diff --git a/changelog/14063.improvement.rst b/changelog/14063.improvement.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aef962e6d12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/14063.improvement.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Truncated short test summary to first line of error message if not in verbose mode.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/terminal.py b/src/_pytest/terminal.py
index bb6f35633b9..ecde02e9654 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/terminal.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/terminal.py
@@ -1535,6 +1535,8 @@ def _get_line_with_reprcrash_message(
         else:
             # Type ignored intentionally -- possible AttributeError expected.
             msg = rep.longrepr.reprcrash.message  # type: ignore[union-attr]
+            if msg and not config.option.verbose >= 2:
+                msg = msg.strip().splitlines()[0]
     except AttributeError:
         pass
     else: