diff --git a/src/frontend/inp.c b/src/frontend/inp.c
index b857a1462..56951b617 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inp.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inp.c
@@ -989,8 +989,11 @@ inp_spsource(FILE *fp, bool comfile, char *filename, bool intfile)
                             continue;
                         /* Only truncated .model lines */
                         if (ciprefix(".model", tc->line)) {
-                            fprintf(fdo, "%6d  %.100s ...\n",
+                            fprintf(fdo, "%6d  %.100s ",
                                 tc->linenum, tc->line);
+                            if (strlen(tc->line) > 100)
+                                fprintf(fdo, " ... (truncated)");
+                            fprintf(fdo, "\n");
                         }
                         else {
                             fprintf(fdo, "%6d  %s\n",
diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index 0e8367926..0c6f5b283 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -1245,8 +1245,11 @@ struct card *inp_readall(FILE *fp, const char *dir_name, const char* file_name,
                         continue;
                     /* Only truncated .model lines */
                     if (ciprefix(".model", t->line)) {
-                        fprintf(fd, "%6d  %.100s ...\n",
+                        fprintf(fd, "%6d  %.100s ",
                             t->linenum, t->line);
+                        if (strlen(t->line) > 100)
+                            fprintf(fd, " ... (truncated)");
+                        fprintf(fd, "\n");
                     }
                     else {
                         fprintf(fd, "%6d  %s\n",