diff --git a/Lib/traceback.py b/Lib/traceback.py
--- a/Lib/traceback.py
+++ b/Lib/traceback.py
@@ -387,7 +387,24 @@ class StackSummary(list):
         newlines as well, for those items with source text lines.
         """
         result = []
+        last_file = None
+        last_line = None
+        last_name = None
+        count = 0
         for frame in self:
+            if (last_file is not None and last_file == frame.filename and
+                last_line is not None and last_line == frame.lineno and
+                last_name is not None and last_name == frame.name):
+                count += 1
+            else:
+                if count > 3:
+                    result.append('  [Previous line repeated {} more times]\n'.format(count-3))
+                last_file = frame.filename
+                last_line = frame.lineno
+                last_name = frame.name
+                count = 0
+            if count >= 3:
+                continue
             row = []
             row.append('  File "{}", line {}, in {}\n'.format(
                 frame.filename, frame.lineno, frame.name))
@@ -397,6 +414,8 @@ class StackSummary(list):
                 for name, value in sorted(frame.locals.items()):
                     row.append('    {name} = {value}\n'.format(name=name, value=value))
             result.append(''.join(row))
+        if count > 3:
+            result.append('  [Previous line repeated {} more times]\n'.format(count-3))
         return result
 
 
diff --git a/Python/traceback.c b/Python/traceback.c
--- a/Python/traceback.c
+++ b/Python/traceback.c
@@ -412,6 +412,11 @@ tb_printinternal(PyTracebackObject *tb, PyObject *f, long limit)
 {
     int err = 0;
     long depth = 0;
+    PyObject *last_file = NULL;
+    int last_line = -1;
+    PyObject *last_name = NULL;
+    long cnt = 0;
+    PyObject *line;
     PyTracebackObject *tb1 = tb;
     while (tb1 != NULL) {
         depth++;
@@ -419,16 +424,39 @@ tb_printinternal(PyTracebackObject *tb, PyObject *f, long limit)
     }
     while (tb != NULL && err == 0) {
         if (depth <= limit) {
-            err = tb_displayline(f,
-                                 tb->tb_frame->f_code->co_filename,
-                                 tb->tb_lineno,
-                                 tb->tb_frame->f_code->co_name);
+            if (last_file != NULL &&
+                tb->tb_frame->f_code->co_filename == last_file &&
+                last_line != -1 && tb->tb_lineno == last_line &&
+                last_name != NULL &&
+                tb->tb_frame->f_code->co_name == last_name) {
+                    cnt++;
+                } else {
+                    if (cnt > 3) {
+                        line = PyUnicode_FromFormat(
+                        "  [Previous line repeated %d more times]\n", cnt-3);
+                        err = PyFile_WriteObject(line, f, Py_PRINT_RAW);
+                    }
+                    last_file = tb->tb_frame->f_code->co_filename;
+                    last_line = tb->tb_lineno;
+                    last_name = tb->tb_frame->f_code->co_name;
+                    cnt = 0;
+                }
+            if (cnt < 3)
+                err = tb_displayline(f,
+                                     tb->tb_frame->f_code->co_filename,
+                                     tb->tb_lineno,
+                                     tb->tb_frame->f_code->co_name);
         }
         depth--;
         tb = tb->tb_next;
         if (err == 0)
             err = PyErr_CheckSignals();
     }
+    if (cnt > 3) {
+        line = PyUnicode_FromFormat(
+        "  [Previous line repeated %d more times]\n", cnt-3);
+        err = PyFile_WriteObject(line, f, Py_PRINT_RAW);
+    }
     return err;
 }