I think we can call this fixed by upstream's addition of support for -w: (4.2.7p461) 2014/08/14 Released by Harlan Stenn <st...@ntp.org> * [Bug 1128] ntpq truncates "remote" host information.
https://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1128: ntpq -n output truncates IPv6 addresses ... perhaps taking Ubuntu's patch: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/325111: ntpq output truncates IPv6 addresses The fix is in Stretch, where I see addresses too wide for the "remote" field being given a line of their own when -w is added to ntpq -pn.