diff --git a/redditbot.py b/redditbot.py
index f5c68b7..b08bb64 100644
--- a/redditbot.py
+++ b/redditbot.py
@@ -252,9 +252,13 @@ async def main():
                 await _start_broadcast(captions, files, chats)
         else:
             if getattr(random_post, 'selftext', None):
-                text += '\n'
-                caplength = 4095 - len(client.parse_mode.parse(text)[0])
-                text += html.escape(random_post.selftext[:caplength])
+                caplength = 4094 - len(client.parse_mode.parse(text)[0])
+                text += '\n\n'
+                captext = random_post.selftext[:caplength]
+                if len(captext) >= caplength:
+                    captext = captext[:-1]
+                    captext += '…'
+                text += html.escape(captext)
             await _start_broadcast([text], None, chats)
 
     def register(pattern):