diff --git a/base/errorshow.jl b/base/errorshow.jl
index a590a04eeee4b..c6c81a02081ba 100644
--- a/base/errorshow.jl
+++ b/base/errorshow.jl
@@ -458,17 +458,18 @@ function show_method_candidates(io::IO, ex::MethodError, @nospecialize kwargs=()
     end
 end
 
+# Contains file name and file number. Gets set when a backtrace
+# or methodlist is shown. Used by the REPL to make it possible to open
+# the location of a stackframe/method in the editor.
+global LAST_SHOWN_LINE_INFOS = Tuple{String, Int}[]
+
 function show_trace_entry(io, frame, n; prefix = "")
+    push!(LAST_SHOWN_LINE_INFOS, (string(frame.file), frame.line))
     print(io, "\n", prefix)
     show(io, frame, full_path=true)
     n > 1 && print(io, " (repeats ", n, " times)")
 end
 
-# Contains file name and file number. Gets set when a backtrace
-# or methodlist is shown. Used by the REPL to make it possible to open
-# the location of a stackframe/method in the editor.
-global LAST_SHOWN_LINE_INFOS = Tuple{String, Int}[]
-
 # In case the line numbers in the source code have changed since the code was compiled,
 # allow packages to set a callback function that corrects them.
 # (Used by Revise and perhaps other packages.)
@@ -489,6 +490,10 @@ function show_reduced_backtrace(io::IO, t::Vector, with_prefix::Bool)
     frame appears just before. =#
 
     displayed_stackframes = []
+    repeated_cycle = Tuple{Int,Int,Int}[]
+    # First:  line to introuce the "cycle repetition" message
+    # Second: length of the cycle
+    # Third:  number of repetitions
     frame_counter = 1
     while frame_counter < length(t)
         (last_frame, n) = t[frame_counter]
@@ -507,11 +512,10 @@ function show_reduced_backtrace(io::IO, t::Vector, with_prefix::Bool)
             while i < length(t) && t[i] == t[j]
                 i+=1 ; j+=1
             end
-            if j >= frame_counter
+            if j >= frame_counter-1
                 #= At least one cycle repeated =#
                 repetitions = div(i - frame_counter + 1, cycle_length)
-                print(io, "\n ... (the last ", cycle_length, " lines are repeated ",
-                      repetitions, " more time", repetitions>1 ? "s)" : ")")
+                push!(repeated_cycle, (length(displayed_stackframes), cycle_length, repetitions))
                 frame_counter += cycle_length * repetitions - 1
                 break
             end
@@ -524,13 +528,24 @@ function show_reduced_backtrace(io::IO, t::Vector, with_prefix::Bool)
 
     try invokelatest(update_stackframes_callback[], displayed_stackframes) catch end
 
-    for (frame, n) in displayed_stackframes
+    push!(repeated_cycle, (0,0,0)) # repeated_cycle is never empty
+    frame_counter = 1
+    for i in 1:length(displayed_stackframes)
+        (frame, n) = displayed_stackframes[i]
         if with_prefix
-            show_trace_entry(io, frame, n, prefix = string(" [", frame_counter-1, "] "))
-            push!(LAST_SHOWN_LINE_INFOS, (string(frame.file), frame.line))
+            show_trace_entry(io, frame, n, prefix = string(" [", frame_counter, "] "))
         else
             show_trace_entry(io, frame, n)
         end
+        while repeated_cycle[1][1] == i # never empty because of the initial (0,0,0)
+            cycle_length = repeated_cycle[1][2]
+            repetitions = repeated_cycle[1][3]
+            popfirst!(repeated_cycle)
+            print(io, "\n ... (the last ", cycle_length, " lines are repeated ",
+                  repetitions, " more time", repetitions>1 ? "s)" : ")")
+            frame_counter += cycle_length * repetitions
+        end
+        frame_counter += 1
     end
 end
 
@@ -555,7 +570,6 @@ function show_backtrace(io::IO, t::Vector)
         for (last_frame, n) in filtered
             frame_counter += 1
             show_trace_entry(IOContext(io, :backtrace => true), last_frame, n, prefix = string(" [", frame_counter, "] "))
-            push!(LAST_SHOWN_LINE_INFOS, (string(last_frame.file), last_frame.line))
         end
         return
     end
diff --git a/test/errorshow.jl b/test/errorshow.jl
index f8f29c659d2b6..96a36335b2319 100644
--- a/test/errorshow.jl
+++ b/test/errorshow.jl
@@ -521,3 +521,18 @@ end
     end
 end
 
+# issue #28442
+@testset "Long stacktrace printing" begin
+    f28442(c) = g28442(c + 1)
+    g28442(c) = c > 10000 ? (return backtrace()) : f28442(c+1)
+    bt = f28442(1)
+    io = IOBuffer()
+    Base.show_backtrace(io, bt)
+    output = split(String(take!(io)), '\n')
+    @test output[3][1:4] == " [1]"
+    @test occursin("g28442", output[3])
+    @test output[4][1:4] == " [2]"
+    @test occursin("f28442", output[4])
+    @test occursin("the last 2 lines are repeated 5000 more times", output[5])
+    @test output[6][1:8] == " [10003]"
+end