/src/parallel_tutorial.1
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title "PARALLEL_TUTORIAL 1"
-.TH PARALLEL_TUTORIAL 1 "2014-09-04" "20140827" "parallel"
+.TH PARALLEL_TUTORIAL 1 "2014-09-23" "20140922" "parallel"
 .\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
 .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
 .if n .ad l
diff --git a/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-0.3s.sh b/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-0.3s.sh
index 9976d7c1..3b9a1ec1 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-0.3s.sh
+++ b/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-0.3s.sh
@@ -16,4 +16,10 @@ echo '### Test exit val - false';
 
 echo '**'
 
+echo '### Test bug #43284: {%} and {#} with --xapply'; 
+  parallel --xapply 'echo {1} {#} {%} {2}' ::: a ::: b; 
+  parallel -N2 'echo {%}' ::: a b
+
+echo '**'
+
 EOF
diff --git a/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-0.3s b/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-0.3s
index f4f63571..22a6cab4 100644
--- a/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-0.3s
+++ b/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-0.3s
@@ -8,3 +8,9 @@ echo '### Test exit val - false';   echo false | parallel;   echo $?
 1
 echo '**'
 **
+echo '### Test bug #43284: {%} and {#} with --xapply';   parallel --xapply 'echo {1} {#} {%} {2}' ::: a ::: b;   parallel -N2 'echo {%}' ::: a b
+### Test bug #43284: {%} and {#} with --xapply
+a 1 1 b
+1
+echo '**'
+**