diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java
index 006446198a74dbf4de7735fe932994080f9d73c5..98aba2d2a71670376b00d1db7ec79ac3bd0443ff 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java
@@ -667,7 +667,9 @@ public abstract class Run <JobT extends Job<JobT,RunT>,RunT extends Run<JobT,Run
     /**
      * Returns the length-limited description.
      * @return The length-limited description.
-     */   
+     * @deprecated truncated description uses arbitrary and unconfigurable limit of 100 symbols
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public @Nonnull String getTruncatedDescription() {
         final int maxDescrLength = 100;
         if (description == null || description.length() < maxDescrLength) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/widgets/HistoryWidget/entry.jelly b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/widgets/HistoryWidget/entry.jelly
index 4da92969ab8041a291ad90e00f84a68f482aaf16..65c7f47961208e45cfbb7a6609293f179268a59e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/widgets/HistoryWidget/entry.jelly
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/widgets/HistoryWidget/entry.jelly
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       </div>
       <j:if test="${!empty build.description}">
         <div class="pane desc indent-multiline">
-          <j:out value="${app.markupFormatter.translate(build.truncatedDescription)}"/>
+          <j:out value="${app.markupFormatter.translate(build.description)}"/>
         </div>
       </j:if>
       <div class="left-bar" />