diff --git a/capirca/lib/gce.py b/capirca/lib/gce.py
index edd115fb..46987297 100644
--- a/capirca/lib/gce.py
+++ b/capirca/lib/gce.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class Term(gcp.Term):
   _TERM_TARGET_TAGS_LIMIT = 70
   _TERM_PORTS_LIMIT = 256
   _TERM_SERVICE_ACCOUNTS_LIMIT = 10
+  _MAX_TERM_COMMENT_LENGTH = 2047
 
   # Firewall rule name has to match specific RE:
   # The first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters
@@ -200,11 +201,16 @@ def ConvertToDict(self):
     """
     if self.term.owner:
       self.term.comment.append('Owner: %s' % self.term.owner)
+    description = ' '.join(self.term.comment)
+    if len(description) > self._MAX_TERM_COMMENT_LENGTH:
+      description = gcp.TruncateString(
+          description, self._MAX_TERM_COMMENT_LENGTH
+      )
     term_dict = {
-        'description': ' '.join(self.term.comment),
+        'description': description,
         'name': self.term.name,
-        'direction': self.term.direction
-        }
+        'direction': self.term.direction,
+    }
     if self.term.network:
       term_dict['network'] = self.term.network
       term_dict['name'] = '%s-%s' % (
diff --git a/tests/lib/gce_test.py b/tests/lib/gce_test.py
index 53648f59..154897d0 100644
--- a/tests/lib/gce_test.py
+++ b/tests/lib/gce_test.py
@@ -578,6 +578,15 @@
 }
 """
 
+BAD_TERM_COMMENT_LENGTH = """
+term bad-term-service-accounts-count {{
+  comment:: "{very_long_comment}"
+  protocol:: tcp
+  action:: accept
+  source-tag:: ssh-bastion
+}}""".format(very_long_comment='a' *
+             (gce.Term._MAX_TERM_COMMENT_LENGTH + 1) + 'truncated')
+
 GOOD_TERM_EXCLUDE_RANGE = """
 [
   {
@@ -1427,6 +1436,14 @@ def testTargetTagsAndTargetServiceAccountsError(self):
             GOOD_HEADER_INET + BAD_TERM_TARGET_TAGS_AND_SERVICE_ACCOUNTS,
             self.naming), EXP_INFO)
 
+  def testLongCommentTruncation(self):
+    self.naming.GetNetAddr.return_value = TEST_IPS
+    acl = gce.GCE(
+        policy.ParsePolicy(GOOD_HEADER + BAD_TERM_COMMENT_LENGTH, self.naming),
+        EXP_INFO)
+    self.assertIn('a' * gce.Term._MAX_TERM_COMMENT_LENGTH, str(acl))
+    self.assertNotIn('truncated', str(acl))
+
   def testMixed(self):
     self.naming.GetNetAddr.return_value = TEST_IPS
     self.naming.GetServiceByProto.side_effect = [['53'], ['53']]