diff --git a/core/full_menu_view.js b/core/full_menu_view.js
index 9a46f6b3..7b20b8f5 100644
--- a/core/full_menu_view.js
+++ b/core/full_menu_view.js
@@ -253,12 +253,13 @@ function FullMenuView(options) {
         }
 
         if (relativeColumn + renderLength > this.dimens.width) {
-            const overflow = this.hasTextOverflow() ? this.textOverflow : '';
-
-            text = strUtil.renderTruncate(text, {
-                length: this.dimens.width - (relativeColumn + overflow.length),
-                omission: overflow,
-            });
+            if (this.hasTextOverflow()) {
+                text = strUtil.renderTruncate(text, {
+                    length:
+                        this.dimens.width - (relativeColumn + this.textOverflow.length),
+                    omission: this.textOverflow,
+                });
+            }
         }
 
         let padLength = Math.min(item.fixedLength + 1, this.dimens.width);
diff --git a/core/vertical_menu_view.js b/core/vertical_menu_view.js
index e34794c8..f08a66e4 100644
--- a/core/vertical_menu_view.js
+++ b/core/vertical_menu_view.js
@@ -98,10 +98,12 @@ function VerticalMenuView(options) {
             sgr = index === self.focusedItemIndex ? self.getFocusSGR() : self.getSGR();
         }
 
-        text = strUtil.renderTruncate(text, {
-            length: this.dimens.width,
-            omission: this.textOverflow,
-        });
+        if (this.hasTextOverflow()) {
+            text = strUtil.renderTruncate(text, {
+                length: this.dimens.width,
+                omission: this.textOverflow,
+            });
+        }
 
         text = `${sgr}${strUtil.pad(
             `${text}${this.styleSGR1}`,
@@ -405,6 +407,12 @@ VerticalMenuView.prototype.focusLast = function () {
     return VerticalMenuView.super_.prototype.focusLast.call(this);
 };
 
+VerticalMenuView.prototype.setTextOverflow = function (overflow) {
+    VerticalMenuView.super_.prototype.setTextOverflow.call(this, overflow);
+
+    this.positionCacheExpired = true;
+};
+
 VerticalMenuView.prototype.setFocusItems = function (items) {
     VerticalMenuView.super_.prototype.setFocusItems.call(this, items);
 
diff --git a/docs/_docs/art/views/vertical_menu_view.md b/docs/_docs/art/views/vertical_menu_view.md
index e11e087c..2a66bc36 100644
--- a/docs/_docs/art/views/vertical_menu_view.md
+++ b/docs/_docs/art/views/vertical_menu_view.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Items can be selected on a menu via the cursor keys, Page Up, Page Down, Home, a
 | `justify` | Sets the justification of each item in the list. Options: left (default), right, center |
 | `itemFormat` | Sets the format for a list entry. See **Entry Formatting** in [MCI](../mci.md) |
 | `fillChar` | Specifies a character to fill extra space in the menu with. Defaults to an empty space |
+| `textOverflow` | If an entry cannot be displayed due to `width`, set overflow characters. See **Text Overflow** below |
 | `items` | List of items to show in the menu. See **Items** below.
 | `focusItemFormat` | Sets the format for a focused list entry. See **Entry Formatting** in [MCI](../mci.md) |
 | `truncateOmission` | Sets the omission characters for truncated text if used. Defaults to an empty string. Commonly set to "..." |
@@ -70,6 +71,15 @@ If the list is for display only (there is no form action associated with it) you
 ["First item", "Second item", "Third Item"]
 ```
 
+### Text Overflow
+
+The `textOverflow` option is used to specify what happens when a text string is too long to fit in the `width` defined. If an entry is too long to display in the width specified
+
+> :information_source: If `textOverflow` is not specified at all, a menu can become wider than the `width` if needed to display a single column.
+
+> :information_source: Setting `textOverflow` to an empty string `textOverflow: ""` will cause the item to be truncated if necessary without any characters displayed
+
+> :information_source: Otherwise, setting `textOverflow` to one or more characters will truncate the value if necessary and display those characters at the end. i.e. `textOverflow: ...`
 
 ## Example