diff --git a/internal/tui/mail.go b/internal/tui/mail.go
index 2a634ade..aa3cfd8c 100644
--- a/internal/tui/mail.go
+++ b/internal/tui/mail.go
@@ -2981,16 +2981,23 @@ func (v *mailView) renderEntries(entries []mail.Entry) (string, []int) {
 			from = e.AlternativeSenderName
 		}
 
-		// A full blank line separates the header from whatever follows it —
-		// the summary here, or the body's own leading blank when there is none.
+		// Each arm below opens with a blank line, which is what separates the header
+		// from whatever follows it. The summary is HEY's ~105-character preview of the
+		// body, so it stands in only where HEY served no body at all — the same ladder
+		// as printThreadStyled in internal/cmd/topic.go. Printed beside a body it repeats
+		// the message's opening line; printed for a body that was read and rendered to
+		// nothing, or for one that was not read, it passes a preview off as the message.
 		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "%s  %s\n", v.vc.styles.entryFrom.Render(terminal.SanitizeLine(from)), v.vc.styles.entryDate.Render(formatDisplayDateTime(e.CreatedAt)))
-		if e.Summary != "" {
-			fmt.Fprintf(&b, "\n%s\n", terminal.SanitizeLine(e.Summary))
-		}
 		switch {
 		case !e.Body.IsEmpty():
 			fmt.Fprintf(&b, "\n%s\n", v.vc.styles.entryBody.Render(markdown.Render(e.Body, sepWidth)))
-		case e.BodyState == string(threadload.StateOverLimit), e.BodyState == string(threadload.StateFailed):
+		case e.BodyState == string(threadload.StateHydrated):
+			fmt.Fprintf(&b, "\n%s\n", v.vc.styles.entryDate.Render("(empty body)"))
+		case e.BodyState == string(threadload.StateBodyless) && e.Summary != "":
+			fmt.Fprintf(&b, "\n%s\n", terminal.SanitizeLine(e.Summary))
+		case e.BodyState == string(threadload.StateBodyless):
+			fmt.Fprintf(&b, "\n%s\n", v.vc.styles.entryDate.Render("(no body)"))
+		default:
 			fmt.Fprintf(&b, "\n%s\n", v.vc.styles.entryDate.Render("(body not read: "+e.BodyState+")"))
 		}
 		entryAttachments := attachmentsForMessage(v.attachments, e.ID)
diff --git a/internal/tui/mail_test.go b/internal/tui/mail_test.go
index 8da197f8..a1bfe59e 100644
--- a/internal/tui/mail_test.go
+++ b/internal/tui/mail_test.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/basecamp/hey-cli/internal/apierr"
 	"github.com/basecamp/hey-cli/internal/htmlutil"
 	"github.com/basecamp/hey-cli/internal/mail"
+	"github.com/basecamp/hey-cli/internal/threadload"
 )
 
 func testPNG(t *testing.T) []byte {
@@ -331,8 +332,8 @@ func TestThreadViewShowsSubjectAndSpacesTheHeader(t *testing.T) {
 	if strings.TrimSpace(lines[header+1]) != "" {
 		t.Errorf("a blank line should follow the header: %q", lines[header+1])
 	}
-	if strings.TrimSpace(lines[header+2]) != "Can we meet Thursday?" {
-		t.Errorf("the summary should follow the blank line: %q", lines[header+2])
+	if strings.TrimSpace(lines[header+2]) != "Can we meet Thursday to walk through the numbers?" {
+		t.Errorf("the body should follow the blank line: %q", lines[header+2])
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3710,6 +3711,60 @@ func TestMailViewReadsEveryPageOfAThreadAndMarksUnreadBodies(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// HEY's summary is its ~105-character preview of the body, so it belongs on screen only
+// where the body itself cannot be. Beside a body it repeats the message's opening line;
+// for a body that was not read it would pass a preview off as the message.
+func TestRenderEntriesShowsTheBodyRatherThanHEYsPreviewOfIt(t *testing.T) {
+	v := newMailView(testVC())
+	v.vc.width = 80
+	entries := []mail.Entry{
+		{
+			ID:        1,
+			Creator:   mail.Contact{Name: "Maria Gonzalez"},
+			Summary:   "Moving the review to Friday so ...",
+			Body:      htmlutil.ToMarkdown("<p>Moving the review to Friday so Sam can join.</p>"),
+			BodyState: string(threadload.StateHydrated),
+		},
+		{
+			ID:        2,
+			Creator:   mail.Contact{Name: "Sam Rivera"},
+			Summary:   "The quarterly figures are attached.",
+			BodyState: string(threadload.StateBodyless),
+		},
+		{
+			ID:        3,
+			Creator:   mail.Contact{Name: "Ana Ortiz"},
+			Summary:   "Never shown, the body went unread ...",
+			BodyState: string(threadload.StateFailed),
+		},
+		{
+			ID:        4,
+			Creator:   mail.Contact{Name: "Lee Park"},
+			Summary:   "Markup only, so HEY still has a preview ...",
+			Body:      htmlutil.ToMarkdown("<div><br></div>"),
+			BodyState: string(threadload.StateHydrated),
+		},
+	}
+
+	rendered, _ := v.renderEntries(entries)
+
+	if strings.Contains(rendered, "Friday so ...") {
+		t.Errorf("a hydrated entry repeats HEY's preview of its own body:\n%s", rendered)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(rendered, "Sam can join.") {
+		t.Errorf("a hydrated entry lost its body:\n%s", rendered)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(rendered, "The quarterly figures are attached.") {
+		t.Errorf("a bodyless entry lost its summary, which is all HEY serves for it:\n%s", rendered)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(rendered, "Never shown") || !strings.Contains(rendered, "(body not read: failed)") {
+		t.Errorf("an unread body should say so rather than show a preview:\n%s", rendered)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(rendered, "Markup only") || !strings.Contains(rendered, "(empty body)") {
+		t.Errorf("a body that was read and rendered to nothing should say so rather than show a preview:\n%s", rendered)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRenderEntriesReportsEveryMessageHeaderOffset(t *testing.T) {
 	v := newMailView(testVC())
 	v.vc.width = 60