@@ -829,6 +829,37 @@ impl FormatSpec {
         Ok(self.format_sign_and_align(&AsciiStr::new(&magnitude_str), "", FormatAlign::Right))
     }
 
+    /// Whether the spec carries nothing at all, which is what `format(value, "")`
+    /// parses to. Written as a destructure so a new field cannot be forgotten here.
+    fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        let Self {
+            conversion,
+            fill,
+            align,
+            align_specified,
+            sign,
+            no_neg_0,
+            alternate_form,
+            width,
+            grouping_option,
+            precision,
+            frac_grouping_option,
+            format_type,
+        } = self;
+        conversion.is_none()
+            && fill.is_none()
+            && align.is_none()
+            && !align_specified
+            && sign.is_none()
+            && !no_neg_0
+            && !alternate_form
+            && width.is_none()
+            && grouping_option.is_none()
+            && precision.is_none()
+            && frac_grouping_option.is_none()
+            && format_type.is_none()
+    }
+
     pub fn format_bool(&self, input: bool) -> Result<String, FormatSpecError> {
         let x = u8::from(input);
         match &self.format_type {
@@ -844,13 +875,11 @@ impl FormatSpec {
             Some(FormatType::Exponent(_) | FormatType::FixedPoint(_) | FormatType::Percentage) => {
                 self.format_float(x as f64)
             }
-            None => {
-                if self.no_neg_0 {
-                    return Err(FormatSpecError::NegativeZeroCoercionNotAllowed("integer"));
-                }
-                let first_letter = (input.to_string().as_bytes()[0] as char).to_uppercase();
-                Ok(first_letter.collect::<String>() + &input.to_string()[1..])
-            }
+            // Only the empty spec spells the value out. Everything else without a
+            // presentation type, a width or an alignment included, formats `bool`
+            // the way it formats the `int` it is.
+            None if self.is_empty() => Ok(if input { "True" } else { "False" }.to_owned()),
+            None => self.format_int(&BigInt::from_u8(x).unwrap()),
             Some(format_type) => {
                 let ch = char::from(format_type);
                 Err(FormatSpecError::UnknownFormatCode(ch, "bool"))
@@ -1769,6 +1798,34 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(format_bool("%", false), Ok("0.000000%".to_owned()));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn format_bool_without_a_presentation_type() {
+        // The bare spec is the only one that spells the value out.
+        assert_eq!(format_bool("", true), Ok("True".to_owned()));
+        assert_eq!(format_bool("", false), Ok("False".to_owned()));
+
+        // Anything else formats the integer, the way `int.__format__` would.
+        assert_eq!(format_bool("5", true), Ok("    1".to_owned()));
+        assert_eq!(format_bool("<5", true), Ok("1    ".to_owned()));
+        assert_eq!(format_bool(">5", false), Ok("    0".to_owned()));
+        assert_eq!(format_bool("^5", true), Ok("  1  ".to_owned()));
+        assert_eq!(format_bool("05", true), Ok("00001".to_owned()));
+        assert_eq!(format_bool("+", true), Ok("+1".to_owned()));
+        assert_eq!(format_bool(" ", false), Ok(" 0".to_owned()));
+        assert_eq!(format_bool(",", true), Ok("1".to_owned()));
+        assert_eq!(format_bool("<", true), Ok("1".to_owned()));
+
+        // And it inherits the integer rules, precision included.
+        assert_eq!(
+            format_bool(".2", true),
+            Err(FormatSpecError::PrecisionNotAllowed)
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            format_bool("z", true),
+            Err(FormatSpecError::NegativeZeroCoercionNotAllowed("integer"))
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn format_string_zero_padding_uses_left_alignment() {
         let spec = FormatSpec::parse("08s").unwrap();
 
@@ -269,3 +269,37 @@ def test_zero_padding():
 assert "{:.3g}".format(1234.5) == "1.23e+03"
 assert f"{float('nan'):.10f}" == "nan"
 assert f"{float('inf'):.10f}" == "inf"
+
+# bool has no __format__ of its own, so the int rules apply. Only the bare
+# spec spells the value out.
+assert format(True, "") == "True"
+assert format(False, "") == "False"
+assert f"{True}" == "True"
+assert f"{True:}" == "True"
+
+assert format(True, "5") == "    1"
+assert format(True, "<5") == "1    "
+assert format(False, ">5") == "    0"
+assert format(True, "^5") == "  1  "
+assert format(True, "=5") == "    1"
+assert format(True, "05") == "00001"
+assert format(False, "05") == "00000"
+assert format(True, "+") == "+1"
+assert format(False, " ") == " 0"
+assert format(True, ",") == "1"
+assert format(True, "<") == "1"
+assert "{:>6}|{:^6}".format(True, False) == "     1|  0   "
+
+# The presentation types were already right, and stay right.
+assert format(True, "d") == "1"
+assert format(True, "#b") == "0b1"
+assert format(False, "x") == "0"
+assert format(True, "c") == "\x01"
+assert format(True, "e") == "1.000000e+00"
+assert format(True, "%") == "100.000000%"
+
+# Precision belongs to no integer spec, bool included.
+assert_raises(ValueError, format, True, ".2")
+assert_raises(ValueError, format, True, "5.2")
+assert_raises(ValueError, format, True, "z")
+assert_raises(ValueError, format, True, "s")