diff --git a/doc/telescope.txt b/doc/telescope.txt
index e479d1e..de019dd 100644
--- a/doc/telescope.txt
+++ b/doc/telescope.txt
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ telescope.setup({opts})                                    *telescope.setup()*
         - "shorten"   only display the first character of each directory in
                       the path
         - "truncate"  truncates the start of the path when the whole path will
-                      not fit
+                      not fit. To increase the the gap between the path and the edge.
+                      set truncate to number `truncate = 3`
 
         You can also specify the number of characters of each directory name
         to keep by setting `path_display.shorten = num`.
diff --git a/lua/telescope/config.lua b/lua/telescope/config.lua
index 7a54ec3..37ca919 100644
--- a/lua/telescope/config.lua
+++ b/lua/telescope/config.lua
@@ -257,7 +257,8 @@ append(
   - "shorten"   only display the first character of each directory in
                 the path
   - "truncate"  truncates the start of the path when the whole path will
-                not fit
+                not fit. To increase the the gap between the path and the edge.
+                set truncate to number `truncate = 3`
 
   You can also specify the number of characters of each directory name
   to keep by setting `path_display.shorten = num`.
diff --git a/lua/telescope/utils.lua b/lua/telescope/utils.lua
index f145184..f19e973 100644
--- a/lua/telescope/utils.lua
+++ b/lua/telescope/utils.lua
@@ -329,9 +329,10 @@ local is_uri = function(filename)
   return string.match(filename, "^%w+://") ~= nil
 end
 
-local calc_result_length = function()
+local calc_result_length = function(truncate_len)
   local status = get_status(vim.api.nvim_get_current_buf())
-  return vim.api.nvim_win_get_width(status.results_win) - status.picker.selection_caret:len() - 2
+  local len = vim.api.nvim_win_get_width(status.results_win) - status.picker.selection_caret:len() - 2
+  return type(truncate_len) == "number" and len - truncate_len or len
 end
 
 utils.transform_path = function(opts, path)
@@ -371,7 +372,7 @@ utils.transform_path = function(opts, path)
       end
       if vim.tbl_contains(path_display, "truncate") or path_display.truncate then
         if opts.__length == nil then
-          opts.__length = calc_result_length()
+          opts.__length = calc_result_length(path_display.truncate)
         end
         transformed_path = truncate(transformed_path, opts.__length, nil, -1)
       end