diff --git a/const.go b/const.go
index c7734171..5d8ccfbc 100644
--- a/const.go
+++ b/const.go
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ const (
 	FG_PRIORITY_CRITICAL = 160
 	FG_PRIORITY_HIGH     = 166
 	FG_PRIORITY_NORMAL   = FG_DEFAULT
-	FG_PRIORITY_LOW      = 245
+	FG_PRIORITY_LOW		 = 245
+	FG_NOTE              = 240
 )
 
 // for import (etc) it's necessary to have full context
diff --git a/display.go b/display.go
index 35220ab7..ac5aea1b 100644
--- a/display.go
+++ b/display.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ func (ts *TaskSet) DisplayByNext(truncate bool) {
 
 		for _, t := range tasks {
 			style := t.Style()
+
 			table.AddRow(
 				[]string{
 					// id should be at least 2 chars wide to match column header
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ func (ts *TaskSet) DisplayByNext(truncate bool) {
 					t.Priority,
 					strings.Join(t.Tags, " "),
 					t.Project,
-					t.Summary,
+					t.LongSummary(),
 				},
 				style,
 			)
@@ -161,19 +162,16 @@ func (ts TaskSet) DisplayByWeek() {
 				"Tags",
 				"Project",
 				"Summary",
-				"Closing note",
 			)
 		}
 
-		noteLines := strings.Split(t.Notes, "\n")
 		table.AddRow(
 			[]string{
 				t.Resolved.Format("Mon 2"),
 				t.Priority,
 				strings.Join(t.Tags, " "),
 				t.Project,
-				t.Summary,
-				noteLines[len(noteLines)-1],
+				t.LongSummary(),
 			},
 			t.Style(),
 		)
diff --git a/table.go b/table.go
index 9eb65a1f..06516170 100644
--- a/table.go
+++ b/table.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package dstask
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
+	"strconv"
 )
 
 type Table struct {
@@ -37,6 +38,16 @@ func NewTable(w int, header ...string) *Table {
 	}
 }
 
+func FixStr(text string, width int) string {
+	// remove after newline
+	text = strings.Split(text, "\n")[0]
+	if len(text) <= width {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%-"+strconv.Itoa(width)+"v", text)
+	} else {
+		return text[:width]
+	}
+}
+
 func (t *Table) AddRow(row []string, style RowStyle) {
 	if len(row) != len(t.Header) {
 		panic("Row is incorrect length")
@@ -90,7 +101,19 @@ func (t *Table) Render() {
 	for i, row := range rows {
 		cells := row[:]
 		for i, w := range widths {
-			cells[i] = FixStr(cells[i], w)
+			trimmed := FixStr(cells[i], w)
+
+			// support ' / ' markup -- show notes faded
+			if strings.Contains(trimmed, " " + NOTE_MODE_KEYWORD + " ") {
+				trimmed = strings.Replace(
+					FixStr(cells[i], w + 2),
+					" " + NOTE_MODE_KEYWORD + " ",
+					fmt.Sprintf("\033[38;5;%dm ", FG_NOTE),
+					1,
+				)
+			}
+
+			cells[i] = trimmed
 		}
 
 		line := strings.Join(cells, strings.Repeat(" ", TABLE_COL_GAP))
diff --git a/task.go b/task.go
index a7452585..ceefdbc4 100644
--- a/task.go
+++ b/task.go
@@ -174,3 +174,15 @@ func (task *Task) Validate() error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// provides Summary + Last note if available
+func (task *Task) LongSummary() string {
+	noteLines := strings.Split(task.Notes, "\n")
+	lastNote := noteLines[len(noteLines)-1]
+
+	if len(lastNote) > 0 {
+		return task.Summary + " " + NOTE_MODE_KEYWORD + " " + lastNote
+	} else {
+		return task.Summary
+	}
+}
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index da86e621..83361d3c 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"os/user"
 	"path"
 	"runtime"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -70,16 +69,6 @@ func SumInts(vals ...int) int {
 	return total
 }
 
-func FixStr(text string, width int) string {
-	// remove after newline
-	text = strings.Split(text, "\n")[0]
-	if len(text) <= width {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%-"+strconv.Itoa(width)+"v", text)
-	} else {
-		return text[:width]
-	}
-}
-
 func MustRunCmd(name string, args ...string) {
 	cmd := exec.Command(name, args...)
 	cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin