diff --git a/stdlib/REPL/src/REPL.jl b/stdlib/REPL/src/REPL.jl
index 30af00a6cdc06..acf6ebdb727d7 100644
--- a/stdlib/REPL/src/REPL.jl
+++ b/stdlib/REPL/src/REPL.jl
@@ -205,11 +205,11 @@ end
 
 function display(d::REPLDisplay, mime::MIME"text/plain", x)
     io = outstream(d.repl)
+    io = IOContext(io, :limit => true, :module => Main)
     get(io, :color, false) && write(io, answer_color(d.repl))
     if isdefined(d.repl, :options) && isdefined(d.repl.options, :iocontext)
         # this can override the :limit property set initially
-        io = foldl(IOContext, d.repl.options.iocontext,
-                   init=IOContext(io, :limit => true, :module => Main))
+        io = foldl(IOContext, d.repl.options.iocontext, init=io)
     end
     show(io, mime, x)
     println(io)
diff --git a/stdlib/REPL/test/repl.jl b/stdlib/REPL/test/repl.jl
index 1e1490ebaf086..0268430993324 100644
--- a/stdlib/REPL/test/repl.jl
+++ b/stdlib/REPL/test/repl.jl
@@ -888,6 +888,13 @@ let term = REPL.Terminals.TTYTerminal("dumb",IOBuffer("1+2\n"),IOContext(IOBuffe
     @test_throws KeyError term[:bar]
 end
 
+# Ensure even the dumb REPL elides content
+let term = REPL.Terminals.TTYTerminal("dumb",IOBuffer("zeros(1000)\n"),IOBuffer(),IOBuffer())
+    r = REPL.BasicREPL(term)
+    REPL.run_repl(r)
+    @test contains(String(take!(term.out_stream)), "⋮")
+end
+
 
 # a small module for alternative keymap tests
 module AltLE