diff --git a/pkgs/checks/CHANGELOG.md b/pkgs/checks/CHANGELOG.md
index 6588352e9..52f4c3e78 100644
--- a/pkgs/checks/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/pkgs/checks/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 -   Add `containsMatchingInOrder` and `containsEqualInOrder` to replace the
     combined functionality in `containsInOrder`.
 -   Replace `pairwiseComparesTo` with `pairwiseMatches`.
+-   Fix a bug where printing the result of a failed deep quality check would
+    fail with a `TypeError` when comparing large `Map` instances 
 -   Increase SDK constraint to ^3.5.0.
 
 ## 0.3.0
diff --git a/pkgs/checks/lib/src/describe.dart b/pkgs/checks/lib/src/describe.dart
index f05a1640b..910e4c3e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/checks/lib/src/describe.dart
+++ b/pkgs/checks/lib/src/describe.dart
@@ -72,9 +72,10 @@ Iterable<String> _prettyPrint(
 Iterable<String> _prettyPrintCollection(
     String open, String close, List<Iterable<String>> elements, int maxLength) {
   if (elements.length > _maxItems) {
-    elements.replaceRange(_maxItems - 1, elements.length, [
+    const ellipsisElement = [
       ['...']
-    ]);
+    ];
+    elements.replaceRange(_maxItems - 1, elements.length, ellipsisElement);
   }
   if (elements.every((e) => e.length == 1)) {
     final singleLine = '$open${elements.map((e) => e.single).join(', ')}$close';
diff --git a/pkgs/checks/test/pretty_print_test.dart b/pkgs/checks/test/pretty_print_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63f1cc147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/checks/test/pretty_print_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2025, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import 'package:checks/checks.dart';
+import 'package:checks/context.dart';
+import 'package:test/scaffolding.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  group('literal', () {
+    group('truncates large collections', () {
+      const maxUntruncatedCollection = 25;
+      final largeList =
+          List<int>.generate(maxUntruncatedCollection + 1, (i) => i);
+      test('in lists', () {
+        check(literal(largeList)).last.equals('...]');
+      });
+      test('in sets', () {
+        check(literal(largeList.toSet())).last.equals('...}');
+      });
+      test('in iterables', () {
+        check(literal(largeList.followedBy([]))).last.equals('...)');
+      });
+      test('in maps', () {
+        final map = Map<int, int>.fromIterables(largeList, largeList);
+        check(literal(map)).last.equals('...}');
+      });
+    });
+  });
+}