diff --git a/src/grid_discretized.jl b/src/grid_discretized.jl
index 9fbea66..b75cd96 100644
--- a/src/grid_discretized.jl
+++ b/src/grid_discretized.jl
@@ -387,6 +387,35 @@ function localdimensions(g::DiscretizedGrid)::Vector{Int}
     return copy(g.discretegrid.sitedims)
 end
 
+function _format_indexsite(site::Vector{Tuple{Symbol,Int}})
+    entries = map(site) do (variablename, bitnumber)
+        "$(string(variablename))[$bitnumber]"
+    end
+    return "(" * join(entries, ", ") * ")"
+end
+
+function _format_indextable_oneline(indextable::Vector{Vector{Tuple{Symbol,Int}}}; max_sites::Int=6)
+    if isempty(indextable)
+        return "[]"
+    end
+
+    total_sites = length(indextable)
+    if total_sites <= max_sites
+        entries = ["$site:$(_format_indexsite(indextable[site]))" for site in 1:total_sites]
+        return "[" * join(entries, ", ") * "]"
+    end
+
+    num_head = max_sites ÷ 2
+    num_tail = max_sites - num_head
+    head_sites = collect(1:num_head)
+    tail_sites = collect(total_sites - num_tail + 1:total_sites)
+
+    head_entries = ["$site:$(_format_indexsite(indextable[site]))" for site in head_sites]
+    tail_entries = ["$site:$(_format_indexsite(indextable[site]))" for site in tail_sites]
+    entries = vcat(head_entries, ["..."], tail_entries)
+    return "[" * join(entries, ", ") * "]"
+end
+
 function quanticsfunction(::Type{T}, g::Grid, f::F)::Function where {T,F<:Function}
     function wrapped_function(quantics)::T
         coords = quantics_to_origcoord(g, quantics)
@@ -484,6 +513,8 @@ function Base.show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", g::DiscretizedGrid{D}) where D
         print(io, "\n├─ Base: $(grid_base(g))")
     end
 
+    print(io, "\n├─ Index table: $(_format_indextable_oneline(grid_indextable(g)))")
+
     # Tensor structure summary
     num_sites = length(grid_indextable(g))
     sitedims = Int[sitedim(g, site) for site in 1:num_sites]
diff --git a/test/discretizedgrid_misc_tests.jl b/test/discretizedgrid_misc_tests.jl
index e7c1986..0374a85 100644
--- a/test/discretizedgrid_misc_tests.jl
+++ b/test/discretizedgrid_misc_tests.jl
@@ -72,10 +72,9 @@ end
 
 @testitem "DiscretizedGrid show method" begin
     g = DiscretizedGrid((2, 3, 4))
-    @test try
-        sprint(show, g)
-        true
-    catch e
-        false
-    end
+    text = sprint(show, MIME"text/plain"(), g)
+    @test occursin("Index table: [", text)
+    @test occursin("1:(", text)
+    @test !occursin("Symbol(\"", text)
+    @test !occursin("\n│  ", text)
 end