diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/fuzzer/FuzzerLoop.cpp b/compiler-rt/lib/fuzzer/FuzzerLoop.cpp
index ce8c2fb7471448..f1895ec2621a46 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/fuzzer/FuzzerLoop.cpp
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/fuzzer/FuzzerLoop.cpp
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ void Fuzzer::PrintStatusForNewUnit(const Unit &U, const char *Text) {
   PrintStats(Text, "");
   if (Options.Verbosity) {
     Printf(" L: %zd/%zd ", U.size(), Corpus.MaxInputSize());
-    MD.PrintMutationSequence();
+    MD.PrintMutationSequence(Options.Verbosity >= 2);
     Printf("\n");
   }
 }
diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/fuzzer/FuzzerMutate.cpp b/compiler-rt/lib/fuzzer/FuzzerMutate.cpp
index 121b450e8b8c56..cf34a9fe8e2e12 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/fuzzer/FuzzerMutate.cpp
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/fuzzer/FuzzerMutate.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 namespace fuzzer {
 
 const size_t Dictionary::kMaxDictSize;
+static const size_t kMaxMutationsToPrint = 10;
 
 static void PrintASCII(const Word &W, const char *PrintAfter) {
   PrintASCII(W.data(), W.size(), PrintAfter);
@@ -481,15 +482,21 @@ void MutationDispatcher::PrintRecommendedDictionary() {
   Printf("###### End of recommended dictionary. ######\n");
 }
 
-void MutationDispatcher::PrintMutationSequence() {
+void MutationDispatcher::PrintMutationSequence(bool Verbose) {
   Printf("MS: %zd ", CurrentMutatorSequence.size());
-  for (auto M : CurrentMutatorSequence)
-    Printf("%s-", M.Name);
+  size_t EntriesToPrint =
+      Verbose ? CurrentMutatorSequence.size()
+              : std::min(kMaxMutationsToPrint, CurrentMutatorSequence.size());
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < EntriesToPrint; i++)
+    Printf("%s-", CurrentMutatorSequence[i].Name);
   if (!CurrentDictionaryEntrySequence.empty()) {
     Printf(" DE: ");
-    for (auto DE : CurrentDictionaryEntrySequence) {
+    EntriesToPrint = Verbose ? CurrentDictionaryEntrySequence.size()
+                             : std::min(kMaxMutationsToPrint,
+                                        CurrentDictionaryEntrySequence.size());
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < EntriesToPrint; i++) {
       Printf("\"");
-      PrintASCII(DE->GetW(), "\"-");
+      PrintASCII(CurrentDictionaryEntrySequence[i]->GetW(), "\"-");
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/fuzzer/FuzzerMutate.h b/compiler-rt/lib/fuzzer/FuzzerMutate.h
index 3ce3159f6893be..37fd6100dac330 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/fuzzer/FuzzerMutate.h
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/fuzzer/FuzzerMutate.h
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ class MutationDispatcher {
   ~MutationDispatcher() {}
   /// Indicate that we are about to start a new sequence of mutations.
   void StartMutationSequence();
-  /// Print the current sequence of mutations.
-  void PrintMutationSequence();
+  /// Print the current sequence of mutations. Only prints the full sequence
+  /// when Verbose is true.
+  void PrintMutationSequence(bool Verbose = true);
   /// Return the current sequence of mutations.
   std::string MutationSequence();
   /// Indicate that the current sequence of mutations was successful.
diff --git a/compiler-rt/test/fuzzer/CustomMutatorWithLongSequencesTest.cpp b/compiler-rt/test/fuzzer/CustomMutatorWithLongSequencesTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4c9714788f5690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler-rt/test/fuzzer/CustomMutatorWithLongSequencesTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+
+// Simple test for a cutom mutator that results in long sequences of mutations.
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <ostream>
+
+#include "FuzzerInterface.h"
+
+static volatile int Sink;
+
+extern "C" int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *Data, size_t Size) {
+  assert(Data);
+  if (Size > 0 && Data[0] == 'H') {
+    Sink = 1;
+    if (Size > 1 && Data[1] == 'i') {
+      Sink = 2;
+      if (Size > 2 && Data[2] == '!') {
+        std::cout << "BINGO; Found the target, exiting\n"
+                  << std::flush;
+        exit(1);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+extern "C" size_t LLVMFuzzerCustomMutator(uint8_t *Data, size_t Size,
+                                          size_t MaxSize, unsigned int Seed) {
+  // Run this 25 times to generate a large mutation sequence.
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < 25; i++) {
+    LLVMFuzzerMutate(Data, Size, MaxSize);
+  }
+  return LLVMFuzzerMutate(Data, Size, MaxSize);
+}
diff --git a/compiler-rt/test/fuzzer/fuzzer-custommutator.test b/compiler-rt/test/fuzzer/fuzzer-custommutator.test
index 25f5fe697b43fd..7d94ae064bf969 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/test/fuzzer/fuzzer-custommutator.test
+++ b/compiler-rt/test/fuzzer/fuzzer-custommutator.test
@@ -11,3 +11,17 @@ LLVMFuzzerCustomMutatorWithLenControl: INFO: found LLVMFuzzerCustomMutator
 LLVMFuzzerCustomMutatorWithLenControl: In LLVMFuzzerCustomMutator
 LLVMFuzzerCustomMutatorWithLenControl: {{.*}} lim: {{[1-9][0-9]?}} {{.*}}
 LLVMFuzzerCustomMutatorWithLenControl: BINGO
+
+# sanity check: verify that we do get long lines with verbose printing on
+RUN: %cpp_compiler %S/CustomMutatorWithLongSequencesTest.cpp -o %t-CustomMutatorWithLongSequencesTest
+RUN: not %run %t-CustomMutatorWithLongSequencesTest -verbosity=2 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=LLVMFuzzerCustomMutatorLongSequence
+LLVMFuzzerCustomMutatorLongSequence: Flag: verbosity 2
+LLVMFuzzerCustomMutatorLongSequence: {{.*}} MS: {{[0-9]*}} {{(([a-zA-Z]*-){11,})}} {{.*}}
+LLVMFuzzerCustomMutatorLongSequence: BINGO
+
+# check a target that prints long mutation sequences and verifies the printed
+# output is capped at 10 entries
+RUN: not %run %t-CustomMutatorWithLongSequencesTest 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=LLVMFuzzerCustomMutatorLongSequenceTrimmed
+LLVMFuzzerCustomMutatorLongSequenceTrimmed-NOT: Flag: verbosity 2
+LLVMFuzzerCustomMutatorLongSequenceTrimmed-NOT: {{.*}} MS: {{[0-9]*}} {{(([a-zA-Z]*-){11,})}} {{.*}}
+LLVMFuzzerCustomMutatorLongSequenceTrimmed: BINGO