diff --git a/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb b/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb
index 4b1f044cb8..802ccce970 100644
--- a/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb
@@ -237,9 +237,17 @@ module IssuesHelper
   end
 
   def issue_quick_info_with_description(issue, lines = 3)
-    limited_description = issue.description.to_s.lines.to_a[0,lines + 1].to_s
+    description_lines = issue.description.to_s.lines.to_a[0,lines]
+
+    if description_lines[lines-1] && issue.description.to_s.lines.size > lines
+      description_lines[lines-1].strip!
+
+      while !description_lines[lines-1].end_with?("...") do
+        description_lines[lines-1] = description_lines[lines-1] + "."
+      end
+    end
 
     issue_quick_info(issue) +
-      content_tag(:div, textilizable("\n" + limited_description), :class => "indent")
+      content_tag(:div, textilizable("\n" + description_lines.to_s), :class => "indent")
   end
 end