diff --git a/app/flatpak-builtins-list.c b/app/flatpak-builtins-list.c
index adca13b96..8e4b48b5b 100644
--- a/app/flatpak-builtins-list.c
+++ b/app/flatpak-builtins-list.c
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ print_table_for_refs (gboolean print_apps,
   flatpak_table_printer_set_column_ellipsize (printer,
                                               find_column (columns, "description", NULL),
                                               TRUE);
+  flatpak_table_printer_set_column_ellipsize (printer,
+                                              find_column (columns, "application", NULL),
+                                              TRUE);
 
   if (app_runtime)
     {
diff --git a/app/flatpak-builtins-search.c b/app/flatpak-builtins-search.c
index f5aed9636..807348e51 100644
--- a/app/flatpak-builtins-search.c
+++ b/app/flatpak-builtins-search.c
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ print_matches (Column *columns, GSList *matches)
   flatpak_get_window_size (&rows, &cols);
   ellip = find_column (columns, "description", NULL);
   flatpak_table_printer_set_column_ellipsize (printer, ellip, TRUE);
+  ellip = find_column (columns, "application", NULL);
+  flatpak_table_printer_set_column_ellipsize (printer, ellip, TRUE);
   flatpak_table_printer_print_full (printer, 0, cols, NULL, NULL);
   g_print ("\n");