diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/XmlInputFormat.scala b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/XmlInputFormat.scala
index a4e0cc6..a2e36d7 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/XmlInputFormat.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/XmlInputFormat.scala
@@ -171,11 +171,12 @@ private[xml] class XmlRecordReader extends RecordReader[LongWritable, Text] {
     if (readUntilStartElement()) {
       try {
         buffer.append(currentStartTag)
-        if (readUntilEndElement(currentStartTag.endsWith(">"))) {
-          key.set(getFilePosition())
-          value.set(buffer.toString())
-          return true
-        }
+        // Don't check whether the end element was found. Even if not, return everything
+        // that was read, which will invariably cause a parse error later
+        readUntilEndElement(currentStartTag.endsWith(">"))
+        key.set(getFilePosition())
+        value.set(buffer.toString())
+        return true
       } finally {
         buffer = new StringBuilder()
       }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/parsers/StaxXmlParser.scala b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/parsers/StaxXmlParser.scala
index 853a4f7..e702d93 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/parsers/StaxXmlParser.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/parsers/StaxXmlParser.scala
@@ -101,11 +101,15 @@ private[xml] object StaxXmlParser extends Serializable {
     // create a row even if no corrupt record column is present
     parseMode match {
       case FailFastMode =>
+        val abbreviatedRecord =
+          if (record.length() > 1000) record.substring(0, 1000) + "..." else record
         throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-          s"Malformed line in FAILFAST mode: ${record.replaceAll("\n", "")}", cause)
+          s"Malformed line in FAILFAST mode: ${abbreviatedRecord.replaceAll("\n", "")}", cause)
       case DropMalformedMode =>
         val reason = if (cause != null) s"Reason: ${cause.getMessage}" else ""
-        logger.warn(s"Dropping malformed line: ${record.replaceAll("\n", "")}. $reason")
+        val abbreviatedRecord =
+          if (record.length() > 1000) record.substring(0, 1000) + "..." else record
+        logger.warn(s"Dropping malformed line: ${abbreviatedRecord.replaceAll("\n", "")}. $reason")
         logger.debug("Malformed line cause:", cause)
         None
       case PermissiveMode =>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/unclosed_tag.xml b/src/test/resources/unclosed_tag.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04649a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/unclosed_tag.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<catalog>
+  <book id="Malformed attribute with " caracter ">
+</catalog>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/XmlSuite.scala b/src/test/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/XmlSuite.scala
index 070640d..4792a14 100755
--- a/src/test/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/XmlSuite.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/XmlSuite.scala
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ final class XmlSuite extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
   private val basket = resDir + "basket.xml"
   private val basketInvalid = resDir + "basket_invalid.xml"
   private val basketXSD = resDir + "basket.xsd"
+  private val unclosedTag = resDir + "unclosed_tag.xml"
 
   private val booksTag = "book"
   private val booksRootTag = "books"
@@ -302,6 +303,17 @@ final class XmlSuite extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
     assert(exceptionInParse.getMessage.contains("Malformed line in FAILFAST mode"))
   }
 
+  test("test FAILFAST with unclosed tag") {
+    val exceptionInParse = intercept[SparkException] {
+      spark.read
+        .option("rowTag", "book")
+        .option("mode", "FAILFAST")
+        .xml(unclosedTag)
+        .show()
+    }
+    assert(exceptionInParse.getMessage.contains("Malformed line in FAILFAST mode"))
+  }
+
   test("DSL test for permissive mode for corrupt records") {
     val carsDf = new XmlReader()
       .withParseMode(PermissiveMode.name)