diff --git a/_pytest/assertion/__init__.py b/_pytest/assertion/__init__.py
index 4ead44fca..b7ec1924d 100644
--- a/_pytest/assertion/__init__.py
+++ b/_pytest/assertion/__init__.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
             if new_expl:
                 # Don't include pageloads of data unless we are very verbose (-vv)
                 if len(''.join(new_expl[1:])) > 80*8 and item.config.option.verbose < 2:
-                    new_expl[1:] = ['Detailed information too verbose, truncated']
+                    new_expl[1:] = ['Detailed information truncated, use "-vv" to see']
                 res = '\n~'.join(new_expl)
                 if item.config.getvalue("assertmode") == "rewrite":
                     # The result will be fed back a python % formatting
diff --git a/testing/test_assertion.py b/testing/test_assertion.py
index 3ebc3cdcb..4572a96b1 100644
--- a/testing/test_assertion.py
+++ b/testing/test_assertion.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def test_assert_compare_truncate_longmessage(testdir):
 
     result = testdir.runpytest()
     result.stdout.fnmatch_lines([
-        "*too verbose, truncated*",
+        "*truncated*use*-vv*",
     ])