diff --git a/inspector.py b/inspector.py
index 4c6e970..6074c9d 100644
--- a/inspector.py
+++ b/inspector.py
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ FOOTER = '</td></tr></table></div>'
 SEP    = '</td></tr><tr><td>'
 LINE   = '{0}</td><td>{1}</td><td>{2}</td><td>{3}'
 
-IGNORE = ["In", "Out", "exit", "quit", "get_ipython"]
+IGNORE = ("In", "Out", "exit", "quit", "get_ipython")
+
+SNIP = " ...✀... "
 
 RE_DIGITS = re.compile("([0-9]+)")
 
@@ -105,11 +107,11 @@ def format_value(obj): #TODO: make magic numbers configurable
     # try if separate lines can be used to shorten
     splitted = res.split("\n")
     if len(splitted) > 4:
-        res = splitted[0] + " ... " + splitted[-1]
+        res = splitted[0] + SNIP + splitted[-1]
     # if still too long (or no lines), cut the middle part
     if len(res) < 120:
         return res
-    res = res[:50] + " ... " + res[-50:]
+    res = res[:50] + SNIP + res[-50:]
     return res
 
 def format_type(obj):