diff --git a/docs/config.rst b/docs/config.rst
index 83a1008842de..38228037cee4 100644
--- a/docs/config.rst
+++ b/docs/config.rst
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ Optional settings
 
 .. describe:: maxMessageLength
 
-    By default, raven truncates messages to a max length of 100
-    characters. You can customize the max length with this parameter.
+    By default, Raven does not truncate messages. If you need to truncate
+    characters for whatever reason, you may set this to limit the length.
 
 .. describe:: transport
 
diff --git a/src/raven.js b/src/raven.js
index 3151dcf95915..0bec5f0f204d 100644
--- a/src/raven.js
+++ b/src/raven.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function Raven() {
         includePaths: [],
         crossOrigin: 'anonymous',
         collectWindowErrors: true,
-        maxMessageLength: 100
+        maxMessageLength: 0
     };
     this._ignoreOnError = 0;
     this._isRavenInstalled = false;
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 21da2fcad3cc..cc40cad82561 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function objectMerge(obj1, obj2) {
 }
 
 function truncate(str, max) {
-    return str.length <= max ? str : str.substr(0, max) + '\u2026';
+    return !max || str.length <= max ? str : str.substr(0, max) + '\u2026';
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/utils.test.js b/test/utils.test.js
index 961f72fc3dd9..bcaac82e3214 100644
--- a/test/utils.test.js
+++ b/test/utils.test.js
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ describe('utils', function () {
             assert.equal(truncate('lolol', 3), 'lol\u2026');
             assert.equal(truncate('lolol', 10), 'lolol');
             assert.equal(truncate('lol', 3), 'lol');
+            assert.equal(truncate(new Array(1000).join('f'), 0), new Array(1000).join('f'));
         });
     });