diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/decentsoftware/holograms/plugin/features/DamageDisplayFeature.java b/src/main/java/eu/decentsoftware/holograms/plugin/features/DamageDisplayFeature.java
index 980c8832..0b1d2b18 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/decentsoftware/holograms/plugin/features/DamageDisplayFeature.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/decentsoftware/holograms/plugin/features/DamageDisplayFeature.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public class DamageDisplayFeature extends AbstractFeature implements Listener {
 	private boolean displayForMobs = true;
 	private boolean zeroDamage = false;
 	private double heightOffset = 0.0;
+	private boolean damageShortened = false;
 
 	public DamageDisplayFeature() {
 		super("damage_display");
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ public void reload() {
 		duration = config.getInt("damage-display.duration", duration);
 		appearance = config.getString("damage-display.appearance", appearance);
 		criticalAppearance = config.getString("damage-display.critical-appearance", criticalAppearance);
+		damageShortened = config.getBoolean("damage-display.critical-appearance.short");
 
 		heightOffset = config.getDouble("healing-display.height", heightOffset);
 
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ public void onDamage(EntityDamageEvent e) {
 		} else {
 			currentAppearance = this.appearance;
 		}
-		String text = currentAppearance.replace("{damage}", FeatureCommons.formatNumber(damage));
+		String text = currentAppearance.replace("{damage}", (damageShortened ? FeatureCommons.formatNumberShort(damage) : FeatureCommons.formatNumber(damage)));
 		PLUGIN.getHologramManager().spawnTemporaryHologramLine(location, text, duration);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/decentsoftware/holograms/plugin/features/FeatureCommons.java b/src/main/java/eu/decentsoftware/holograms/plugin/features/FeatureCommons.java
index 561efafb..54c2ddf6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/decentsoftware/holograms/plugin/features/FeatureCommons.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/decentsoftware/holograms/plugin/features/FeatureCommons.java
@@ -13,4 +13,14 @@ public static String formatNumber(double number) {
         return FORMAT.format(number);
     }
 
+    public static String formatNumberShort(double damage) {
+        if (damage >= 1000000) {
+            return formatNumber(damage / 1000000) + "M";
+        } else if (damage >= 1000) {
+            return formatNumber(damage / 1000) + "k";
+        } else {
+            return formatNumber(damage);
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config.yml b/src/main/resources/config.yml
index 3aedf9f4..4cc23792 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/config.yml
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ damage-display:
   appearance: '&c{damage}'
   # Appearance of the damage, if the damage is critical
   critical-appearance: '&4&lCrit!&4 {damage}'
+  # Do you want to display a shorter number
+  critical-appearance.short: false
   # Height offset
   height: 0