diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
index 5a269eef4d..54581b2329 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
@@ -406,8 +406,9 @@ class FormulaInstaller
   def install_dependencies(deps)
     if deps.empty? && only_deps?
       puts "All dependencies for #{formula.full_name} are satisfied."
-    else
-      oh1 "Installing dependencies for #{formula.full_name}: #{Tty.green}#{deps.map(&:first)*", "}#{Tty.reset}" unless deps.empty?
+    elsif !deps.empty?
+      oh1 "Installing dependencies for #{formula.full_name}: #{Tty.green}#{deps.map(&:first)*", "}#{Tty.reset}",
+        :truncate => false
       deps.each { |dep, options| install_dependency(dep, options) }
     end
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
index f78fbfcb7f..71f03c6d50 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
@@ -88,8 +88,10 @@ def ohai(title, *sput)
   puts sput
 end
 
-def oh1(title)
-  title = Tty.truncate(title) if $stdout.tty? && !ARGV.verbose?
+def oh1(title, options = {})
+  if $stdout.tty? && !ARGV.verbose? && options.fetch(:truncate, :auto) == :auto
+    title = Tty.truncate(title)
+  end
   puts "#{Tty.green}==>#{Tty.white} #{title}#{Tty.reset}"
 end