diff --git a/src/tui-opentui/command-surfaces.ts b/src/tui-opentui/command-surfaces.ts
index dbe73fea8..72e77ccfa 100644
--- a/src/tui-opentui/command-surfaces.ts
+++ b/src/tui-opentui/command-surfaces.ts
@@ -300,7 +300,8 @@ function settingsCycleRows(
       describe: {
         what: "how the transcript is trimmed once the context fills.",
         impact:
-          "summarize spends a model call and keeps the thread; drop is instant and loses the middle of the session.",
+          "summarize (default) costs a call; drop is free but strips output too.",
+        tone: "consequence",
       },
       cycle: (dir) =>
         settings.setCompactionMode(
diff --git a/src/tui-opentui/landing.test.ts b/src/tui-opentui/landing.test.ts
index 1938da0b5..f077c7107 100644
--- a/src/tui-opentui/landing.test.ts
+++ b/src/tui-opentui/landing.test.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { makeOperatorQuestion, openOperatorOverlay } from "./overlays"
 import {
   LANDING_HINTS,
   LANDING_SUGGESTIONS,
+  LANDING_VERSION,
   landingBelowContent,
   landingBelowRows,
   landingSuggestionFor,
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import {
   wrapLanding,
 } from "./landing"
 import { LOCKUP_WORDMARK } from "./lockup"
+import pkg from "../../package.json" with { type: "json" }
 import { MARK_LARGE, MARK_MID, MARK_SMALL } from "./mark-shape"
 import { UI } from "./theme"
 
@@ -151,6 +153,9 @@ describe("landing screen", () => {
           expect(row).toContain(hint.key)
           expect(row!.indexOf(hint.key)).toBeGreaterThan(0)
         }
+        // The version sits with the hints, and cannot drift from package.json.
+        expect(LANDING_VERSION).toBe(`v${pkg.version}`)
+        expect(h.captureCharFrame()).toContain(LANDING_VERSION)
         const noticeRow = painted.findIndex((row) => row.includes("telemetry"))
         expect(noticeRow).toBeGreaterThan(bottom)
         for (const item of LANDING_SUGGESTIONS) {
diff --git a/src/tui-opentui/landing.ts b/src/tui-opentui/landing.ts
index 26a87c670..adb5fdc53 100644
--- a/src/tui-opentui/landing.ts
+++ b/src/tui-opentui/landing.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
   type TextChunk,
 } from "@opentui/core"
 import { BoxRenderable, TextRenderable } from "@opentui/core"
+import pkg from "../../package.json" with { type: "json" }
 
 import { MARK_LARGE, MARK_MID, MARK_SMALL, type MarkGrid } from "./mark-shape.js"
 import { renderMark } from "./mark-anim.js"
@@ -49,6 +50,9 @@ const MARK_GAP_ROWS = 1
 /** Columns of air between the mark's right edge and the hint block. */
 export const LANDING_HERO_GAP = 3
 
+/** The running build, read from `package.json` so it cannot drift from what shipped. */
+export const LANDING_VERSION = `v${pkg.version}`
+
 /**
  * The two doors off the landing screen. Every other key lives behind one of
  * them, so this list never grows.
@@ -62,9 +66,9 @@ export const LANDING_HINTS: readonly {
 ]
 
 /** Columns the hint block needs, its longest line deciding. */
-export const LANDING_HINT_WIDTH = LANDING_HINTS.reduce(
-  (widest, hint) => Math.max(widest, hint.key.length + 1 + hint.rest.length),
-  0,
+export const LANDING_HINT_WIDTH = Math.max(
+  LANDING_HINTS.reduce((widest, hint) => Math.max(widest, hint.key.length + 1 + hint.rest.length), 0),
+  LANDING_VERSION.length,
 )
 
 /** Largest first: the landing takes the best-reading mark its zone can seat. */
@@ -343,6 +347,14 @@ function createHintBlock(ctx: CliRenderer): BoxRenderable {
       }),
     )
   })
+  block.add(
+    new TextRenderable(ctx, {
+      id: "shell-landing-version",
+      height: 1,
+      content: LANDING_VERSION,
+      fg: UI.textFaint,
+    }),
+  )
   return block
 }
 
@@ -352,7 +364,7 @@ function createHintBlock(ctx: CliRenderer): BoxRenderable {
  */
 export function fitLandingMark(above: LandingAbove, grid: MarkGrid | null): void {
   above.grid = grid
-  const rows = grid?.rows ?? LANDING_HINTS.length
+  const rows = grid?.rows ?? LANDING_HINTS.length + 1
   above.hero.height = rows
   above.markColumn.visible = grid !== null
   above.markColumn.width = grid?.cols ?? 0