diff --git a/scan.py b/scan.py
index f6ead8d..5774e64 100755
--- a/scan.py
+++ b/scan.py
@@ -790,6 +790,8 @@ def notify(settings: Settings, title: str, body: str) -> bool:
         log("WARN", "No APPRISE_URLS or APPRISE_CONFIG configured - notification skipped")
         return True
 
+    if len(title) > 200:
+        title = title[:197] + "..."
     log("INFO", f"Sending Apprise notification: {title} (title {len(title)} chars, body {len(body)} chars)")
     command = ["apprise", "-t", title, "-b", body, "-vv"]
     if settings.apprise_config:
@@ -854,7 +856,7 @@ def build_body(
 
 
 MAX_NOTIFICATION_CHARS = 2500
-DISCORD_MAX_NOTIFICATION_CHARS = 1500
+DISCORD_MAX_NOTIFICATION_CHARS = 1200
 
 
 def uses_discord(settings: Settings) -> bool:
@@ -1006,11 +1008,11 @@ def build_other_containers_body(
 
     Each row is ``(image, container, total, fixable, unfixable)``.
     """
-    lines = ["Other containers with findings:", ""]
+    lines = ["Other containers:"]
     for image, container, total, fixable, unfixable in rows:
-        label = f"{image} [{container}]" if container else image
-        lines.append(f"* {label}: {fixable}/{total} (fixable/total)")
-    lines += ["", f"Total: {sum(row[2] for row in rows)} CVE(s) in {len(rows)} container(s)"]
+        label = container or image
+        lines.append(f"- {label}: {fixable}/{total}")
+    lines.append(f"Total: {sum(row[2] for row in rows)} in {len(rows)}")
     return "\n".join(lines)
 
 
@@ -1169,13 +1171,16 @@ def _split_body(body: str, max_chars: int) -> list[str]:
     current: list[str] = []
     size = 0
     for line in body.splitlines():
-        while len(line) > max_chars:
-            if current:
-                parts.append("\n".join(current))
-                current = []
-                size = 0
-            parts.append(line[:max_chars])
-            line = line[max_chars:]
+        if len(line) > max_chars:
+            while len(line) > max_chars:
+                if current:
+                    parts.append("\n".join(current))
+                    current = []
+                    size = 0
+                chunk = line[:max_chars]
+                line = line[max_chars:]
+                parts.append(chunk)
+            continue
         line_size = len(line) + 1
         if current and size + line_size > max_chars:
             parts.append("\n".join(current))
@@ -1216,7 +1221,8 @@ def send_notification_parts(
     original_title = title
     if len(title) > 200:
         original_title = title[:197] + "..."
-    parts = _split_body(body, notification_limit(settings))
+    limit = min(notification_limit(settings), 1100)
+    parts = _split_body(body, limit)
     if len(parts) > 1:
         log("INFO", f"Sending {title} in {len(parts)} parts")
     ok = True
diff --git a/tests/test_scan.py b/tests/test_scan.py
index 2b39c53..05ca8cb 100644
--- a/tests/test_scan.py
+++ b/tests/test_scan.py
@@ -502,9 +502,9 @@ class ReportTests(unittest.TestCase):
                 ("redis:7", "cache", 4, 0, 4),
             ]
         )
-        self.assertIn("* nginx:1.27 [web-worker]: 2/3 (fixable/total)", body)
-        self.assertIn("* redis:7 [cache]: 0/4 (fixable/total)", body)
-        self.assertIn("Total: 7 CVE(s) in 2 container(s)", body)
+        self.assertIn("- web-worker: 2/3", body)
+        self.assertIn("- cache: 0/4", body)
+        self.assertIn("Total: 7 in 2", body)
 
     def test_build_missing_body_separates_missing_and_unscanned(self) -> None:
         body = scan.build_missing_body(["gone"], ["web"])
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ printf '%s\\n' "$*" >> "$APPRISE_LOG"
         self.assertIn("Container: web", notification)
         self.assertIn("CVE-2026-0001", notification)
         self.assertIn("Vulnerability scan: other containers", notification)
-        self.assertIn("redis:7 [cache]", notification)
+        self.assertIn("cache: 1/1", notification)
         self.assertIn("1/1 (fixable/total)", notification)
         # The important container must not also appear in the summary.
         self.assertNotIn("testphp-php [web]", notification)