Index: test/tools/llvm-readobj/print-section.test
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/tools/llvm-readobj/print-section.test
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+RUN: llvm-readobj -p .text %p/Inputs/elf-groups.x86_64 \
+RUN:     | FileCheck %s
+
+CHECK: [     0]  UH..H....E.
+CHECK: [     f]  .E.x.E..
+CHECK: [    1a]  ..}..
+CHECK: [    23]  .}..
+CHECK: [    2b]  1.H...].
Index: tools/llvm-readobj/ELFDumper.cpp
===================================================================
--- tools/llvm-readobj/ELFDumper.cpp
+++ tools/llvm-readobj/ELFDumper.cpp
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@
   void printDynamicTable() override;
   void printNeededLibraries() override;
   void printProgramHeaders() override;
-  void printSectionAsString(StringRef StringName) override;
   void printSectionAsHex(StringRef StringName) override;
   void printHashTable() override;
   void printGnuHashTable() override;
@@ -348,8 +347,6 @@
                            const Elf_Sym *FirstSym, StringRef StrTable,
                            bool IsDynamic) = 0;
   virtual void printProgramHeaders(const ELFFile<ELFT> *Obj) = 0;
-  virtual void printSectionAsString(const ELFFile<ELFT> *Obj,
-                                   StringRef SectionName) = 0;
   virtual void printHashHistogram(const ELFFile<ELFT> *Obj) = 0;
   virtual void printCGProfile(const ELFFile<ELFT> *Obj) = 0;
   virtual void printNotes(const ELFFile<ELFT> *Obj) = 0;
@@ -381,7 +378,6 @@
   void printSymtabMessage(const ELFO *Obj, StringRef Name,
                           size_t Offset) override;
   void printProgramHeaders(const ELFO *Obj) override;
-  void printSectionAsString(const ELFO *Obj, StringRef SectionName) override;
   void printHashHistogram(const ELFFile<ELFT> *Obj) override;
   void printCGProfile(const ELFFile<ELFT> *Obj) override;
   void printNotes(const ELFFile<ELFT> *Obj) override;
@@ -445,7 +441,6 @@
   void printDynamicSymbols(const ELFO *Obj) override;
   void printDynamicRelocations(const ELFO *Obj) override;
   void printProgramHeaders(const ELFO *Obj) override;
-  void printSectionAsString(const ELFO *Obj, StringRef SectionName) override;
   void printHashHistogram(const ELFFile<ELFT> *Obj) override;
   void printCGProfile(const ELFFile<ELFT> *Obj) override;
   void printNotes(const ELFFile<ELFT> *Obj) override;
@@ -1585,11 +1580,6 @@
   ELFDumperStyle->printProgramHeaders(Obj);
 }
 
-template <class ELFT>
-void ELFDumper<ELFT>::printSectionAsString(StringRef SectionName) {
-  ELFDumperStyle->printSectionAsString(Obj, SectionName);
-}
-
 template <class ELFT> void ELFDumper<ELFT>::printDynamicRelocations() {
   ELFDumperStyle->printDynamicRelocations(Obj);
 }
@@ -3293,36 +3283,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-template <class ELFT>
-void GNUStyle<ELFT>::printSectionAsString(const ELFO *Obj,
-                                         StringRef SectionName) {
-  char *StrPtr;
-  long SectionIndex = strtol(SectionName.data(), &StrPtr, 10);
-  const Elf_Shdr *Sec;
-  if (*StrPtr)
-    Sec = unwrapOrError(Obj->getSection(SectionName));
-  else
-    Sec = unwrapOrError(Obj->getSection((unsigned int)SectionIndex));
-
-  StringRef SecName = unwrapOrError(Obj->getSectionName(Sec));
-  OS << "String dump of section '" << SecName << "':\n";
-  const char *SecContent =
-      reinterpret_cast<const char *>(Obj->base() + Sec->sh_offset);
-  const char *CurrentWord = SecContent;
-  const char *SecEnd = SecContent + Sec->sh_size;
-  while (CurrentWord <= SecEnd) {
-    size_t WordSize = strnlen(CurrentWord, SecEnd - CurrentWord);
-    if (!WordSize) {
-      CurrentWord++;
-      continue;
-    }
-    OS << format("[%6tx]", CurrentWord - SecContent);
-    OS << format(" %.*s\n", WordSize, CurrentWord);
-    CurrentWord += WordSize + 1;
-  }
-  OS.flush();
-}
-
 template <class ELFT>
 void GNUStyle<ELFT>::printDynamicRelocation(const ELFO *Obj, Elf_Rela R,
                                             bool IsRela) {
@@ -4353,38 +4313,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-template <class ELFT>
-void LLVMStyle<ELFT>::printSectionAsString(const ELFO *Obj,
-                                          StringRef SectionName) {
-  char *StrPtr;
-  long SectionIndex = strtol(SectionName.data(), &StrPtr, 10);
-  const Elf_Shdr *Sec;
-  if (*StrPtr)
-    Sec = unwrapOrError(Obj->getSection(SectionName));
-  else
-    Sec = unwrapOrError(Obj->getSection((unsigned int)SectionIndex));
-
-  StringRef SecName = unwrapOrError(Obj->getSectionName(Sec));
-  W.startLine() << "String dump of section '" << SecName << "':\n";
-  const char *SecContent =
-      reinterpret_cast<const char *>(Obj->base() + Sec->sh_offset);
-  const char *CurrentWord = SecContent;
-  const char *SecEnd = SecContent + Sec->sh_size;
-  while (CurrentWord <= SecEnd) {
-    size_t WordSize = strnlen(CurrentWord, SecEnd - CurrentWord);
-    if (!WordSize) {
-      CurrentWord++;
-      continue;
-    }
-    W.startLine() << "["
-                  << to_string(
-                         format_hex_no_prefix((CurrentWord - SecContent), 6))
-                  << "]";
-    W.startLine() << format(" %.*s\n", WordSize, CurrentWord);
-    CurrentWord += WordSize + 1;
-  }
-}
-
 template <class ELFT>
 void LLVMStyle<ELFT>::printHashHistogram(const ELFFile<ELFT> *Obj) {
   W.startLine() << "Hash Histogram not implemented!\n";
Index: tools/llvm-readobj/ObjDumper.h
===================================================================
--- tools/llvm-readobj/ObjDumper.h
+++ tools/llvm-readobj/ObjDumper.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <system_error>
 
 #include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h"
+#include "llvm/Object/ObjectFile.h"
 
 namespace llvm {
 namespace object {
@@ -43,7 +44,6 @@
   virtual void printDynamicTable() { }
   virtual void printNeededLibraries() { }
   virtual void printProgramHeaders() { }
-  virtual void printSectionAsString(StringRef SectionName) {}
   virtual void printSectionAsHex(StringRef SectionName) {}
   virtual void printHashTable() { }
   virtual void printGnuHashTable() { }
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@
 
   virtual void printStackMap() const = 0;
 
+  void printSectionAsString(const object::ObjectFile *Obj, StringRef SecName);
+
 protected:
   ScopedPrinter &W;
   void SectionHexDump(StringRef SecName, const uint8_t *Section, size_t Size);
Index: tools/llvm-readobj/ObjDumper.cpp
===================================================================
--- tools/llvm-readobj/ObjDumper.cpp
+++ tools/llvm-readobj/ObjDumper.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 
 #include "ObjDumper.h"
 #include "Error.h"
+#include "llvm-readobj.h"
 #include "llvm/Object/ObjectFile.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/Error.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/ScopedPrinter.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
 
@@ -25,6 +27,69 @@
 ObjDumper::~ObjDumper() {
 }
 
+static void printAsPrintable(raw_ostream &W, const uint8_t *Start, size_t Len) {
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < Len; i++)
+    W << (isprint(Start[i]) ? static_cast<char>(Start[i]) : '.');
+}
+
+static Expected<object::SectionRef>
+getSecNameOrIndexAsSecRef(const object::ObjectFile *Obj, StringRef SecName) {
+  char *StrPtr;
+  long SectionIndex = strtol(SecName.data(), &StrPtr, 10);
+  object::SectionRef Section;
+  unsigned SecIndex = 0;
+  for (object::SectionRef SecRef : Obj->sections()) {
+    if (*StrPtr) {
+      StringRef SectionName;
+
+      if (std::error_code E = SecRef.getName(SectionName))
+        return errorCodeToError(E);
+
+      if (SectionName == SecName)
+        return SecRef;
+    } else if (SecIndex == SectionIndex)
+      return SecRef;
+
+    SecIndex++;
+  }
+  return make_error<StringError>("invalid section reference",
+                                 object::object_error::parse_failed);
+}
+
+void ObjDumper::printSectionAsString(const object::ObjectFile *Obj,
+                                     StringRef SecName) {
+  Expected<object::SectionRef> SectionRefOrError =
+      getSecNameOrIndexAsSecRef(Obj, SecName);
+  if (!SectionRefOrError)
+    error(std::move(SectionRefOrError));
+  object::SectionRef Section = *SectionRefOrError;
+  StringRef SectionName;
+
+  if (std::error_code E = Section.getName(SectionName))
+    error(E);
+  W.startLine() << "String dump of section '" << SectionName << "':\n";
+
+  StringRef SectionContent;
+  Section.getContents(SectionContent);
+
+  const uint8_t *SecContent = SectionContent.bytes_begin();
+  const uint8_t *CurrentWord = SecContent;
+  const uint8_t *SecEnd = SectionContent.bytes_end();
+
+  while (CurrentWord <= SecEnd) {
+    size_t WordSize = strnlen(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(CurrentWord),
+                              SecEnd - CurrentWord);
+    if (!WordSize) {
+      CurrentWord++;
+      continue;
+    }
+    W.startLine() << format("[%6tx] ", CurrentWord - SecContent);
+    printAsPrintable(W.startLine(), CurrentWord, WordSize);
+    W.startLine() << '\n';
+    CurrentWord += WordSize + 1;
+  }
+}
+
 void ObjDumper::SectionHexDump(StringRef SecName, const uint8_t *Section,
                                size_t Size) {
   const uint8_t *SecContent = Section;
Index: tools/llvm-readobj/llvm-readobj.cpp
===================================================================
--- tools/llvm-readobj/llvm-readobj.cpp
+++ tools/llvm-readobj/llvm-readobj.cpp
@@ -434,8 +434,8 @@
   if (opts::ProgramHeaders)
     Dumper->printProgramHeaders();
   if (!opts::StringDump.empty())
-    llvm::for_each(opts::StringDump, [&Dumper](StringRef SectionName) {
-      Dumper->printSectionAsString(SectionName);
+    llvm::for_each(opts::StringDump, [&Dumper, Obj](StringRef SectionName) {
+      Dumper->printSectionAsString(Obj, SectionName);
     });
   if (!opts::HexDump.empty())
     llvm::for_each(opts::HexDump, [&Dumper](StringRef SectionName) {