diff --git a/internal/txlib/utils.go b/internal/txlib/utils.go
index 38f0c53..bd2f792 100644
--- a/internal/txlib/utils.go
+++ b/internal/txlib/utils.go
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ func truncateMessage(message string) string {
 		maxLength = 0
 	}
 
-	if len(message) > maxLength {
-		return message[:maxLength-2] + ".."
+	if len(message) > maxLength && maxLength > 0 {
+		return message[:maxLength] + ".."
 	}
 	return message
 }
diff --git a/internal/txlib/utils_test.go b/internal/txlib/utils_test.go
index 17a971d..ed7a4cd 100644
--- a/internal/txlib/utils_test.go
+++ b/internal/txlib/utils_test.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func TestTruncateMessage(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
 		t,
-		"this is a long message that needs to be truncated because it exceeds the max..",
+		"this is a long message that needs to be truncated because it exceeds the maxim..",
 		result,
 	)