diff --git a/Orange/widgets/visualize/owscatterplotgraph.py b/Orange/widgets/visualize/owscatterplotgraph.py
index 764e85e4152..4b0ad61b0cb 100644
--- a/Orange/widgets/visualize/owscatterplotgraph.py
+++ b/Orange/widgets/visualize/owscatterplotgraph.py
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 
 SELECTION_WIDTH = 5
 MAX = 11  # maximum number of colors or shapes (including Other)
+MAX_POINTS_IN_TOOLTIP = 5
+
 
 class PaletteItemSample(ItemSample):
     """A color strip to insert into legends for discretized continuous values"""
@@ -1227,8 +1229,16 @@ def point_data(p):
 
         act_pos = self.scatterplot_item.mapFromScene(event.scenePos())
         points = self.scatterplot_item.pointsAt(act_pos)
+
         if len(points):
-            text = "<hr/>".join(point_data(point) for point in points)
+            if len(points) > MAX_POINTS_IN_TOOLTIP:
+                text = "{} instances<hr/>{}<hr/>...".format(
+                    len(points),
+                    "<hr/>".join(point_data(point) for point in points[:MAX_POINTS_IN_TOOLTIP])
+                )
+            else:
+                text = "<hr/>".join(point_data(point) for point in points)
+
             QToolTip.showText(event.screenPos(), text, widget=self.plot_widget)
             return True
         else: