diff --git a/eris/fill3.py b/eris/fill3.py
index 8b030c6..9164e53 100644
--- a/eris/fill3.py
+++ b/eris/fill3.py
@@ -401,12 +401,14 @@ class Border:
         if self.title is None:
             title_bar = self.top * content_width
         else:
-            padded_title = (" " + self.title + " ")[:content_width]
+            title = ("…" + self.title[-(content_width-1):]
+                     if len(self.title) > content_width - 2
+                     else " " + self.title + " ")
             try:
-                title_bar = padded_title.center(content_width, self.top)
+                title_bar = title.center(content_width, self.top)
             except TypeError:
-                padded_title = termstr.TermStr(padded_title)
-                title_bar = padded_title.center(content_width, self.top)
+                title = termstr.TermStr(title)
+                title_bar = title.center(content_width, self.top)
         result = [self.top_left + title_bar + self.top_right]
         result.extend(self.left + line + self.right for line in body_content)
         result.append(self.bottom_left + self.bottom * content_width +