diff --git a/src/indexer.cc b/src/indexer.cc
index 91b40f03..9e0ee81c 100644
--- a/src/indexer.cc
+++ b/src/indexer.cc
@@ -1027,6 +1027,11 @@ void OnIndexDeclaration(CXClientData client_data, const CXIdxDeclInfo* decl) {
 
       std::string type_name =
           ToString(clang_getTypeSpelling(clang_getCursorType(decl->cursor)));
+      // clang may report "(lambda at foo.cc)" which end up being a very long
+      // string. Shorten it to just "lambda".
+      if (type_name.find("(lambda at") != std::string::npos)
+        type_name = "lambda";
+
       var->def.detailed_name =
           type_name + " " +
           ns->QualifiedName(decl->semanticContainer, var->def.short_name);
diff --git a/tests/lambdas/lambda.cc b/tests/lambdas/lambda.cc
index cb3c2be4..91dbfe77 100644
--- a/tests/lambdas/lambda.cc
+++ b/tests/lambdas/lambda.cc
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ OUTPUT:
       "id": 1,
       "usr": "c:lambda.cc@28@F@foo#@dosomething",
       "short_name": "dosomething",
-      "detailed_name": "(lambda at C:/Users/jacob/Desktop/cquery/tests/lambdas/lambda.cc:4:22) dosomething",
-      "hover": "(lambda at C:/Users/jacob/Desktop/cquery/tests/lambdas/lambda.cc:4:22)",
+      "detailed_name": "lambda dosomething",
+      "hover": "lambda",
       "definition_spelling": "4:8-4:19",
       "definition_extent": "4:3-7:4",
       "variable_type": 0,