diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/rendering/truncateCode.js b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/rendering/truncateCode.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0ea95b713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/rendering/truncateCode.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+module.exports = function() {
+  return {
+    name: 'truncateCode',
+    process: function(str, lines) {
+      if (lines === undefined) return str;
+
+      const parts = str && str.split && str.split(/\r?\n/);
+      if (parts && parts.length > lines) {
+        return balance(parts[0] + '...', ['{', '(', '['], ['}', ')', ']']);
+      } else {
+        return str;
+      }
+    }
+  };
+};
+
+/**
+ * Try to balance the brackets by adding closers on to the end of a string
+ * for every bracket that is left open.
+ * The chars at each index in the openers and closers should match (i.e openers = ['{', '('], closers = ['}', ')'])
+ *
+ * @param {string} str The string to balance
+ * @param {string[]} openers an array of chars that open a bracket
+ * @param {string[]} closers an array of chars that close a brack
+ * @returns the balanced string
+ */
+function balance(str, openers, closers) {
+  const stack = [];
+
+  // Add each open bracket to the stack, removing them when there is a matching closer
+  str.split('').forEach(function(char) {
+    const closerIndex = closers.indexOf(char);
+    if (closerIndex !== -1 && stack[stack.length-1] === closerIndex) {
+      stack.pop();
+    } else {
+      const openerIndex = openers.indexOf(char);
+      if (openerIndex !== -1) {
+        stack.push(openerIndex);
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  // Now the stack should contain all the unclosed brackets
+  while(stack.length) {
+    str += closers[stack.pop()];
+  }
+
+  return str;
+}
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diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/rendering/truncateCode.spec.js b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/rendering/truncateCode.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e9f3b59c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/rendering/truncateCode.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+var factory = require('./truncateCode');
+
+describe('truncateCode filter', function() {
+  var filter;
+
+  beforeEach(function() { filter = factory(); });
+
+  it('should be called "truncateCode"',
+     function() { expect(filter.name).toEqual('truncateCode'); });
+
+  it('should return the whole string given lines is undefined', function() {
+    expect(filter.process('some text\n  \nmore text\n  \n'))
+      .toEqual('some text\n  \nmore text\n  \n');
+  });
+
+  it('should return the whole string if less than the given number of lines', function() {
+    expect(filter.process('this is a pretty long string that only exists on one line', 1))
+      .toEqual('this is a pretty long string that only exists on one line');
+
+    expect(filter.process('this is a pretty long string\nthat exists on two lines', 2))
+      .toEqual('this is a pretty long string\nthat exists on two lines');
+  });
+
+  it('should return the specified number of lines and an ellipsis if there are more lines', function() {
+    expect(filter.process('some text\n  \nmore text\n  \n', 1)).toEqual('some text...');
+  });
+
+  it('should add closing brackets for all the unclosed opening brackets after truncating', function() {
+    expect(filter.process('()[]{}\nsecond line', 1)).toEqual('()[]{}...');
+    expect(filter.process('([]{}\nsecond line', 1)).toEqual('([]{}...)');
+    expect(filter.process('()[{}\nsecond line', 1)).toEqual('()[{}...]');
+    expect(filter.process('()[]{\nsecond line', 1)).toEqual('()[]{...}');
+    expect(filter.process('([{\nsecond line', 1)).toEqual('([{...}])');
+  });
+});
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diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/rendering/truncateFirstLine.js b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/rendering/truncateFirstLine.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9070911625..0000000000
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/rendering/truncateFirstLine.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = function() {
-  return {
-    name: 'truncateFirstLine',
-    process: function(str) {
-      const parts = str && str.split && str.split(/\r?\n/);
-      if (parts && parts.length > 1) {
-        return parts[0] + '...';
-      } else {
-        return str;
-      }
-    }
-  };
-};
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diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/rendering/truncateFirstLine.spec.js b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/rendering/truncateFirstLine.spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c2ad68554f..0000000000
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/rendering/truncateFirstLine.spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-var factory = require('./truncateFirstLine');
-
-describe('truncateFirstLine filter', function() {
-  var filter;
-
-  beforeEach(function() { filter = factory(); });
-
-  it('should be called "truncateFirstLine"',
-     function() { expect(filter.name).toEqual('truncateFirstLine'); });
-
-  it('should return the whole string if only one line', function() {
-    expect(filter.process('this is a pretty long string that only exists on one line'))
-      .toEqual('this is a pretty long string that only exists on one line');
-  });
-
-  it('should return the first line and an ellipsis if there is more than one line', function() {
-    expect(filter.process('some text\n  \nmore text\n  \n')).toEqual('some text...');
-  });
-});
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diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/templates/api/includes/class-overview.html b/aio/tools/transforms/templates/api/includes/class-overview.html
index 24b14d468d..7a4c375e5f 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/templates/api/includes/class-overview.html
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/templates/api/includes/class-overview.html
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {% import "lib/memberHelpers.html" as memberHelper -%}
 
