diff --git a/picard/releasegroup.py b/picard/releasegroup.py
index 3ed04c056..f8b2b6d60 100644
--- a/picard/releasegroup.py
+++ b/picard/releasegroup.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ from picard.mbjson import (
 )
 from picard.metadata import Metadata
 from picard.util import (
-    limited_join,
+    countries_shortlist,
     uniqify,
 )
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class ReleaseGroup(DataObject):
 
             countries = countries_from_node(node)
             if countries:
-                country_label = limited_join(countries, 6, '+', '…')
+                country_label = countries_shortlist(countries)
             else:
                 country_label = node.get('country', '') or '??'
 
diff --git a/picard/ui/searchdialog/album.py b/picard/ui/searchdialog/album.py
index 338fb02ce..8b15dc659 100644
--- a/picard/ui/searchdialog/album.py
+++ b/picard/ui/searchdialog/album.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ from picard.mbjson import (
     release_to_metadata,
 )
 from picard.metadata import Metadata
+from picard.util import countries_shortlist
 from picard.webservice.api_helpers import build_lucene_query
 
 from picard.ui.searchdialog import (
@@ -325,7 +326,7 @@ class AlbumSearchDialog(SearchDialog):
                 release["tracks"] = node['track-count']
             countries = countries_from_node(node)
             if countries:
-                release["country"] = ", ".join(countries)
+                release["country"] = countries_shortlist(countries)
             self.search_results.append(release)
 
     def display_results(self):
diff --git a/picard/ui/searchdialog/track.py b/picard/ui/searchdialog/track.py
index 19e3b10fc..f61d97a33 100644
--- a/picard/ui/searchdialog/track.py
+++ b/picard/ui/searchdialog/track.py
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ from picard.mbjson import (
 )
 from picard.metadata import Metadata
 from picard.track import Track
-from picard.util import sort_by_similarity
+from picard.util import (
+    countries_shortlist,
+    sort_by_similarity,
+)
 from picard.webservice.api_helpers import build_lucene_query
 
 from picard.ui.searchdialog import (
@@ -161,7 +164,7 @@ class TrackSearchDialog(SearchDialog):
                     release_group_to_metadata(rg_node, track)
                     countries = countries_from_node(rel_node)
                     if countries:
-                        track["country"] = ", ".join(countries)
+                        track["country"] = countries_shortlist(countries)
                     self.search_results.append((track, node))
             else:
                 # This handles the case when no release is associated with a track
diff --git a/picard/util/__init__.py b/picard/util/__init__.py
index 579018937..e982ada34 100644
--- a/picard/util/__init__.py
+++ b/picard/util/__init__.py
@@ -908,6 +908,10 @@ def limited_join(a_list, limit, join_string='+', middle_string='…'):
     return join_string.join(start + [middle_string] + end)
 
 
+def countries_shortlist(countries):
+    return limited_join(countries, 6, '+', '…')
+
+
 def extract_year_from_date(dt):
     """ Extracts year from  passed in date either dict or string """