diff --git a/application/routes.php b/application/routes.php
index 56ea31be..ff11a9b9 100644
--- a/application/routes.php
+++ b/application/routes.php
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ return array(
 
 	'GET /' => function()
 	{
+		return Laravel\Str::limit('This is a string of text', 3, '...');
 		return View::make('home.index');
 	},
 
diff --git a/laravel/str.php b/laravel/str.php
index 5f9b2d9a..8e64eb56 100644
--- a/laravel/str.php
+++ b/laravel/str.php
@@ -101,11 +101,8 @@ class Str {
 	/**
 	 * Limit the number of characters in a string.
 	 *
-	 * Word integrity is preserved, so the number of characters in the
-	 * truncated string will be rounded to the nearest word ending.
-	 *
 	 * <code>
-	 *		// Returns "Taylor..."
+	 *		// Returns "Tay..."
 	 *		echo Str::limit('Taylor Otwell', 3);
 	 *
 	 *		// Limit the number of characters and append a custom ending
@@ -113,17 +110,20 @@ class Str {
 	 * </code>
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $value
-	 * @param  int     $length
+	 * @param  int     $limit
 	 * @param  string  $end
 	 * @return string
 	 */
 	public static function limit($value, $limit = 100, $end = '...')
 	{
-		if (static::length($value) < $limit) return $value;
+		if (static::length($value) <= $limit) return $value;
 
-		$limit = preg_replace('/\s+?(\S+)?$/', '', substr($value, 0, $limit));
+		if (function_exists('mb_substr'))
+		{
+			return mb_substr($value, 0, $limit, Config::get('application.encoding')).$end;
+		}
 
-		return (static::length($limit) == static::length($value)) ? $value : $limit.$end;
+		return substr($value, 0, $limit).$end;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/tests/Cases/StrTest.php b/tests/Cases/StrTest.php
index 55b47830..c31cdee1 100644
--- a/tests/Cases/StrTest.php
+++ b/tests/Cases/StrTest.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class StrTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 
 	public function test_limit_words()
 	{
-		$this->assertEquals('This is a...', Laravel\Str::limit_words('This is a string of text', 3, '...'));
-		$this->assertEquals('This is a string&nbsp;', Laravel\Str::limit_words('This is a string of text', 4, '&nbsp;'));
+		$this->assertEquals('This is a...', Laravel\Str::words('This is a string of text', 3, '...'));
+		$this->assertEquals('This is a string&nbsp;', Laravel\Str::words('This is a string of text', 4, '&nbsp;'));
 	}
 }
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