 <section class="{$ doc.docType $}-overview">
-  <h2>Overview</h2>
-  <code-example language="ts" hideCopy="true">
-  {$ doc.docType $} {$ doc.name $}{$ doc.typeParams | escape $}{$ memberHelper.renderHeritage(doc) $} {
-  {%- if doc.statics.length %}{% for member in doc.statics %}{% if not member.internal %}
-    <a class="code-anchor" href="#{$ member.anchor $}">{$ memberHelper.renderMember(member, true) $}</a>{% endif %}{% endfor %}{% endif %}
-  {%- if doc.members.length %}{% for member in doc.members %}{% if not member.internal %}
-    <a class="code-anchor" href="#{$ member.anchor $}">{$ memberHelper.renderMember(member, true) $}</a>{% endif %}{% endfor %}{% endif %}
-  }
-  </code-example>
+<h2>Overview</h2>
+<code-example language="ts" hideCopy="true">
+{$ doc.docType $} {$ doc.name $}{$ doc.typeParams | escape $}{$ memberHelper.renderHeritage(doc) $} {
+{%- if doc.statics.length %}{% for member in doc.statics %}{% if not member.internal %}
+  <a class="code-anchor" href="#{$ member.anchor $}">{$ memberHelper.renderMember(member, 1) $}</a>{% endif %}{% endfor %}{% endif %}
+{%- if doc.members.length %}{% for member in doc.members %}{% if not member.internal %}
+  <a class="code-anchor" href="#{$ member.anchor $}">{$ memberHelper.renderMember(member, 1) $}</a>{% endif %}{% endfor %}{% endif %}
+}
+</code-example>
 </section>
diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/templates/api/includes/decorator-overview.html b/aio/tools/transforms/templates/api/includes/decorator-overview.html
index 66537da102..8b2fe83f4d 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/templates/api/includes/decorator-overview.html
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/templates/api/includes/decorator-overview.html
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 <section class="decorator-overview">
   <h2>Metadata Overview</h2>
-  <code-example language="ts" hideCopy="true">
-  @{$ doc.name $}{$ doc.typeParams | escape $}({ {% if doc.members.length %}{% for member in doc.members %}{% if not member.internal %}
-    <a class="code-anchor" href="#{$ member.anchor $}">{$ memberHelper.renderMember(member) $}</a>{% endif %}{% endfor %}{% endif %}
-  })
-  </code-example>
+<code-example language="ts" hideCopy="true">
+@{$ doc.name $}{$ doc.typeParams | escape $}({ {% if doc.members.length %}{% for member in doc.members %}{% if not member.internal %}
+  <a class="code-anchor" href="#{$ member.anchor $}">{$ memberHelper.renderMember(member, 1) $}</a>{% endif %}{% endfor %}{% endif %}
+})
+</code-example>
 </section>
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diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/templates/api/includes/interface-overview.html b/aio/tools/transforms/templates/api/includes/interface-overview.html
index 8b3199b7ac..ac4d71299c 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/templates/api/includes/interface-overview.html
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/templates/api/includes/interface-overview.html
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {% import "lib/memberHelpers.html" as memberHelper -%}
 
 <section class="interface-overview">
-  <h2>Interface Overview</h2>
-  <code-example language="ts" hideCopy="true">
-  interface {$ doc.name $}{$ doc.typeParams | escape $}{$ memberHelper.renderHeritage(doc) $} { {% if doc.members.length %}{% for member in doc.members %}{% if not member.internal %}
-    <a class="code-anchor" href="#{$ member.anchor $}">{$ memberHelper.renderMember(member, true) $}</a>{% endif %}{% endfor %}{% endif %}
-  }
-  </code-example>
+<h2>Interface Overview</h2>
+<code-example language="ts" hideCopy="true">
+interface {$ doc.name $}{$ doc.typeParams | escape $}{$ memberHelper.renderHeritage(doc) $} { {% if doc.members.length %}{% for member in doc.members %}{% if not member.internal %}
+  <a class="code-anchor" href="#{$ member.anchor $}">{$ memberHelper.renderMember(member, 1) $}</a>{% endif %}{% endfor %}{% endif %}
+}
+</code-example>
 </section>
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diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/templates/api/lib/memberHelpers.html b/aio/tools/transforms/templates/api/lib/memberHelpers.html
index a6887f98f5..1aa05060c5 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/templates/api/lib/memberHelpers.html
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/templates/api/lib/memberHelpers.html
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
   {% endfor %}{% endif %}
 {%- endmacro -%}
 
-{%- macro renderMember(member, truncate) -%}
+{%- macro renderMember(member, truncateLines) -%}
     {%- if member.accessibility !== 'public' %}{$ member.accessibility $} {% endif -%}
     {%- if member.isGetAccessor %}get {% endif -%}
     {%- if member.isSetAccessor %}set {% endif -%}
     {%- if member.isStatic  %}static {% endif -%}
-    {$ member.name $}{$ member.typeParameters | escape $}{$ params.paramList(member.parameters, truncate) | trim $}
+    {$ member.name $}{$ member.typeParameters | escape $}{$ params.paramList(member.parameters, truncateLines) | trim $}
     {%- if member.isOptional  %}?{% endif -%}
-    {$ params.returnType(member.type) | trim | truncateFirstLine $}
+    {$ params.returnType(member.type) | trim | truncateCode(truncateLines) $}
 {%- endmacro -%}
 
 {%- macro renderMemberDetail(member, cssClass) -%}
diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/templates/api/lib/paramList.html b/aio/tools/transforms/templates/api/lib/paramList.html
index d063dc2a91..3e6b721cf4 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/templates/api/lib/paramList.html
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/templates/api/lib/paramList.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-{% macro paramList(params, truncate) -%}
+{% macro paramList(params, truncateLines) -%}
   {%- if params -%}
     ({%- for param in params -%}
-      {% if truncate %}{$ param | escape | truncateFirstLine $}{% else %}{$ param | escape $}{% endif %}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}
+      {$ param | escape | truncateCode(truncateLines) $}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}
     {%- endfor %})
   {%- endif %}
 {%- endmacro -%}