diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index c260a9653..49440194e 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ Stefan Zimmermann
 Stefano Taschini
 Steffen Allner
 Stephan Obermann
+Tadek Teleżyński
 Tarcisio Fischer
 Tareq Alayan
 Ted Xiao
diff --git a/changelog/980.bugfix.rst b/changelog/980.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e30c38f20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/980.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix truncated locals output in verbose mode.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/_code/code.py b/src/_pytest/_code/code.py
index 0e5e580b6..78644db8a 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/_code/code.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/_code/code.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 import inspect
+import pprint
 import sys
 import traceback
 from inspect import CO_VARARGS, CO_VARKEYWORDS
@@ -448,6 +449,7 @@ class ExceptionInfo(object):
         abspath=False,
         tbfilter=True,
         funcargs=False,
+        truncate_locals=True,
     ):
         """ return str()able representation of this exception info.
             showlocals: show locals per traceback entry
@@ -472,6 +474,7 @@ class ExceptionInfo(object):
             abspath=abspath,
             tbfilter=tbfilter,
             funcargs=funcargs,
+            truncate_locals=truncate_locals,
         )
         return fmt.repr_excinfo(self)
 
@@ -511,6 +514,7 @@ class FormattedExcinfo(object):
     abspath = attr.ib(default=True)
     tbfilter = attr.ib(default=True)
     funcargs = attr.ib(default=False)
+    truncate_locals = attr.ib(default=True)
     astcache = attr.ib(default=attr.Factory(dict), init=False, repr=False)
 
     def _getindent(self, source):
@@ -593,7 +597,10 @@ class FormattedExcinfo(object):
                     # This formatting could all be handled by the
                     # _repr() function, which is only reprlib.Repr in
                     # disguise, so is very configurable.
-                    str_repr = self._saferepr(value)
+                    if self.truncate_locals:
+                        str_repr = self._saferepr(value)
+                    else:
+                        str_repr = pprint.pformat(value)
                     # if len(str_repr) < 70 or not isinstance(value,
                     #                            (list, tuple, dict)):
                     lines.append("%-10s = %s" % (name, str_repr))
diff --git a/src/_pytest/nodes.py b/src/_pytest/nodes.py
index 85f176e90..49c30e903 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/nodes.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/nodes.py
@@ -287,6 +287,11 @@ class Node(object):
             else:
                 style = "long"
 
+        if self.config.option.verbose > 1:
+            truncate_locals = False
+        else:
+            truncate_locals = True
+
         try:
             os.getcwd()
             abspath = False
@@ -299,6 +304,7 @@ class Node(object):
             showlocals=self.config.option.showlocals,
             style=style,
             tbfilter=tbfilter,
+            truncate_locals=truncate_locals,
         )
 
     repr_failure = _repr_failure_py
diff --git a/testing/code/test_excinfo.py b/testing/code/test_excinfo.py
index 4bac7ba4c..403063ad6 100644
--- a/testing/code/test_excinfo.py
+++ b/testing/code/test_excinfo.py
@@ -579,6 +579,18 @@ raise ValueError()
         assert reprlocals.lines[2] == "y          = 5"
         assert reprlocals.lines[3] == "z          = 7"
 
+    def test_repr_local_truncated(self):
+        loc = {"l": [i for i in range(10)]}
+        p = FormattedExcinfo(showlocals=True)
+        truncated_reprlocals = p.repr_locals(loc)
+        assert truncated_reprlocals.lines
+        assert truncated_reprlocals.lines[0] == "l          = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...]"
+
+        q = FormattedExcinfo(showlocals=True, truncate_locals=False)
+        full_reprlocals = q.repr_locals(loc)
+        assert full_reprlocals.lines
+        assert full_reprlocals.lines[0] == "l          = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]"
+
     def test_repr_tracebackentry_lines(self, importasmod):
         mod = importasmod(
             """