diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Utility/SafeMarkup.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Utility/SafeMarkup.php
index 69d12fe..fe4211b 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Utility/SafeMarkup.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Utility/SafeMarkup.php
@@ -329,4 +329,55 @@ public static function replace($search, $replace, $subject) {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Truncates an HTML string safely to a number of rendered text characters.
+   *
+   * Functions similarly to \Drupal\Component\Utility\Unicode::truncate(),
+   * but strips HTML tags prior to truncating and counts HTML entities (e.g.,
+   * '&') as a single character.
+   *
+   * This function is intended for use on output, when it is desired to
+   * view truncated plain text (e.g., log messages in a list) in an HTML
+   * display. Because HTML entities are encoded after truncation, the
+   * returned string may contain more string characters than $max_length, so
+   * this is not a reliable function to use for truncating strings to a
+   * storage imposed maximum length.
+   *
+   * @param string $string
+   *   The string to truncate. HTML tags are stripped prior to truncation. HTML
+   *   entities are decoded prior to truncation and re-encoded after.
+   * @param int $max_length
+   *   An upper limit on the returned text length when viewed as HTML,
+   *   including trailing ellipsis if $add_ellipsis is TRUE. For purposes of
+   *   this limit, each HTML entity is counted as a single character, so the
+   *   returned string length may be longer.
+   * @param bool $wordsafe
+   *   If TRUE, attempt to truncate on a word boundary. See Unicode::truncate()
+   *   for details.
+   * @param bool $add_ellipsis
+   *   If TRUE, add '...' to the end of the truncated string (defaults to
+   *   FALSE). The text length will still fall within $max_length.
+   * @param int $min_wordsafe_length
+   *   If $wordsafe is TRUE, the minimum acceptable length for truncation (before
+   *   adding an ellipsis, if $add_ellipsis is TRUE). See Unicode::truncate()
+   *   for details.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   The truncated string, encoded for HTML display.
+   */
+  public static function truncate($string, $max_length, $wordsafe = FALSE, $add_ellipsis = FALSE, $min_wordsafe_length = 1) {
+    // Strip tags prior to truncation, so that truncation doesn't need to
+    // handle unclosed tags, and retains the maximum allowable text characters.
+    $string = strip_tags($string);
+
+    // Decode entities, so that truncation sees them as a single character.
+    $string = htmlspecialchars_decode($string, ENT_QUOTES);
+
+    // Truncate.
+    $string = Unicode::truncate($string, $max_length, $wordsafe, $add_ellipsis, $min_wordsafe_length);
+
+    // Re-encode entities.
+    return static::checkPlain($string);
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Utility/Unicode.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Utility/Unicode.php
index 7691e00..4938b0d 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Utility/Unicode.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Utility/Unicode.php
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ public static function substr($text, $start, $length = NULL) {
    * @param bool $add_ellipsis
    *   If TRUE, add '...' to the end of the truncated string (defaults to
    *   FALSE). The string length will still fall within $max_length.
-   * @param bool $min_wordsafe_length
+   * @param int $min_wordsafe_length
    *   If $wordsafe is TRUE, the minimum acceptable length for truncation (before
    *   adding an ellipsis, if $add_ellipsis is TRUE). Has no effect if $wordsafe
    *   is FALSE. This can be used to prevent having a very short resulting string
diff --git a/core/modules/dblog/src/Controller/DbLogController.php b/core/modules/dblog/src/Controller/DbLogController.php
index 2e2eccf..fd22e46 100644
--- a/core/modules/dblog/src/Controller/DbLogController.php
+++ b/core/modules/dblog/src/Controller/DbLogController.php
@@ -185,9 +185,7 @@ public function overview() {
       $message = $this->formatMessage($dblog);
       if ($message && isset($dblog->wid)) {
         // Truncate link_text to 56 chars of message.
-        // @todo Reevaluate the SafeMarkup::set() in
-        //   https://www.drupal.org/node/2399261.
-        $log_text = SafeMarkup::set(Unicode::truncate(Xss::filter($message, array()), 56, TRUE, TRUE));
+        $log_text = SafeMarkup::truncate($message, 56, TRUE, TRUE);
         $message = $this->l($log_text, new Url('dblog.event', array('event_id' => $dblog->wid), array(
           'attributes' => array(
             // Provide a title for the link for useful hover hints.