diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 0fac8b4..4e1ef9b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ var state *AppState
 var parameters []string
 
 func main() {
-	parameters = []string{"add", "config", "event", "defaults", "delete", "next", "refresh", "today", "ui"}
+	parameters = []string{"add", "config", "event", "defaults", "delete", "next", "refresh", "today", "brief", "ui"}
 	var err error
 	var op string
 	state = &AppState{Name: AppName, Version: AppVersion}
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func main() {
 		}
 		fmt.Println("Couldn't find event with ID " + strconv.Itoa(evNum))
 
-	case "today":
+	case "today", "brief":
 		events := state.account.GetTodaysActiveEvents()
 		if len(events) == 0 {
 			fmt.Println("No Events Found")
@@ -190,7 +190,11 @@ func main() {
 					fmt.Println(err.Error())
 					return
 				}
-				eventString := stTmStr + CalColToAnsi(*colDef).Sprint("  ") + " " + e.Summary + " " + durStr
+				sum := e.Summary
+				if op == "brief" && len(sum) > 35 {
+					sum = sum[:35] + "..."
+				}
+				eventString := stTmStr + CalColToAnsi(*colDef).Sprint("  ") + " " + sum + " " + durStr
 				if hasMod("ids") {
 					idString := "@" + strconv.Itoa(e.InstanceId)
 					for len(idString) < 5 {
@@ -398,6 +402,7 @@ func printHelp() {
 	fmt.Println("                  Event ids change such that the next upcoming event is always event 0,")
 	fmt.Println("                  the one after that is 1, the previous one is -1, etc.")
 	fmt.Println("")
+	fmt.Println("  brief           The same as 'today' except summaries are truncated to save space.")
 	//fmt.Println("		ui							Open galendar in UI mode")
 	fmt.Println("")
 }