diff --git a/libs/contrib/Data/String/Extra.idr b/libs/contrib/Data/String/Extra.idr
index ed25b9dc6..40f45b84a 100644
--- a/libs/contrib/Data/String/Extra.idr
+++ b/libs/contrib/Data/String/Extra.idr
@@ -102,3 +102,33 @@ justifyLeft n c s = s ++ replicate (n `minus` length s) c
 export
 justifyRight : Nat -> Char -> String -> String
 justifyRight n c s = replicate (n `minus` length s) c ++ s
+
+||| Truncates a string to the given length.
+||| If the given string is longer, replace first characters with given prefix.
+|||
+||| Say, `leftEllipsis 5 ".." "abcdefgh"` should give `"..fgh"` and
+||| `leftEllipsis 5 "" "abcdefgh"` should give `"defgh"`.
+|||
+||| Notice, that the resulting string can be longer than max length if the prefix is longer.
+export
+leftEllipsis : (maxLen : Nat) -> (pref : String) -> String -> String
+leftEllipsis maxLen pref str = do
+ let len = length str
+ case len `isLTE` maxLen of
+   Yes _ => str
+   No _  => pref ++ substr ((len + length pref) `minus` maxLen) len str
+
+||| Truncates a string to the given length.
+||| If the given string is longer, replace last characters with given suffix.
+|||
+||| Say, `rightEllipsis 5 ".." "abcdefgh"` should give `"abc.."` and
+||| `rightEllipsis 5 "" "abcdefgh"` should give `"abcde"`.
+|||
+||| Notice, that the resulting string can be longer than max length if the suffix is longer.
+export
+rightEllipsis : (maxLen : Nat) -> (suff : String) -> String -> String
+rightEllipsis maxLen suff str = do
+  let len = length str
+  case len `isLTE` maxLen of
+    Yes _ => str
+    No _  => take (maxLen `minus` length suff) str ++ suff
diff --git a/libs/test/Test/Golden.idr b/libs/test/Test/Golden.idr
index aee372de6..d820330ea 100644
--- a/libs/test/Test/Golden.idr
+++ b/libs/test/Test/Golden.idr
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ import Data.Maybe
 import Data.List
 import Data.List1
 import Data.String
+import Data.String.Extra
 
 import System
 import System.Clock
@@ -281,11 +282,14 @@ runTest opts testPath = do
     printTiming False _     path msg = putStrLn $ concat [path, ": ", msg]
     printTiming True  clock path msg =
       let time  = showTime 2 3 clock
+          width = 72
           -- We use 9 instead of `String.length msg` because:
           -- 1. ": success" and ": FAILURE" have the same length
           -- 2. ANSI escape codes make the msg look longer than it is
-          spent = String.length time + String.length path + 9
-          pad   = pack $ replicate (minus 72 spent) ' '
+          msgl  = 9
+          path  = leftEllipsis (width `minus` (1 + msgl + length time)) "(...)" path
+          spent = length time + length path + msgl
+          pad   = pack $ replicate (width `minus` spent) ' '
       in putStrLn $ concat [path, ": ", msg, pad, time]
 
 ||| Find the first occurrence of an executable on `PATH`.