diff --git a/powerline.go b/powerline.go
index 3472db5c..86bee610 100644
--- a/powerline.go
+++ b/powerline.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func (p *powerline) draw() string {
 
 				shellActualLength -= segment.width
 
-				segment.content = runewidth.Truncate(segment.content, *p.args.TruncateSegmentWidth-runewidth.StringWidth(segment.separator)-5, "")
+				segment.content = runewidth.Truncate(segment.content, *p.args.TruncateSegmentWidth-runewidth.StringWidth(segment.separator)-3, "…")
 				segment.width = segment.computeWidth()
 
 				p.Segments = append(append(p.Segments[:minPriorityNotTruncatedSegmentId], segment), p.Segments[minPriorityNotTruncatedSegmentId+1:]...)