diff --git a/api/queries_issue.go b/api/queries_issue.go
index 690180feb..08e0cf1d9 100644
--- a/api/queries_issue.go
+++ b/api/queries_issue.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ const fragments = `
 		url
 		state
 		updatedAt
-		labels(first: 3) {
+		labels(first: 100) {
 			nodes {
 				name
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/issue/shared/display.go b/pkg/cmd/issue/shared/display.go
index 2e88eea6e..ff9b83e1e 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/issue/shared/display.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/issue/shared/display.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func PrintIssues(io *iostreams.IOStreams, prefix string, totalCount int, issues
 			table.AddField(issue.State, nil, nil)
 		}
 		table.AddField(text.ReplaceExcessiveWhitespace(issue.Title), nil, nil)
-		table.AddField(labels, nil, cs.Gray)
+		table.AddField(labels, truncateLabels, cs.Gray)
 		if table.IsTTY() {
 			table.AddField(utils.FuzzyAgo(ago), nil, cs.Gray)
 		} else {
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ func PrintIssues(io *iostreams.IOStreams, prefix string, totalCount int, issues
 	}
 }
 
+func truncateLabels(w int, t string) string {
+	if len(t) < 2 {
+		return t
+	}
+	truncated := text.Truncate(w-2, t[1:len(t)-1])
+	return fmt.Sprintf("(%s)", truncated)
+}
+
 func IssueLabelList(issue api.Issue) string {
 	if len(issue.Labels.Nodes) == 0 {
 		return ""
@@ -58,9 +66,5 @@ func IssueLabelList(issue api.Issue) string {
 		labelNames = append(labelNames, label.Name)
 	}
 
-	list := strings.Join(labelNames, ", ")
-	if issue.Labels.TotalCount > len(issue.Labels.Nodes) {
-		list += ", …"
-	}
-	return list
+	return strings.Join(labelNames, ", ")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/issue/shared/display_test.go b/pkg/cmd/issue/shared/display_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6e97f7e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/issue/shared/display_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package shared
+
+import "testing"
+
+func Test_truncateLabels(t *testing.T) {
+	got := truncateLabels(12, "(one, two, three)")
+	expected := "(one, tw...)"
+	if got != expected {
+		t.Errorf("expected %q, got %q", expected, got)
+	}
+
+	if truncateLabels(10, "") != "" {
+		t.Error("blank value error")
+	}
+}