diff --git a/__tests__/humanize.spec.js b/__tests__/humanize.spec.js
index b49aee9..a06a25a 100644
--- a/__tests__/humanize.spec.js
+++ b/__tests__/humanize.spec.js
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ describe('Truncating objects to shorter versions', () => {
   const objs = {
     str: 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz',
     num: 1234567890,
-    arr: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+    arr: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
+    wrd: 'hello world'
   };
 
   it('should truncate a long string with ellipsis', () => {
@@ -201,6 +202,10 @@ describe('Truncating objects to shorter versions', () => {
     expect(Humanize.truncate(objs.str, 14, '...kidding')).toEqual('abcd...kidding');
   });
 
+  it('should truncate a string of words with ellipsis', () => {
+    expect(Humanize.truncateWords(objs.wrd, 1)).toEqual('hello ...');
+  });
+
   it('should truncate a number to an upper bound', () => {
     expect(Humanize.truncatenumber(objs.num, 500)).toEqual('500+');
     expect(Humanize.boundedNumber(objs.num, 500)).toEqual('500+');
@@ -210,6 +215,7 @@ describe('Truncating objects to shorter versions', () => {
     expect(Humanize.truncate(objs.str, objs.str.length + 1)).toEqual(objs.str);
     expect(Humanize.truncatenumber(objs.num, objs.num + 1)).toEqual(String(objs.num));
     expect(Humanize.boundedNumber(objs.num, objs.num + 1)).toEqual(String(objs.num));
+    expect(Humanize.truncateWords(objs.wrd, 3)).toEqual('hello world');
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/src/humanize.js b/src/humanize.js
index afe4354..93d533f 100644
--- a/src/humanize.js
+++ b/src/humanize.js
@@ -287,21 +287,19 @@
     // Truncates a string after a certain number of words.
     truncateWords(string, length) {
       const array = string.split(' ');
-      let result = '';
-      let i = 0;
-
-      while (i < length) {
-        if (exists(array[i])) {
-          result += `${array[i]} `;
-        }
-        i++;
-      }
 
       if (array.length > length) {
+        let result = '';
+        let i = 0;
+        while (i < length) {
+          if (exists(array[i])) {
+            result += `${array[i]} `;
+          }
+          i++;
+        }
         return `${result}...`;
       }
-
-      return null;
+      return string;
     },
 
     truncatewords(...args) {