diff --git a/notification/helper.py b/notification/helper.py
index 1d7623b..79d8488 100644
--- a/notification/helper.py
+++ b/notification/helper.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def generate_notifications_for_incident(incident):
                     notification.notifier = method.method
                     notification.send_at = notify_at
                     uri = settings.BASE_URL + "/incidents/details/" + str(incident.id)
-                    notification.message = "A Service is experiencing a problem: " + incident.incident_key + " " + incident.description + ". Handle at: " + uri
+                    notification.message = "A Service is experiencing a problem: " + incident.incident_key + " " + incident.description + ". Handle at: " + uri + " Details: " + incident.details
 
                     notifications.append(notification)
 
diff --git a/notification/notifier/twilio_sms.py b/notification/notifier/twilio_sms.py
index 662c4ad..69fa82a 100644
--- a/notification/notifier/twilio_sms.py
+++ b/notification/notifier/twilio_sms.py
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ def __init__(self, config):
         self.__config = config
 
     def notify(self, notification):
+        max_length = 140
+        message = (notification.message[:max_length-2] + '..') if len(notification.message) > max_length else notification.message
         client = TwilioRestClient(self.__config['SID'], self.__config['token'])
         try:
-            client.sms.messages.create(body=notification.message,
+            client.sms.messages.create(body=message,
                 to=notification.user_to_notify.profile.phone_number,
                 from_=self.__config['sms_number'])
             print 'successfully sent the sms'