diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/Audit/__snapshots__/Audit.story.test.tsx.snap b/web/packages/teleport/src/Audit/__snapshots__/Audit.story.test.tsx.snap
index e9d987b424697..0b0c18f1370b5 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/Audit/__snapshots__/Audit.story.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/Audit/__snapshots__/Audit.story.test.tsx.snap
@@ -5373,7 +5373,7 @@ exports[`list of all events 1`] = `
           <td
             style="word-break: break-word;"
           >
-            User [foo] searched for resource type [db_server] with role(s) [admin]
+            User [foo] searched for resource type [db_server] with role(s) [admin,really-long-role-name-1,really-long-role-name-2,really-long-role-name-3...]
           </td>
           <td
             style="min-width: 120px;"
diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/Audit/fixtures/index.ts b/web/packages/teleport/src/Audit/fixtures/index.ts
index fe208dd69ea1c..7f5e27fdb72f4 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/Audit/fixtures/index.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/Audit/fixtures/index.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,18 @@ export const events = [
     event: 'access_request.search',
     namespace: 'default',
     resource_type: 'db_server',
-    search_as_roles: ['admin'],
+    search_as_roles: [
+      'admin',
+      'really-long-role-name-1',
+      'really-long-role-name-2',
+      'really-long-role-name-3',
+      'really-long-role-name-4',
+      'really-long-role-name-5',
+      'really-long-role-name-6',
+      'really-long-role-name-7',
+      'really-long-role-name-8',
+      'really-long-role-name-9',
+    ],
     time: '2022-06-08T15:10:35.368Z',
     uid: 'b13d61-b97-475f-86ef-1fedf',
     user: 'foo',
diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/services/audit/makeEvent.ts b/web/packages/teleport/src/services/audit/makeEvent.ts
index 7cd3a04069358..858270ee29cfb 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/services/audit/makeEvent.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/services/audit/makeEvent.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export const formatters: Formatters = {
     type: 'access_request.search',
     desc: 'Resource Access Search',
     format: ({ user, resource_type, search_as_roles }) =>
-      `User [${user}] searched for resource type [${resource_type}] with role(s) [${search_as_roles}]`,
+      `User [${user}] searched for resource type [${resource_type}] with role(s) [${truncateStr(search_as_roles.join(','), 80)}]`,
   },
   [eventCodes.SESSION_COMMAND]: {
     type: 'session.command',
diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/services/audit/types.ts b/web/packages/teleport/src/services/audit/types.ts
index e8b7d4a3eff5c..de706f637fe3a 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/services/audit/types.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/services/audit/types.ts
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ export type RawEvents = {
   >;
   [eventCodes.ACCESS_REQUEST_RESOURCE_SEARCH]: RawEvent<
     typeof eventCodes.ACCESS_REQUEST_RESOURCE_SEARCH,
-    { resource_type: string; search_as_roles: string }
+    { resource_type: string; search_as_roles: string[] }
   >;
   [eventCodes.AUTH_ATTEMPT_FAILURE]: RawEventAuthFailure<
     typeof eventCodes.AUTH_ATTEMPT_FAILURE