diff --git a/lib/techniques/blind/inference.py b/lib/techniques/blind/inference.py
index e765f706b..9337a53eb 100644
--- a/lib/techniques/blind/inference.py
+++ b/lib/techniques/blind/inference.py
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ def bisection(payload, expression, length=None, charsetType=None, firstChar=None
     showEta    = conf.eta and isinstance(length, int)
     numThreads = min(conf.threads, length)
     threads    = []
+    totalWidth = 54
 
     if showEta:
         progress = ProgressBar(maxValue=length)
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ def bisection(payload, expression, length=None, charsetType=None, firstChar=None
             infoMsg = "starting %d threads" % numThreads
             logger.info(infoMsg)
 
-            dataToStdout("[%s] [INFO] retrieved: %s" % (time.strftime("%X"), "_" * length))
+            dataToStdout("[%s] [INFO] retrieved: %s" % (time.strftime("%X"), "_" * min(length, totalWidth)))
             dataToStdout("\r[%s] [INFO] retrieved: " % time.strftime("%X"))
         else:
             dataToStdout("[%s] [INFO] retrieved: " % time.strftime("%X"))
@@ -184,9 +185,27 @@ def bisection(payload, expression, length=None, charsetType=None, firstChar=None
                         if showEta:
                             etaProgressUpdate(time.time() - charStart, index[0])
                         elif conf.verbose >= 1:
-                            s = "".join([c or "_" for c in value])
+                            startCharIndex = 0
+                            endCharIndex = 0
+                            for i in xrange(length):
+                                if value[i] is not None:
+                                    endCharIndex = max(endCharIndex, i)
+                            output = ''
+                            if endCharIndex > totalWidth:
+                                startCharIndex = endCharIndex - totalWidth
+                            count = 0
+                            for i in xrange(startCharIndex, endCharIndex):
+                                output += '_' if value[i] is None else value[i]
+                            for i in xrange(length):
+                                count += 1 if value[i] is not None else 0
+                            if startCharIndex > 0:
+                                output = '...' + output[3:]
+                            if endCharIndex - startCharIndex == totalWidth:
+                                output = output[:-3] + '...'
+                            status = ' %d/%d' % (count, length)
+                            output += status if count != length else " "*len(status)
                             iolock.acquire()
-                            dataToStdout("\r[%s] [INFO] retrieved: %s" % (time.strftime("%X"), s))
+                            dataToStdout("\r[%s] [INFO] retrieved: %s" % (time.strftime("%X"), output))
                             iolock.release()
 
             except (sqlmapConnectionException, sqlmapValueException), errMsg: