diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-mca/Views/TimelineView.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-mca/Views/TimelineView.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-mca/Views/TimelineView.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-mca/Views/TimelineView.cpp
@@ -296,8 +296,10 @@
       // attribute is set correctly whether or not it is greater
       // than timeline-max-cycles so we can use that to ensure
       // we don't early exit because of a 0 latency instruction.
-      if (Entry.CycleRetired == 0 && Entry.CycleExecuted != 0)
+      if (Entry.CycleRetired == 0 && Entry.CycleExecuted != 0) {
+        FOS << "Truncated display due to cycle limit\n";
         return;
+      }
 
       unsigned SourceIndex = IID % Source.size();
       printTimelineViewEntry(FOS, Entry, Iteration, SourceIndex);