diff --git a/src/components/admin/summary-panel.tsx b/src/components/admin/summary-panel.tsx
index e05cc41..6a695c6 100644
--- a/src/components/admin/summary-panel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/admin/summary-panel.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export function SummaryPanel({
         </h2>
         <p className="mt-0.5 text-xs text-text-muted">
           <span className="tabular">{status.summarised}</span> of{" "}
-          <span className="tabular">{status.total}</span> commits summarised
+          <span className="tabular">{status.total}</span> eligible commits summarised
           {status.stale > 0 && (
             <>
               {" · "}
diff --git a/src/lib/ai/narrate.ts b/src/lib/ai/narrate.ts
index 5484a6f..bbfe978 100644
--- a/src/lib/ai/narrate.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ai/narrate.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export async function narrateProject(projectId: string): Promise<NarrateResult>
 
   for (const card of cards) {
     const commits = await pb.collection("commits").getFullList<CommitRecord>({
-      filter: `card = "${card.id}" && is_merge = false`,
+      filter: `card = "${card.id}" && is_merge = false && source != "manual"`,
       sort: "authored_at",
       fields: "sha,subject,summary,authored_at",
     });