diff --git a/app/controllers/auto_completes_controller.rb b/app/controllers/auto_completes_controller.rb
index c0a0c242a..3b87d9e81 100644
--- a/app/controllers/auto_completes_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/auto_completes_controller.rb
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class AutoCompletesController < ApplicationController
     issues.map {|issue|
       {
         'id' => issue.id,
-        'label' => "#{issue.tracker} ##{issue.id}: #{issue.subject.to_s.truncate(60)}",
+        'label' => "#{issue.tracker} ##{issue.id}: #{issue.subject.to_s.truncate(255)}",
         'value' => issue.id
       }
     }
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 954006bed..278d10450 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -1638,6 +1638,7 @@ img.filecontent.image {background-image: url(../images/transparent.png);}
 }
 .ui-autocomplete .ui-menu-item > div {
   padding: 4px 8px;
+  max-width: 500px;
 }
 .ui-state-active, .ui-widget-content .ui-state-active, .ui-widget-header .ui-state-active {
   border-color: #759FCF;