diff --git a/pandas/core/common.py b/pandas/core/common.py
index a31c92caf4343..ebbd87c9bf073 100644
--- a/pandas/core/common.py
+++ b/pandas/core/common.py
@@ -1941,23 +1941,24 @@ def _pprint_seq(seq, _nest_lvl=0, **kwds):
 
     bounds length of printed sequence, depending on options
     """
-    if isinstance(seq,set):
+    if isinstance(seq, set):
         fmt = u"set([%s])"
     else:
         fmt = u"[%s]" if hasattr(seq, '__setitem__') else u"(%s)"
 
-    nitems = get_option("max_seq_items") or len(seq)
+    n = len(seq)
+    nitems = get_option("max_seq_items") or n
 
     s = iter(seq)
     r = []
-    for i in range(min(nitems,len(seq))): # handle sets, no slicing
+    for i in xrange(min(nitems, n)):  # handle sets, no slicing
         r.append(pprint_thing(next(s), _nest_lvl + 1, **kwds))
-    body = ", ".join(r)
+    body = u", ".join(r)
 
-    if nitems < len(seq):
-        body+= ", ..."
-    elif isinstance(seq,tuple) and len(seq) == 1:
-        body += ','
+    if nitems < n:
+        body += u", ..., {0}".format(pprint_thing(seq[-1], **kwds))
+    elif isinstance(seq, tuple) and n == 1:
+        body += u','
 
     return fmt % body
 
@@ -2010,10 +2011,10 @@ def pprint_thing(thing, _nest_lvl=0, escape_chars=None, default_escapes=False,
     result - unicode object on py2, str on py3. Always Unicode.
 
     """
-    def as_escaped_unicode(thing,escape_chars=escape_chars):
+    def as_escaped_unicode(thing, escape_chars=escape_chars):
         # Unicode is fine, else we try to decode using utf-8 and 'replace'
         # if that's not it either, we have no way of knowing and the user
-        #should deal with it himself.
+        # should deal with it.
 
         try:
             result = unicode(thing)  # we should try this first
@@ -2043,12 +2044,12 @@ def as_escaped_unicode(thing,escape_chars=escape_chars):
         return unicode(thing)
     elif (isinstance(thing, dict) and
           _nest_lvl < get_option("display.pprint_nest_depth")):
-        result = _pprint_dict(thing, _nest_lvl,quote_strings=True)
+        result = _pprint_dict(thing, _nest_lvl, quote_strings=True)
     elif _is_sequence(thing) and _nest_lvl < \
             get_option("display.pprint_nest_depth"):
         result = _pprint_seq(thing, _nest_lvl, escape_chars=escape_chars,
                              quote_strings=quote_strings)
-    elif isinstance(thing,basestring) and quote_strings:
+    elif isinstance(thing, basestring) and quote_strings:
         if py3compat.PY3:
             fmt = "'%s'"
         else:
diff --git a/pandas/tests/test_common.py b/pandas/tests/test_common.py
index db01545fb3c9d..8589e09bf038f 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/test_common.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/test_common.py
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 import re
 
 import nose
+from nose.tools import assert_equal
 import unittest
 
 from pandas import Series, DataFrame, date_range, DatetimeIndex
 from pandas.core.common import notnull, isnull
+from pandas.util.py3compat import PY3
 import pandas.core.common as com
 import pandas.util.testing as tm
 import pandas.core.config as cf
@@ -266,6 +268,7 @@ def test_ensure_int32():
     result = com._ensure_int32(values)
     assert(result.dtype == np.int32)
 
+
 def test_ensure_platform_int():
 
     # verify that when we create certain types of indices
@@ -286,6 +289,56 @@ def test_ensure_platform_int():
     pi = com._ensure_platform_int(x)
     assert(pi.dtype == np.int_)
 
+
+def test_pprint_max_seq_items():
+    # test with a specific setting
+    with cf.option_context('display.max_seq_items', 3):
+        s = 'Int64Index([0, 1, 2, ..., 4], dtype=int64)'
+        res = repr(tm.makeIntIndex(5))
+        assert_equal(s, res)
+
+        s = 'Int64Index([0, 1, 2, ..., 10], dtype=int64)'
+        res = repr(tm.makeIntIndex(11))
+        assert_equal(s, res)
+
+        s = 'Int64Index([0, 1, 2], dtype=int64)'
+        res = repr(tm.makeIntIndex(3))
+        assert_equal(s, res)
+
+        s = 'Int64Index([0, 1, 2, ..., 3], dtype=int64)'
+        res = repr(tm.makeIntIndex(4))
+        assert_equal(s, res)
+
+        s = 'Int64Index([], dtype=int64)'
+        res = repr(tm.makeIntIndex(0))
+        assert_equal(s, res)
+
+    # test with the default
+    s = 'Int64Index([0, 1, 2, 3, 4], dtype=int64)'
+    res = repr(tm.makeIntIndex(5))
+    assert_equal(s, res)
+
+    s = 'Int64Index([0, 1], dtype=int64)'
+    res = repr(tm.makeIntIndex(2))
+    assert_equal(s, res)
+
+    s = 'Int64Index([], dtype=int64)'
+    res = repr(tm.makeIntIndex(0))
+    assert_equal(s, res)
+
+    # test multiindex
+    with cf.option_context('display.max_seq_items', 2):
+        df = tm.makeCustomDataframe(2, 3, c_idx_nlevels=2)
+        mi = df.columns
+        if PY3:
+            s = ("MultiIndex\n[('C_l0_g0', 'C_l1_g0'), ('C_l0_g1', 'C_l1_g1'),"
+                 " ..., ('C_l0_g2', 'C_l1_g2')]")
+        else:
+            s = ("MultiIndex\n[(u'C_l0_g0', u'C_l1_g0'), "
+                 "(u'C_l0_g1', u'C_l1_g1'), ..., (u'C_l0_g2', u'C_l1_g2')]")
+        res = repr(mi)
+        assert_equal(s, res)
+
 # TODO: fix this broken test
 
 # def test_console_encode():
diff --git a/pandas/util/testing.py b/pandas/util/testing.py
index c297cfa554fa5..94631dd894324 100644
--- a/pandas/util/testing.py
+++ b/pandas/util/testing.py
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ def makeUnicodeIndex(k):
 
 
 def makeIntIndex(k):
-    return Index(range(k))
+    return Index(np.arange(k))
 
 
 def makeFloatIndex(k):