diff --git a/apps/addons/templates/addons/persona_detail_table.html b/apps/addons/templates/addons/persona_detail_table.html
index da1f0048bd..f542b689da 100644
--- a/apps/addons/templates/addons/persona_detail_table.html
+++ b/apps/addons/templates/addons/persona_detail_table.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   </tr>
   <tr class="artist">
     <th>{{ _('Artist') }}</th>
-    <td>{{ users_list(addon.listed_authors) or
+    <td>{{ users_list(addon.listed_authors, max_text_length=20) or
       persona.display_username }}</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
diff --git a/apps/users/helpers.py b/apps/users/helpers.py
index 5a23b7aea0..c98f3dd931 100644
--- a/apps/users/helpers.py
+++ b/apps/users/helpers.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import random
 
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
 
 import jinja2
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ def user_link(user):
 
 
 @register.function
-def users_list(users, size=None):
+def users_list(users, size=None, max_text_length=None):
     if not users:
         return ''
 
@@ -51,7 +50,12 @@ def users_list(users, size=None):
         users = users[:size]
         tail = [_('others', 'user_list_others')]
 
-    return jinja2.Markup(', '.join(map(_user_link, users) + tail))
+    if max_text_length:
+        user_list = [_user_link(user, max_text_length) for user in users]
+    else:
+        user_list = map(_user_link, users)
+
+    return jinja2.Markup(', '.join(user_list + tail))
 
 
 @register.inclusion_tag('users/helpers/addon_users_list.html')
@@ -62,11 +66,17 @@ def addon_users_list(context, addon):
     return ctx
 
 
-def _user_link(user):
+def _user_link(user, max_text_length=None):
     if isinstance(user, basestring):
         return user
-    return u'<a href="%s">%s</a>' % (
-        user.get_url_path(), jinja2.escape(smart_unicode(user.name)))
+
+    username = user.name
+    if max_text_length and len(user.name) > max_text_length:
+        username = user.name[:max_text_length].strip() + '...'
+
+    return u'<a href="%s" title="%s">%s</a>' % (
+        user.get_url_path(), user.name,
+        jinja2.escape(smart_unicode(username)))
 
 
 @register.filter
diff --git a/apps/users/tests/test_helpers.py b/apps/users/tests/test_helpers.py
index fb0ad18c86..4339a7471f 100644
--- a/apps/users/tests/test_helpers.py
+++ b/apps/users/tests/test_helpers.py
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ def test_emaillink():
 
 def test_user_link():
     u = UserProfile(username='jconnor', display_name='John Connor', pk=1)
-    eq_(user_link(u), '<a href="%s">John Connor</a>' % u.get_url_path())
+    eq_(user_link(u),
+        '<a href="%s" title="%s">John Connor</a>' % (u.get_url_path(),
+                                                     u.name))
 
     # handle None gracefully
     eq_(user_link(None), '')
@@ -50,7 +52,8 @@ def test_user_link_xss():
     u = UserProfile(username='jconnor',
                     display_name='<script>alert(1)</script>', pk=1)
     html = "&lt;script&gt;alert(1)&lt;/script&gt;"
-    eq_(user_link(u), '<a href="%s">%s</a>' % (u.get_url_path(), html))
+    eq_(user_link(u), '<a href="%s" title="%s">%s</a>' % (u.get_url_path(),
+                                                          u.name, html))
 
 
 def test_users_list():
@@ -72,14 +75,26 @@ def test_short_users_list():
     eq_(shortlist, ', '.join((user_link(u1), user_link(u2))) + ', others')
 
 
+def test_users_list_truncate_display_name():
+    u = UserProfile(username='oscar',
+                    display_name='Some Very Long Display Name', pk=1)
+    truncated_list = users_list([u], None, 10)
+    eq_(truncated_list,
+        u'<a href="%s" title="%s">Some Very...</a>' % (u.get_url_path(),
+                                                       u.name))
+
+
 def test_user_link_unicode():
     """make sure helper won't choke on unicode input"""
     u = UserProfile(username=u'jmüller', display_name=u'Jürgen Müller', pk=1)
-    eq_(user_link(u), u'<a href="%s">Jürgen Müller</a>' % u.get_url_path())
+    eq_(user_link(u),
+        u'<a href="%s" title="%s">Jürgen Müller</a>' % (u.get_url_path(),
+                                                        u.name))
 
     u = UserProfile(username='\xe5\xaf\x92\xe6\x98\x9f', pk=1)
     eq_(user_link(u),
-        u'<a href="%s">%s</a>' % (u.get_url_path(), u.username))
+        u'<a href="%s" title="%s">%s</a>' % (u.get_url_path(), u.name,
+                                             u.username))
 
 
 class TestAddonUsersList(TestPersonas, amo.tests.TestCase):