1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index b25bebe3857..9006687cd36 100644
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -16477,8 +16477,11 @@ display_mode_element (it, depth, field_width, precision, elt, props, risky)
                     {
                       int bytepos = last_offset;
                       int charpos = string_byte_to_char (elt, bytepos);
+
+                      if (precision <= 0)
+                        nchars = string_byte_to_char (elt, offset) - charpos;
                       n += display_string (NULL, elt, Qnil, 0, charpos,
-                                           it, 0, prec, 0,
+                                           it, 0, nchars, 0,
                                            STRING_MULTIBYTE (elt));
                     }
                     break;
@@ -17727,7 +17730,7 @@ display_count_lines (start, start_byte, limit_byte, count, byte_pos_ptr)
    display them, and < 0 means obey the current buffer's value of
    enable_multibyte_characters.
 
-   Value is the number of glyphs produced.  */
+   Value is the number of columns displayed.  */
 
 static int
 display_string (string, lisp_string, face_string, face_string_pos,